Friday, June 17, 2016
Rudolf Nureyev is recalled as a troubled man who ‘pushed people, behaving appallingly’ in new book On stage, they wowed audiences and scaled the heights of artistry. Offstage, some of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:57PMSunday, June 12, 2016
Star of Wolf Hall and the Globe’s Merchant of Venice calls for cheaper tickets and more school tripsPlayhouses, schools and the government are failing to invest properly in future generati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMSaturday, April 30, 2016
Irina Kolesnikova, who performs at London’s Coliseum in August, says dancers should be nurtured, not pushed to the limits A world-renowned Russian prima ballerina has become the latest sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37PMSaturday, April 16, 2016
Playwright says the craft is being damaged by focus on selling seatsSir David Hare has warned that an obsession with box-office success is having a detrimental effect on British theatre and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:22PMSunday, December 20, 2015
Actor and director to be public face of Film London, which aims to celebrate playwright’s 400th death anniversary with series of radical new projectsSir Kenneth Branagh is to become the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:38AMTuesday, December 1, 2015
Play inspired by autobiography of man whose mother was Peter Sutcliffe's first known victimA playwright who owns the New End theatre in Hampstead, north London, is premiering a play in Leeds…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:43AMSaturday, September 12, 2015
As ex-Labour MP returns to acting, she expresses her dismay as to why women still can’t get the best rolesFrom Women in Love to A Touch of Class, Glenda Jackson starred in some of the best…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10PMSaturday, September 5, 2015
Ingmar Bergman’s muse talks about ever-more explicit mainstream movies and her new version of Miss JulieSex scenes in some of today’s films are so graphic that they are little more than …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:14PMSaturday, May 30, 2015
Equity will draw up audition guidelines in response to a rise in the number of complaints“Kick him in the balls and run out of the door.” So advised Joan Collins when asked how to negoti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMMonday, May 25, 2015
South African playwright says modern writers are catering for 'attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts'
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMUK play's author will write screenplay but West End director and cast are dropped as Hollywood snaps up stage success. Enron, the stage play that has enraptured the West End with its depicti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMSaturday, April 11, 2015
Young Dancer 2015 contest hopes to find the next generation of stars for Royal Ballet and Sadler’s WellsThe British have a longstanding love of TV dance shows. Think only of the huge popul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, March 21, 2015
Steven McRae won acclaim last week at the opening of the Royal Ballet’s latest production. But his poise comes at a priceThose watching Steven McRae gracefully leaping and pirouetting acro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PMSaturday, February 14, 2015
Acclaimed actor says we shouldn’t be purists about the text – as long as it still makes coherent, emotional senseMany regard him as the greatest classical actor of his generation, with K…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMSunday, February 8, 2015
As budget cuts are said to be turning arts into the ‘domain of the privileged’, RSC aims to develop training and bursaries to help increase diversity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMMonday, December 8, 2014
Theatre is a white invention. It’s in their DNA, Suzman says after Meera Syal appeals for theatres to look more to Asian audiences Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:53PMSunday, December 7, 2014
Author and actor says theatres neglect ‘moneyed new generation’ and should put on more diverse performances• Arts in England told to make progress with diversity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, November 29, 2014
Shock Treatment musical, written by Richard O’Brien 30 years ago, predicts rise of ‘that dreadful phenomenon’, reality and celebrity TV Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, September 13, 2014
Oscar-winning star fears working-class talents being lost by the cost of drama school training and demise of repertory theatre Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMMonday, September 1, 2014
Credits extended to theatres, while relief on preproduction costs offers incentive for projects with less obvious commercial appeal Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMSaturday, August 2, 2014
A theatregoer's campaign to crack down on thoughtless behaviour has got the actor on board Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
Previously unpublished letters reveal tension between legendary lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and producer over staging of musicalHe is the most powerful musicals producer of all time, but in his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AMWednesday, April 30, 2014
In a frank interview, the former head of the Almeida speaks out against a Belarusian regime that raids plays in performance, imprisons directors and threatens the future of free expressionOn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AMSaturday, March 8, 2014
Directors hail victory for campaign to keep world-class talent in UK as London centre leads renaissance in big top skillsThere may not be a lengthy drum roll to draw people's attention, but …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMTheatre director Michael Grandage worries that only the rich will be able to go to drama school
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 04:00AMWednesday, February 12, 2014
Exclusive: Grand dames of ballet criticise contemporary performances and say dancers have to be underweightTwo grand dames of classical ballet have ridiculed repeated claims that today's dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:09PMSaturday, November 2, 2013
From Judi Dench to Benedict Cumberbatch, some of the greatest names in British theatre reprise classic performances on London's South BankOne of the greatest crucibles of modern drama, the N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMSaturday, October 12, 2013
Computer analysis gives the Bard a hand in three late 16th century dramas, says scholar Jonathan BateThe hand of William Shakespeare has been identified in scenes or passages in three Elizab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AMSaturday, September 14, 2013
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in first feature as theatre adapts acclaimed shows into movies – following bold experiment in short filmsIt is small in size, but big on innovation. The Young Vic ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AMSaturday, June 29, 2013
Director's sharp criticism of Hollywood stars emerges following publication of previously unpublished recordingsHe is one of cinema's giants, but Orson Welles looked down on many of his fell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:46PMSaturday, June 22, 2013
Rada boss and Imogen Stubbs say language is being mangled in bid to imitate American film stars – and audiences are being let downToo many actors mumble their way through their lines, neit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:26AM 
