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Who else could wring humour out of getting a smear test? Plus: wild childhood pets and more on Would I Lie to You? Here's what to watch this evening Continue reading...
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Thursday, December 28, 2023
From the return of Bumbershoot and Cinerama to the Swift Quake and "Boys in the Boat" premiere, relive the biggest moments in Seattle arts & culture this year.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 26, 2023
The new year's hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen " plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gilber…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Deadheads, ballerinas and Mick Jagger: As 2023 winds down, revisit a memorable handful of the thousands of images commissioned by our photo editors that capture the year in culture.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 21, 2023
Our critics' highlights of the year include a 24-hour marathon, a standup welcoming hecklers, a reboot of The Matrix and a bus ride filled with emotion' More on the best culture of 2023
10. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]JAPAN MEETS THE NOISY WEST     This is exquisite, and not only in Paul Farnsworth's dreamy set and Ayako Maeda's costumes, from peasant fishermen to Shogun magnificence. T…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 20, 2023
BRAINS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM USEFUL    Clearly it is the mission of Hampstead Downstairs to broaden our education, no bad ambition. Not long ago I learned a lot about the l…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Open letter signed by top playwrights, actors and directors demands Israel free members of Freedom theatre
Israel-Gaza war " live updates
Some of Britain's most heralded playwrights, actors …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AM[SHARE]Monday, December 18, 2023
Francisco Nieva (1924-2016) ranks amongst the most respected Spanish playwrights of the second half of the twentieth century. The seat of the National Dramatic Centre in the hip Madrid neigh…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 13, 2023
A BLAST FROM THE PAST TO INSPIRE OR IRRITATE Â Â Â By the interval I was mournfully unconvinced that there was any point at all in reviving Tom Stoppard's 17-year-old play , about C…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 12, 2023
 CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SPIRIT   Can this really be the first Jewish pantomime? Oy vay, surely this culture with its musical genius, ironic jokes , family warmth,  …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:29PM[SHARE]ANOTHER KIND OF INQUIRYÂ Â I suppose we will have to wait a few years for the dust to settle and James Graham to write a nuanced play about the Boris-Covid-Tory-pocalypse. Meanwhile th…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:08AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 10, 2023
DICKENS IN RIOTOUS RHYME AND BAGPIPES " ON TOUR Â Â Â Wouldn't be right to get through December without Dickens, would it? Â But I have seen the magnificent Old Vic adaptation by …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 7, 2023
The acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute
' A sandy place, a recipe for a nation and a Christmas plea: three poems by B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 6, 2023
New York City Ballet's 75th anniversary celebration and Dance Reflections from France delivered some of this year's brightest moments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
  I don't usually record anything that's two-nights-only, but this one I think will flower and fly, so watch out for it. It's already looking like turning up in March at TR Haymar…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 28, 2023
BEWARE OF GREEKS BRINGING GAGS   Where does Kylie get her kebabs? From Jason's doner van!  If that makes you scuttle away in fright, you have not yet achieved the correct seas…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:02PM[SHARE]Monday, November 27, 2023
London venue's online collection of performances dating back to 1956 will be free to use for writers, directors and the public
The Royal Court has launched a free digital archive of every p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 25, 2023
DARK BEFORE THE DAWN     To emerge with any redemptive sense from Joe Hill-Gibbins' spare, scorching rather brilliant production, it helps to remember that Henrik …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:21AM[SHARE]Friday, November 24, 2023
ANY TOIL AND TROUBLE WAS WELL WORTH IT Everything a child could want is here:  the dark thrill of imagined orphanhood, a quest, baddies , jeopardy and jokes, bouncy musical spectacle…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 23, 2023
Actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown said non-London crowds 'have a real hunger for a good night at the theatre'
The actor Dominic West has extolled the virtues of regional theatre a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM[SHARE]Siblings, a Soldier from Ukraine and a New Prince: Children are the heart of this New York City Ballet classic. We hung out with four in this year's production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 22, 2023
April De Angelis comedy, to be premiered in Hampstead, explores life of actor at a time when married women were 'legally dead'
She was known as the Queen of Drury Lane and the first truly re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PM[SHARE]GOLDSMITH BEATEN LIGHT AS AIR Â Â Â Nice symmetry in Tom Littler's decision to set Oliver Goldsmith's 1773 comedy in the Wodehousian Jazz Age:Â the Georgians, with their boozy mon…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:43PM[SHARE]Monday, November 13, 2023
The artist Liz Magic Laser considers quaking as both a symptom and a cure for psychological distress in "Convulsive States" at Pioneer Works.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:29PM[SHARE]Friday, November 10, 2023
FLAT WHITE AND WOEFUL Â Â Â Â If you're going to splash out on a visually arresting finale of assassination, a vivId fire destroying a Norman tower and a lyrical monologue about L…
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