Friday, September 22, 2023
Many women working in industry say allegations only scratch the surface of its culture of misogyny
“When I was 18 I had an incident with a powerful male comedian in his 30s,” says Lucy (…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AMImposter 22 will run for three weeks at renowned Sloane Square theatre and comes after series of workshops
A play performed by a professional cast of learning disabled and autistic actors is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AMWednesday, August 23, 2023
Actor accuses Royal Central School of Speech and Drama of paying lip service to anti-discrimination pledges after 2015 incident
The actor Shaniqua Okwok has criticised the Royal Central Scho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37PMSunday, August 20, 2023
Younger audiences may not recognise people comedians are impersonating but some performers say there’s still plenty to work with
“If I see somebody become famous, and they’ve got trem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PMThursday, August 10, 2023
Actor says high prices are strangling next generation of theatregoers, as cheapest seats rise 13% in a year
The price of West End theatre tickets can be ludicrous and risks strangling the ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AMFriday, July 21, 2023
Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union ‘we are at thin end of horrible wedge’
Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMThursday, July 20, 2023
Byrne, who is also an award-winning playwright, said he would ‘shape a rejuvenating culture’ at one of London’s most prestigious theatres
David Byrne, an award-winning playwright and d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMWednesday, July 12, 2023
Edwin Flay brings his one-man drama, in which he plays the GP and serial killer, to the Edinburgh fringe
He was a big man with a bushy beard and a bowl of sweets on his desk for good boys an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMFriday, June 23, 2023
Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Pig will open during Hanukah in December at culture centre JW3
The corny gags, slapstick, cartoon baddies and singalongs beloved of traditional pantomime will…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AMThursday, June 15, 2023
‘Epic and deeply personal’ Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris
A play charting the life of Nye Bevan and his battle to create the NHS is among 12 ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AMDirector says past eight years ‘most challenging time in history’ for sector, but audience figures finally back at pre-pandemic levels
Rufus Norris is to step down as director of the Nat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMFriday, May 26, 2023
Former Coronation Street actor calls for more support, as survey finds lack of safety net for self-employed creatives
More financial support should be available to artists in the periods whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMWednesday, April 26, 2023
New artistic director Nancy Medina picks works about the power of belonging such as a queer coming-of-age story from Tarell Alvin McCraney and a musical version of David Nicholls’ Starter …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMFriday, April 21, 2023
Writer and director Ben Elton tells story of woman who was ‘most famous teenager in the world’ in the 1960s
She was a teenager from Neasden when a photograph of her newly cropped hair ca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMThursday, April 20, 2023
Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch to open in 2024 on site of playhouse that staged earliest performances
A London museum installation that uses the latest AI technology will allow theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMWednesday, April 12, 2023
Production is at centre of collaboration with west London community affected by 2017 disaster
The National Theatre is to stage a verbatim play based on accounts by survivors and those bereav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AMSunday, March 12, 2023
Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published
Four hundred years ago, a small band of William Shakespeare�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMTuesday, February 28, 2023
Stage version of 1988 Japanese animation leads the pack while Standing at the Sky’s Edge has eight nominations
My Neighbour Totoro, the new stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s beloved 19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:16AMTuesday, February 21, 2023
The Merchant of Venice 1936 among four plays to feature at RSC’s reopened Swan theatre this summer
A new take on Shakespeare’s controversial play The Merchant of Venice, set in London’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMTuesday, February 14, 2023
Theatre operators and producers changing marketing strategy as rowdy behaviour escalates
Popular musicals will be told to avoid phrases such as “best party in town” and “dancing in the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMSunday, February 12, 2023
The Brits faced criticism for not nominating women in gender-neutral category but women reign in theatre awards chosen by public
Women have dominated the gender-neutral performing categories…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PMWednesday, February 8, 2023
Wilson to enact single, seven-minute scene on loop with 100 men to explore gender roles
Ruth Wilson has called a new stage role in which she will perform the same scene repeatedly for 24 hou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMFriday, February 3, 2023
Featherstone is latest high-profile figure to leave a major theatre in recent months
The artistic director of the Royal Court, one of London’s most prestigious theatres, is stepping down a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThursday, January 19, 2023
Report criticises indifference to sector’s potential and calls for new approach to address skills shortages
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The UK risks losing its leading positio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMTuesday, January 17, 2023
The only Bafta award voted for by the British public, the five nominees are all actors from the UK and Ireland
Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in a new feature film about the late sin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AMWednesday, December 14, 2022
Scheme will make 1,000 tickets available every week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities
Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMWednesday, December 7, 2022
The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan ‘can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre’, says outgoing artistic director Ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMFriday, December 2, 2022
Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about ‘body pathologising’
Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised bec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMThursday, November 24, 2022
Artistic director of English National Ballet decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital
One of the ballet world’s biggest stars has accused Arts Council England of “s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMTuesday, November 22, 2022
Actor joins demonstration over plans to slash £50m from arts bodies in London as part of levelling-up agenda
Recent cuts to arts funding are part of “an agenda of cultural vandalism” th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMMonday, November 21, 2022
New Earth Theatre said ‘damaging tropes, misogyny and racism’ in show contradict its values
A touring theatre company has pulled a play from the Sheffield Crucible because of the venue�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM 
