He wasn’t just a magnificent actor – he was also a raconteur, mentor, joker, engineer and pilot. Friends including Tom Hollander, Penelope Wilton, Simon Callow, Nicholas Hytner, Matthew …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AMHis play Spitting Image about a gay partnership broke new ground in the West End, says Colin Chambers Also among the many activities in the protean Colin Spencer’s impressive array of achi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMJude McGowan on being a lifelong theatregoer on a modest budget. Plus letters from Rory Murphy and Ian Wells Re your article on theatre prices (Price of West End theatre tickets can be ludic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Barry Manilow and Jessica Chastain were among the crowd for the 76th annual Tony Awards, held in New York on Sunday The full list of winners Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:25AMDecades of civil war and economic meltdowns left Lebanon’s people struggling for hope – and then three years ago came the devastating explosion in the capital’s port. But the country�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMSue Bingham helps organise a charity event where people of all ages can dance their cares away in a village hall, while Dave Mcglade worries about the loss of spaces for all forms of dance I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMWe ruin, waste and trivialise human life by ignoring that, writes Michael Bulley Charlotte Higgins is right to see Medea, in Euripides’s tragedy, as heroic (Greek tragedies like Medea are…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMMan Utd v Oldham Coliseum | Toilet dread | The con in consultant | Middle age | Clement Freud How saddening to see that Oldham-born Sir Jim Ratcliffe seems able to find £5bn or so to buy Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMRosanna Achilleos-Sarll remembers being told she was ‘too tall’ by the celebrated ballet dancer, while Tessa Higgins praises the wonderful teacher Audrey de Vos Your obituary of Dame Ber…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMTheatre companies outside London aren’t getting the attention they deserve, says Julia Sowerbutts I applaud your editorial about the squeeze on opportunities for new plays and playwrights …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM21 March 1925 - 2 July 2022The theatre director remembers his friend and mentor, a titan of the stage whose productions revolutionised the art form James Lovelock remembered by John Gray Re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMComedian doesn’t directly address apology onstage but says: ‘Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith ... I went to work the next day’ Comedian Chris Rock did not directly address Will Sm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48PMDavid Harewood, Sharon D Clarke and Josette Bushell-Mingo pay tribute to the pioneering star who has died aged 91 ‘Remarkable, revelatory, inspiring’: Yvonne Brewster on Mona Hammond It …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMAfter 27 years, the groundbreaking Saturday night at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London ends next month. Performers past and present and famous fans reflect on how it changed them and the q…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMWhether you want to go far out or snoop at someone else’s home, our critics will keep you busy for the next seven days Everything Everywhere All at OnceOut nowFirestarter notwithstanding, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMCryer, known for I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and as writer for Bruce Forsyth and the Two Ronnies, called ‘the real deal’ The comedian, writer and actor Barry Cryer has died at the age…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMFrom Ian McKellen as Hamlet to elephants treading the boards, our photography maestro was in position to shoot theatre’s glorious return Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM1 May 1937 – 12 August 2021The actor recalls his Sherlock co-star, a doyenne of British TV whose youthful, no-nonsense energy and humour were irresistible Janet Malcolm remembered by her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021The comedian recalls more than 30 years of friendship with a warm and generous writer and performer whose standup sets left audiences helpless with laughter …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM22 March 1930 – 26 November 2021The actor on the American composer and lyricist who changed musicals, and whose warmth and generous spirit were equally present in the theatre and at home …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMBoris Johnson says government is in talks with composer, who is ‘surprised’ to hear of the proposed pilot Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Andrew Lloyd W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMThe award-winning Kneehigh theatre company has announced it is closing down. Revisit its past hits including Rapunzel, A Matter of Life and Death and The Tin Drum Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMLeading artistic directors including Ivo van Hove, Shanta Thake and Thomas Ostermeier reflect on their nations’ treatment of the arts during Covid. Introduction by Susannah Clapp In the di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMActors, authors, musicians and Observer critics share tips for filling the after‑homeschool hours – from uplifting family films to creative apps, dance tutorials and sonic journals Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThe surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died of cancer in Las Vegas after his magic partner died last year German news agency dpa is reporting that illusionist Siegfried Fischbac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMColin Jones trained as a dancer before becoming a photographer. His pictures of Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev and Tamara Rojo are on display at the North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford, until 7 M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMIn what’s allegedly a record-breaking $75m deal, the Pulitzer prize-winning stage musical, with the original cast, will land at cinemas worldwide in 2021 The hit Pulitzer prize-winning mus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMKen Dodd’s laugh riot, Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman, Lucy Prebble’s dazzling debut and ‘off-with-your kit Harington’ … revisit the hits and flops assessed by our outgoing theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMHow did a one-woman show at Edinburgh become a worldwide hit? As a book of the series is published, performers and writers ask her about inspiration, sex and guinea pigs Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMMaxine Peake and director Sarah Frankcom explore the life and art of German actor-singer Nico in a bold new production at Manchester international festival inspired by her 1968 album The Mar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMHe threw flamboyant parties and created equally dazzling films and operas. A look back on the career of the director of the films Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew and the opera T…
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