Tuesday, February 15, 2022
AN ORDINARY TRIANGLE TWISTS INTO NIGHTMARE The French novelist-turned-playwright Florian Zeller hit the British theatre scene a few years ago with two comedies: The Lie and The …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:58AMFriday, February 11, 2022
Windsor and Maidenhead council ditches proposal after outcry from residents and objections from ex-PM
Windsor and Maidenhead council has ditched a plan to abolish arts funding after an outcr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMHOMAGE TO A HEALING CHAOS If – like Prince Charles – you grew up with the Goons in the background (“Ying Tong! Bluebottle! He’s fallen in da water!” etc) this will ring …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:31PMMonday, February 7, 2022
Arthur Hughes says decision for 2022 production will allow lived experience to be ‘shown properly’
He is one of Shakespeare’s most reviled characters, distinguished by his “deformed,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMSajid Javid joins condemnation of comedian’s remark about Holocaust deaths and suggests boycott
Jimmy Carr’s comment about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are “deeply disturb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMTuesday, February 1, 2022
The 47th by Mike Bartlett stars Bertie Carvel as the ex-president making attempt to regain the White House
The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMWednesday, January 26, 2022
Actor uses National Theatre tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer
Damian Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time about the loss of his wife, Helen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTheatre company’s outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2
The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking the innovative step of casting the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMFriday, January 14, 2022
MIDDLECLASS MOUNTAIN MISERIES Inspired programming here. You’d find a decent overlap in any January Venn diagram of regular Donmar audiences and people who wish they were ski-i…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:29AMThursday, January 13, 2022
Royal Shakespeare Company signs three-year agreement for productions onboard Queen Mary 2
More than 400 years after Hamlet was performed by a ship’s crew anchored off west Africa in the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMPuppets move the heart… It was a third attempt ( like so many, it has had cancellations and suspensions), and I missed it in Sheffield 2019 through illness. So I bought any tick…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:14AMTuesday, January 11, 2022
The Spanish dancer will step down later this year, becoming artistic director at San Francisco Ballet, where her husband is a principal
Tamara Rojo, the artistic director of English National…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMMonday, January 10, 2022
When George Devine’s family discovered a Japanese battle flag among his belongings, it led to a three-year quest for answers
“I am not a man for soldiering, although I do tolerably well …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMSunday, January 9, 2022
Leading dancers and directors say they find the classic costume both physically and artistically restrictive
The ballerina’s tutu remains a traditional object of desire for many young girl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMSaturday, January 8, 2022
Pravesh Kumar says more diverse voices are needed to bring about creative change
Britain’s leading theatre companies must appoint more people of colour and from working-class backgrounds a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMWednesday, January 5, 2022
SONGS FROM THE LAND There’s a lovely serendipity here. The main theatre is running PEGGY FOR YOU (till 29th) while the little downstairs space has Neil Leyshon’s rather lo…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:18AMFriday, December 31, 2021
PLAGUE YEAR Part 2 – 2021 Below, if you care to scroll , I chronicled the shows that met my return from chemo-then-lockdown in 2020. An enfeebled theatrical year. Today a lo…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:55PMThursday, December 30, 2021
PART 1: THE ONSET I set out, in this eerie Twixtmas gap, to chronicle and celebrate the return of live theatre since May 2021. And this will follow. But when I totted up the 20…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:49AMThese are the pictures that defined an unpredictable year across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:12AMFingers crossed and fervent wishes sent for the end of the pandemic, here are some of the arts-and-culture events we're looking forward to in the new year, from a Billie Eilish concert to na…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMMonday, December 27, 2021
Amy Adams makes her West End debut, immersive dance confronts mental health and Steve Coogan’s alter ego embarks on a rare live UK tour
• Preview more cultural highlights of 2022 Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMSaturday, December 18, 2021
A SHARP , SERPENTINE, SUPERB PERFORMANCE Lounging in the small hours on her office couch, under a wall of posters for her many clients’ shows – both famous and forgotten �…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:57AMIt was a year of revivals in every sense, as venues threw open their doors again. From fresh takes on classics to blazing new talents and shows that captured the current moment, our critics …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMThursday, December 16, 2021
Theatres are battling to stay open as they contend with staff shortages and slumping tickets sales in what is usually their busiest time of year. For the cast of a pantomime in Corby, Northa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36PMThe Times’s three European theater critics pick their favorite productions of the year — plus a turkey apiece for the festive season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18AMTuesday, December 14, 2021
The Lion King, Life of Pi and the National’s Hex among shows affected during crucial festive season
Coronavirus – latest updates
West End shows including The Lion King have had to cancel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMFriday, December 10, 2021
A PRIMA DONNY JOINS THE FEARLESS FOUR Last year as a family we came to see the doughty quartet doing this variety show, an adult-joking non-panto to fill the fearful gap. It was th…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:31AMSoul singer posts tweet lambasting people she says disrupted The Drifters Girl show in London
The soul singer Beverley Knight has lambasted raucous theatregoers who she said disrupted a perf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMThursday, December 9, 2021
1968 AND ALL THAT James Graham’s mission might seem unfashionable: trawling 20c history and public culture, looking not for villains and heroes but for the nuances of human behaviour, …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:35PMTuesday, December 7, 2021
PULLING OUT THE STOPS FOR PULLMAN First things first: this is the most wonderfully evocative, romantic and dramatic bit of set-projection you will see all year. Bob Crowley, video maes…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:07PM 
