Toilet-paper weaponry, cake-baking, nautical adventure and a drag pop concert … here are some of the festival’s most imaginative performances for young peopleSummerhall, 10am, until 26 A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMZoo Southside, EdinburghOrdinary chairs become monsters, vehicles and a perilous walkway in Compagnie Nyash’s gently mischievous performance for over-threesFifteen junkshop chairs enter th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMGiving his partner’s daughter free rein during the creative process has resulted in Owen Roberts’ most surreal show to date – and the sort of laughs other comics at Edinburgh dream ofI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker will collaborate with the director on first Broadway version not to follow original choreographyThe Jets and the Sharks are returning to Broadway with some new mov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMFollowing a fire that damaged the building in 2015, BAC opens up renovated hall – and celebrates community spirit in a photo-letter to the US presidentBattersea Arts Centre is to reopen it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMWhen Matt Lucas withdrew from the opening night of Me and My Girl, his stand-in had just two hours to prepareEvery understudy awaits their big break. Yet few replace a household name on the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMTributes paid to the former dancer and choreographer whose West End hits included The Phantom of the OperaGillian Lynne, the leading British choreographer who created the slinky moves of Mac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMSuperstar standups, daring dance, Brexit cabaret and a Bon Jovi musical … Dive into our guide to some of the shows at the world’s biggest arts festivalGilded Balloon Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMAccording to the reviews, the ‘arrestingly husky’ Lohan has ‘genuine if unstable star presence’ and ‘breathless naivety’ in her West End debut• Speed-the-Plow: in pictures• W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMLin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamildrops project gives his leftover lyrics a new life. What happens to other songs dropped from musicals – and how do their creators feel about them?When Hamilton …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMJosie Rourke describes her successor at London theatre as ‘one of the most gifted, original and impressive directors in the country’Michael Longhurst has been appointed as the new artist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMPlaywright Martin McDonagh and Ireland’s president Michael D Higgins pay tribute to revered dramatist whose works include A Whistle in the DarkTributes have been paid to the influential pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMAngels in America and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are in the running for prizes at New York’s theatre ceremonyThey won acclaim in London for their stage performances as a grownup Har…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMAngela Lansbury's return to the West End stage in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit is one of London's hottest tickets but the star is still best known as TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher. Can you gues…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42PMNew artistic director will stage a musical version of Twelfth Night and introduces £5 tickets for every first preview at the theatreThe Young Vic’s new artistic director, Kwame Kwei-Armah…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMPlaywright Barney Norris will collaborate with the Booker prize-winning author on a production opening in Northampton in 2019Twenty-five years after it was made into an Oscar-nominated film,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMTributes paid to acclaimed actor who had been appearing in the Donmar’s production of The Way of the WorldThe Donmar Warehouse in London has announced the sudden death of the actor Alex Be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMOutfits worn by Susannah York, Patrick Stewart and Sinéad Cusack will also be listed on eBay to raise money for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s costume workshopA red floor-length coat spo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMExclusive: exhibition looks back on London cultural centre’s legacy through 50 years of archive material An innovative new exhibition at London’s Southbank Centre gives visitors a perfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMDeath is announced of a ‘passionate collaborator’ who choreographed innovative shows such as Enron and danced in Bourne productionsScott Ambler, the dancer who played the original Prince…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PMActors to share the stage in Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Tartuffe at London’s Theatre Royal HaymarketOne is known for playing an unpredictable Birmingham gangster; the other for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMLittle Angel theatre, LondonBad puns, circus tricks and goggle-eyed jellyfish abound in a smart adaptation of the popular picture bookThe picture books by Julia Donaldson with illustrations …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMStanding at the Sky’s Edge, which features old and new songs by the musician, will play at the city’s Crucible theatreThe singer and songwriter Richard Hawley will explore the history of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMSouthbank Centre to host Isabella Rossellini performing with her pet dog and Isabelle Huppert reading from the Marquis de SadeTwo celebrated European actors are taking one-woman shows to Lon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMPlaywright’s producer urged him to write Bitter Wheat about the Hollywood mogul facing allegations of sexual harassmentDavid Mamet has revealed that he has written a play about Harvey Wein…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:35AMThe playwright, a passionate supporter of the health service, has set Allelujah! in a beleaguered Pennines hospitalAlan Bennett is to explore life in a Yorkshire hospital threatened with clo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMThe star will reprise ‘superb’ performance in a transfer of Jonathan Munby’s acclaimed Chichester Festival theatre productionIan McKellen is to star in London’s West End as King Lear…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:38AMThe London production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musical surpasses The Book of Mormon as it hikes premium ticket pricesPremium seats for the London production of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AMOwner says it is time to hand historic playhouse over to ‘next generation of dream-makers’London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket, which has staged premieres of Oscar Wilde plays and was John…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AMThe Oscar-winning actor will play smooth lawyer Billy Flynn as the prohibition-era musical returns to the West End in MarchThe Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr is to make his British stag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AMThe star of France’s premier crime drama talks about appearing in Ivo van Hove’s bold take on A View from the Bridge and her determination to avoid typecastingIn a bar around the corner …
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