Sunday, October 30, 2016
Authentic productions of the playwright’s productions can be brilliant but Britain must not be bound by a hertiage-industry view of Mr Anne Hathaway’s workThe abrupt cessation this week …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMFriday, October 14, 2016
It is time for the possibilities, dreams, imaginations and capabilities of female actors to be properly reflected on stageIn London, the Donmar Warehouse has just opened its all-female The T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:21PMThursday, December 31, 2015
The Bard was the best of us, so to mark four centuries since his death we should make a resolution to see one of his plays this year, ideally in Stratford-upon-AvonUnfortunate the land that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMMonday, November 16, 2015
On Stage: Live from Television Centre, far from being a one-off experiment, could signal a new direction at the BBCSubversive, anarchic, mischievous, unpredictable: not words that could ofte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PMFriday, August 14, 2015
The best way audiences can help Benedict Cumberbatch and his colleagues put on a great show is to treat it like any other night at the theatreBenedict Cumberbatch is one of the finest male B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:19PMFriday, January 30, 2015
From Athens to London, ancient dramas are being used to open up questions too thorny to be tackled head on Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMMonday, February 17, 2014
The writer of A Taste of Honey may never have replicated her original success, but she blazed a trail for female playwrightsHalf a century after Joan Littlewood staged Oh, What a Lovely War!…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:57PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Her work is imbued with a passionate concern for the unrecognised that makes her own voice unforgettableThere are a few actors who are always ready to take risks. Maxine Peake – familiar m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PMThursday, January 23, 2014
A crucial missing prop, an entrance from the wrong side of the stage, or an actor drying make for unforgettable momentsNot one but two actors' nightmares, confessed Sam Mendes, forced to mak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PMSunday, January 19, 2014
In the midst of recession, the UK's creative industries have been quietly outperforming the rest of British industryColin Welland famously exclaimed "the British are coming!" while accepting…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:56PMMonday, January 13, 2014
National treasure status can surely not be far away for the writer of SherlockEvery so often, always in the nicest possible way, a good actor's career enjoys a breakthrough. Suddenly the wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMFriday, November 15, 2013
Stage nudity is becoming so frequent it might be needful in future to highlight programmes in which some performers may appear wearing clothesThe film actress Demi Moore, who in her earlier …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMThursday, November 14, 2013
Nothing beats being there, as any sports fan knows, but there are consolations when barriers to theatre access are removedOn Wednesday night the Royal Shakespeare Company joined the growing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37PMTuesday, October 1, 2013
A choreographer as likely to work with Radiohead as the Royal Ballet, McGregor wilfully embraces his own contradictionsTop choreographer opens new show at Sadler's Wells: hardly a surprise. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07PMMonday, July 29, 2013
For innovative theatre company Teatro Vivo, no-go areas simply become destinations for one more adventure to add to the story so farThe reinvention of theatre, continued. After Kenneth Brana…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:46PM 
