Two American shows that explore adolescent anxiety have been propelled by young online communities in a digital blizzard of streams, fan art and animatics Schoolboys hunch over laptops in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMIan Shaw plays his actor father in West End play about the troubled production of Spielberg’s first blockbuster When Robert Shaw was filming the blockbuster Jaws, the actor’s young son …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMGatiss to play ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley, in his version of Charles Dickens novella He has long written Christmas ghost stories for television and now Mark…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMKeep track of the shows at the sprawling arts extravaganza beneath Waterloo Station in London. This page will be updated throughout the festival Until 1 FebruarySimon David’s autobiographi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThe IT Crowd actor will star as the green-living Barbara in a stage adaptation of the popular 70s sitcom Katherine Parkinson is to star in a new stage version of the 1970s sitcom The Good Li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMCasting call goes out for film version of the Roald Dahl classic, led by Matthew Warchus, who staged RSC’s smash hit The announcement of a casting call for children aged nine to 11, “no …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PMA Dog’s Tale, written by cat-loving playwright Poppy Hollman, tells the story of a British institution and has a canine/feline rap battle Tom Hooper’s extravagant blockbuster may have gi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThere are more than 1,000 shots in George Romero’s classic horror movie. Can a band of actors, armed with video cameras and Barbie dolls, recreate it? A winding road. Two bickering sibling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMMusical will premiere in London in September with new story and ‘hugely witty’ lyrics Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a new version of Cinderella with Killing Eve scriptwriter E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMLIVR allows subscribers to catch up on theatre in 360-degree virtual reality. How does it compare with the fringe experience? I’m having a beer and enjoying an Edinburgh fringe show from t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMLittle Angel theatre, LondonComposer Barb Jungr and director Samantha Lane serve up a characterful take on a Scandinavian folktale, with lashings of puppetry and song There are so many Snow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMLittle Angel Studios, LondonA chick finds its feet in this gentle puppet adaptation of the popular book, aimed at children aged two to five ‘Winter is long,” sighs the baby penguin on st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMLondon’s eight-week underground arts fest returns to Waterloo and the South Bank in January. Here’s a dozen picks to get started … James McNicholas: The Boxer30-31 January The former B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMWho will have audiences on the edge of their seats in the new year? Laurie Kynaston, Rosie Sheehy, Michelle Tiwo and Sadie Clark are among a dozen dazzling talents to watch One of the unifor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMThe Game of Thrones actor will play Nina in the adaptation by Anya Reiss, directed by Jamie Lloyd Emilia Clarke is to make her West End theatre debut in a new production of Chekhov’s The S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMGuardian’s outgoing chief theatre critic ‘thrilled’ that best play award will carry his name in recognition of 48 years’ service to drama journalism A prestigious theatre award for t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMCurve, LeicesterAn adaptation of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’s bestseller loses some of the grace of the picturebook despite a moonlit acrobatic ending Author Giles Andreae and illus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMThe Egg, BathSome scenes sparkle in Annie Siddons’ version of the fairytale but this unruly show is as long and knotty as the heroine’s locks A wild boar squats centre stage and, much to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PMActor who specialised in playing New York mobsters and other tough-guy rolesA former bouncer, baggage handler and trade unionist, the American actor Danny Aiello had years of playing pugnaci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PMThe Egg, BathTim Bell and Kate Cross’s remarkable production mixes Bauhaus-style designs and jazz in an irresistible treat for under-fives Glitter, sequins and fake snow are the stock ingr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMSalisbury PlayhouseBrightly designed, this jaunty version of Beatrix Potter’s seasonal tale boasts a scene-stealing Simpkin the cat Beatrix Potter’s book about an ailing tailor tasked wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMTV channel Gold announces the winners in a national competition for topical festive gags – can you do any better? What do Donald Trump, Santa and Olivia Colman have in common? No, it’s n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42PMLyric theatre, LondonJumpy new student Frog overcomes his starting-school nerves in this exuberant musical adaptation of Kes Gray and Jim Field’s picture books Cats sit on mats, mules sit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMThe Egg, BathMurray Lachlan Young and Joe Allen deliver a sinister epic about a seven-year-old who inherits his ancestral home Murray Lachlan Young is a born storyteller – even his name ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMDrew McOnie’s Merlin and Kenneth Tindall’s Geisha will mark the company’s remarkable half century, alongside digital archive ‘Years ago, when I danced, you did what you were told,”…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMStratford Circus Arts Centre, LondonFilskit’s theatre show for young audiences features clowning, aerial tricks and an engaging tale of friendship Here’s a set that little hands would lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMJudges praise her experimental, starkly violent play based on a Cornelia Parker installation as ‘astonishingly emotional’ Phoebe Eclair-Powell has won the 2019 Bruntwood prize for playwr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMStanley and Audrey Burton theatre, Leeds Northern Ballet’s retelling for young children gives the baddy a craving for sugar rather than flesh Never mind the red shoes – it’s a red cap…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMThe West Wing writer’s play will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s novel The hit Broadway play of To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by The West Wing writ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMAn exciting new adventure for Tiny Tim, a penguin chick with two daddies and a furry green grouch’s plot to steal Christmas are among the jolliest shows to unwrap this festive season Scrun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMCaroline Cornélis draws on everyday life to make elegant shows for young audiences. In 10:10, three dancers and a drummer recreate break time Shows for young audiences are frequently set in…
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