Friday, October 10, 2014
As John Bell announces his retirement from Bell Shakespeare, the company he founded to make Shakespeare accessible to all Australians, we take a look back at his long career treading the boa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55PMThursday, October 9, 2014
As Australia's most respected Shakespearean actor and director announces he is stepping down from Bell Shakespeare, the theatre company he founded 25 years ago, here are some of his greatest…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06PMRoyal Ballet star Natalia Osipova made her much-anticipated appearance in Kenneth MacMillans acclaimed tragic ballet Manon at Londons Royal Opera House this week, partnered by Carlos Acosta …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AMWednesday, October 8, 2014
Laurence Olivier had plenty of wise words for aspiring performers. Mind you, so does the moderate Twitter sensation @Tips4Actors. Can you tell whose lines are whose?The book Tips for Actors …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:17AMThursday, October 2, 2014
After the years most-discussed West End previews, Speed-the-Plow a David Mamet revival starring Mean Girls Lindsay Lohan has its official opening night on 2 October. Have a look at the pro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMInspired by the Young Vic theatre's acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, Mayday reunites Juliet Stevenson and the director Natalie Abrahami. Written by Nancy Harris, the film…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMTuesday, September 30, 2014
Kristin Scott Thomas and director Ian Rickson have reunited to stage Electra, the classic tragedy by Sophocles. Take a first look before the productions opening night on 1 October Continue r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PMKristin Scott Thomas and director Ian Rickson have reunited to stage Electra, the classic tragedy by Sophocles. Take a first look before the production’s opening night on 1 October Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PMFriday, September 26, 2014
The Mancunian punk poet beloved of Alex Turner and Plan B is joining us for a live Q&A from 4-5pm on Tuesday 30 September so what do you want to ask him? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:20AMOphelia and Gertrude are the chief female characters in Hamlet but many actresses have taken on the lead role itself including Asta Nielsen and Frances de la Tour At her Peake: Maxines stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
"If you do crap when I come along ... I shall scream!" Novelist Michael Morpurgo drops into rehearsals for the National Youth Theatre's production of Private Peaceful, based on his 2003 book…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Melbournes fringe festival returns with several experimental and confronting pieces that arent afraid to tackle Australian politics, and deliver controversy, madness and wit in equal doses. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47PMAs their show The Play That Goes Wrong opens in London, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society offer their advice on getting ahead in Theatreland Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMTuesday, September 16, 2014
As Gillian Anderson gives her final performances in A Streetcar Named Desire broadcast by NT Live on 16 September can you tell which of these lines belong to Blanche Dubois and which are s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, September 15, 2014
As she plays Shakespeares sweet prince in one of 2014s most anticipated productions, take a look at the Silk stars stage career so far Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMFriday, September 12, 2014
With the death of Sir Donald Sinden, the British acting fraternity has lost one of its most esteemed and beloved figures. A celebrated Shakespearean actor, Sinden also appeared in more than …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMThursday, September 11, 2014
Shakespeare saved some fine lines for those characters drawing their last breath. Can you identify who speaks these words in their exit speeches? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, September 8, 2014
Pass the gazpacho: here's the first image of Tamsin Greig, dressed in a Thierry Mulger jumpsuit, as Pepa Marcos in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The West End musical adaptation …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMSunday, September 7, 2014
Though Joan Rivers once said she wanted a red carpet at her funeral, the sidewalk was bare outside Temple Emanu-El synagogue on New Yorks Fifth Avenue on Sunday. Hundreds of fans waited to c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:56PMFriday, September 5, 2014
Originally published in the Guardian Weekend magazine on 19 July 1997 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMWhile the dialogue is a little unnatural, the production at Manchesters Theatre Royal serves its stars well Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AMThursday, September 4, 2014
The comedian Joan Rivers has died in New York on Thursday at the age of 81. Rivers had a lengthy career, starting on the New York comedy scene alongside Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Car…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:13PMThe pioneering entertainer and comedian has died aged 81. Rivers got her big break with an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965 and was a TV mainstay from then onJoa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:58PMMonday, September 1, 2014
As Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webbers Evita gets ready to return to the West End stage, we take a look at productions through the years Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:17AMFriday, August 29, 2014
The puppetry team behind War Horse turn their hands to post-apartheid South Africa for this imaginative reframing of Alfred Jarrys 19th-century play, Ubi Roi Mark Fishers review of the Edinb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:58PMThursday, August 28, 2014
Flamenco guitarist Paco Peñas new show, Patrias, is part of this years Edinburgh international festival. Heres a reminder of his colourful and electrifying stage shows Review Paco Peñas f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMFriday, August 22, 2014
In this exclusive video, Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Bartók's 2nd violin concerto and discusses its themes as she prepares to perform it with the London Philharmonic Or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMMonday, August 18, 2014
From Hoovers to badgers, here are the quips voted funniest in Dave's competition at the festival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMFrom George RR Martin to Phill Jupitus and Ali Smith, Murdo MacLeod has been turning his lens on more authors at the 2014 festivalMurdo MacLeods Edinburgh authors in pictures, part I Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AMFriday, August 15, 2014
