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Monday, August 29, 2016

Yasmina Reza: 'There's no point in writing theatre if it's not accessible' by Elizabeth Day

Yasmina Reza's 2008 play God of Carnage was a worldwide hit. Here she talks about working with director Roman Polanski on the film adaptation and the year she spent with Nicolas SarkozyIn la…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AM
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Ade Edmondson: ‘I never laughed as hard as I did with Rik’ by Elizabeth Day

Ahead of appearing in stage play Neville’s Island in the West End, Ade Edmondson reflects on his life and work, and on the recent deaths of three close friends, including his Young Ones co…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:44AM
Saturday, June 27, 2015

Lenny Henry, thanks for bringing theatre to life | Elizabeth Day by Elizabeth Day

When the actor forgot his lines, he almost made me warm to this stilted, overrated art formI went to the theatre last week to see the newly knighted Lenny Henry in a production of Educa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16PM
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Audience with a monster: the pain of staging the cruel life of Jimmy Savile by Elizabeth Day

Even before it opened, a play about the notorious paedophile sparked controversyWhen Karin Ward was told by the journalist Jonathan Maitland that he planned to write a stage play about Jimmy…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PM
Sunday, April 5, 2015

John Goodman: ‘There were many times I could have gone under’ by Elizabeth Day

The screen and stage star’s unpredictability has made him one of Hollywood’s greatest character actors – and a famously tricky interviewee. On the eve of his London stage debut in a Da…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Ade Edmondson: I never laughed as hard as I did with Rik by Elizabeth Day

Ahead of appearing in stage play Nevilles Island in the West End, Ade Edmondson reflects on his life and work, and on the recent deaths of three close friends, including his Young Ones co-st…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM
Saturday, January 18, 2014

David Baddiel: I don't think 'what would Jesus do?' I think 'what would John Updike do?' by Elizabeth Day

The comedian discusses his literary hero and the pratfalls of fame but is too polite to mention the attempted jewel heist going on outsideThe first restaurant David Baddiel suggests for lunc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PM
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Graham Linehan: 'We couldn't make Father Ted in the same way today' by Elizabeth Day

The man behind the hit sitcom on Catholic guilt, the power of Twitter and how he put The Ladykillers on stageThe Ladykillers, the play you wrote based on the 1955 film, has returned to the W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Isy Suttie: 'I like to explore love… and throw in stuff about cagoules' by Elizabeth Day

The standup, who plays Peep Show's Dobby, on her two new shows examining affairs of the heartWhen Isy Suttie was training as an actress at college, she fell asleep one night and woke to find…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Cush Jumbo: 'I'm not interested in being in Heat magazine' by Elizabeth Day

Cush Jumbo belongs to a new generation of actors more interested in classical theatre than Hollywood stardomIn 2009, Cush Jumbo was late paying her rent. Her landlord didn't know it then, bu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM

Cush Jumbo: 'I'm not interested in being in Heat magazine' by Elizabeth Day

Cush Jumbo belongs to a new generation of actors more interested in classical theatre than Hollywood stardom Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Una Stubbs: 'I just think, Oh, I hope I can be good enough' by Elizabeth Day

Since Una Stubbs's film debut half a century ago, she's never been out of work. With a string of memorable TV series to her name, from Till Death Do Us Part to Sherlock, how does she feel no…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Roddy Doyle: the joy of teaching children to write | Feature by Elizabeth Day

Inspired by his friend Dave Eggers, Irish novelist Roddy Doyle set up Fighting Words to nurture the creative skills of deprived children – with a little help from some big namesIt is a Mon…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Yasmina Reza: 'There's no point in writing theatre if it's not accessible' by Elizabeth Day

Yasmina Reza's 2008 play God of Carnage was a worldwide hit. Here she talks about working with director Roman Polanski on the film adaptation and the year she spent with Nicolas SarkozyIn la…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM

Yasmina Reza: 'There's no point in writing theatre if it's not accessible' by Elizabeth Day

Yasmina Reza's 2008 play God of Carnage was a worldwide hit. Here she talks about working with director Roman Polanski on the film adaptation and the year she spent with Nicolas Sarkozy Cont…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Kenneth Branagh: the king of comedy by Elizabeth Day

Kenneth Branagh's returned to his native Belfast for a play that proves he can do slapstick and ShakespeareThe first thing Kenneth Branagh did when he returned to his home town of Belfast a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Polly Stenham and Victoria Williams: 'Our tastes are unnervingly similar' | Interview by Elizabeth Day

The award-winning playwright Polly Stenham is opening an art venue with her college friend, Victoria WilliamsPolly Stenham and Victoria Williams are, by their own admission, wearing unsuitab…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Keira Knightley: 'I didn't feel I deserved my success' – interview by Elizabeth Day

The star of Never Let Me Go on being chippy, playing a bad girl and making Carey Mulligan cryYou play Ruth in Never Let Me Go. Had you read Kazuo Ishiguro's novel before getting the part?I …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Lenny Henry: 'People steal cardboard cutouts of me from hotel receptions' by Elizabeth Day

Stand-up Lenny Henry on single-mindedness, speaking in tongues and black faces at the BBCYou've just started a stand-up tour, Cradle to Rave (nationwide). Has there been any heckling yet?No,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Rory Kinnear: why he made the headlines in 2010 by Elizabeth Day

Rory Kinnear's award-winning Hamlet topped a year of acclaimed roles on stage and screenRory Kinnear likes to be undressed backstage. It is not to do with a particular penchant for nudity, h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards