Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Brian Friel drama promises ‘emotional thwack’, with star joining David Threlfall and Indira Varma at the Old Vic
Michael Sheen is to return to the stage in a revival of Brian Friel’s F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMTuesday, September 1, 2020
Shakespeare at a cricket ground, a festival in a bombed-out church and park-bench drama – plus more socially distanced shows to enjoy this month
August is over but there’s still time to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMThursday, August 27, 2020
Jennifer Lunn wins £2,500 prize for drama Es and Flo, whose fringe premiere was sabotaged by the Covid pandemic
A drama about an ageing lesbian couple’s love, and their experience of disc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMWednesday, August 26, 2020
A theatrical reading of the children’s classic, directed by Ned Bennett, will be free online
One has mouldy cereal in his beard and revoltingly hairy ears; the other has a glass eye and a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMThursday, August 20, 2020
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis concert version of Timothy Sheader’s revelatory 2016 production made a virtue of distancing on stage – were there a roof it would have blown …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMWednesday, August 19, 2020
John Godber’s B&B drama – performed by the playwright, with his family – launches programme that includes one-woman Christmas show
A play written by John Godber during lockdown is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMTuesday, August 18, 2020
At Soho studios soon to be replaced by a hotel, ThisEgg theatre company turn a time of destruction into celebration
Amid traffic cones and breeze blocks, the diggers are out in Soho. Nothing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PMDoctor Who: Time Fracture has been adapted by the team behind long-running immersive F Scott Fitzgerald show The Great Gatsby
It has been a screen sensation for almost 60 years, with a huge …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMFriday, August 14, 2020
Watson, whose final performance in a new Wayne McGregor production has been postponed by Covid, will join the company’s team of coaches
He has stunned Covent Garden audiences as the doomed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMThe comic, who was testing out new material, said ‘You’ve ruined it’ before leaving
The comedian Russell Howard cut short a standup set in Bristol on Wednesday night after discovering …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMWednesday, August 12, 2020
At livestreamed event actor says it was thought before March people would not observe rules
The actor Sir Ian McKellen has said that the British government “underestimated” the public by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMThis ingeniously designed mystery game is a summer escape made with wonder and wellbeing at its heart
The best theatre and dance to watch online
If you grew up reading The Famous Five and Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMTuesday, August 11, 2020
From Brighton to Belfast, socially distanced performances are popping up in unexpected spaces, including the beach, a shopping centre and a church
‘Dive in!” commanded the cover of Brigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMSunday, August 9, 2020
A socially distanced audience will sit among objects recalling Northern Ireland’s prolonged conflict and the pandemic in a piece about mourning
In a verse dedicated to his aunt, the Irish …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PMThursday, August 6, 2020
Writer says production of Dickens classic will debut at Nottingham Playhouse in October 2021 due to uncertainty over reopening of UK theatres
Mark Gatiss’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMWednesday, August 5, 2020
Live-streamed production of Three Kings rescheduled for second time as actor is ‘still not well enough to perform’
A live-streamed theatre production starring Andrew Scott has been delay…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMTuesday, August 4, 2020
With this year’s Edinburgh festival cancelled, performers including Sara Pascoe, Deborah Frances-White and Gary McNair will be broadcasting live from the tiniest of venues
It started as a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMFriday, July 31, 2020
The union Equity said that the PM’s last-minute announcement was ‘distressing news’ as venues in England face financial hit
The government’s last-minute delay to lockdown easing has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMThe £12,000 prize is a galvanising moment for industry that must ‘rejuvenate rather than regress’ after the Covid-19 pandemic
The longlisted writers for a new prize for female playwrigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMPtaszynski whose hits included the musical Matilda was one of the West End’s ‘greatest experts’
Tributes have been paid to the distinguished theatre producer André Ptaszynski, who has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMWednesday, July 29, 2020
Mold’s Theatr Clwyd has not put on a show in months but remains vital for its community during the pandemic, delivering food and enabling young people’s creativity
During lockdown, artis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36PMCulture secretary says he ‘does not want to give false hope’ to ailing industry, with timescale not expected before November
Lockdown culture: the best theatre and dance online
The cultu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMThursday, July 23, 2020
Theatre reopens at 30% capacity for Beverley Knight performance to showcase stringent hygiene methods
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMWednesday, July 22, 2020
The NT’s online platform offers personalised, interactive adventure tales for young children during the summer holidays
The National Theatre has launched an online story service that will …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMThe conversation about race ‘has changed in theatre, as it has across society’, says original director of the show Get Up, Stand Up!
Clint Dyer is to direct a new stage musical about Bob…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTuesday, July 21, 2020
The Berkshire theatre will ‘conjure some joy’ with a new version of The Hound of the Baskervilles performed by a cast of three
On the trail of a devilish beast in Dartmoor, Sherlock Holm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMThe organisation – which comprises the Lyceum, Studio and Crucible theatres – will not fully reopen until spring 2021
York Theatre Royal also begins redundancy consultations
Sheffield T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMThe American Horror Story star is backing a plan by Graeae to put deaf and disabled artists centre-stage around the UK
Earlier this year, Mat Fraser found himself in Los Angeles pitching a T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMMonday, July 20, 2020
New production with Fleabag and Sherlock actor will be performed to an empty auditorium, directed by Matthew Warchus
One year on from his award-winning run in Noël Coward’s Present Laught…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMFriday, July 17, 2020
Doctor Foster actor Prasanna Puwanarajah warns that many in a new generation of superb talent may be forced to leave the industry
British theatre is at risk of losing its Marcus Rashford equ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMProduction starring Stephen Tompkinson and Jessica Johnson will resume at Minack theatre after coronavirus halted UK tour
A 40th anniversary production of Willy Russell’s play Educating Ri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM 
