Thursday, October 22, 2015
Speaking ahead of the broadcast of the BBC adaptation of The Dresser, actor says he hopes BBC will take courage and bring more one-off dramas to screensIan McKellen has called for more plays…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31PMFriday, October 16, 2015
London-based Dance Umbrella will feature Of Riders and Running Horses, which celebrates communal spirit held by dances A show hoping to reinvigorate the long lost traditions of gathering tog…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:39AMSunday, October 11, 2015
Cast featuring Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Josh Hartnett will act out real life testimonies of children growing up in rural South AfricaActors including Nicole Kidman, Benedict C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:20PMMonday, September 21, 2015
Theatre and film input for black Britons remains low, say people in the industry, because those in charge are too conservative in their thinkingIt seems hard to believe that it took over 50 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:58PMThursday, September 17, 2015
Paul Zerdin scoops top prize of $1m with puppet trio, lauded as master of the artHe began his career in the pubs and working men’s clubs of the north of England, jostling with bingo and ka…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:52PMSunday, September 13, 2015
Play to debut this week at the Lowry tasked playwright fans of both City and United with the importance of football to life in Manchester A play exploring the passion, rivalry and loyalty of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMThursday, September 3, 2015
Artistic director raised concerns about the ‘extremist agenda’ of play about radicalisation of young MuslimsA controversial play about the radicalisation of young Muslims was cancelled b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14PMSunday, August 30, 2015
Performing under his real name, Yasiin Bey gives underwhelming performance in European debut of his standup showIt’s well past midnight when Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, finally …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMWednesday, August 26, 2015
Omar El-Khairy, whose Homegrown was shut down before it opened, says he has been approached by numerous figures offering to put play back onThe playwright behind Homegrown, the controversial…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMMuch-anticipated Shakespearean production starring Sherlock actor fails to wow critics but Wanda Bentham enjoyed her son’s performanceHis much-anticipated first outing as Hamlet may have b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMThursday, August 20, 2015
One Tower Bridge development will be the flagship home for London Theatre Company, group set up Hytner and Nick Starr when they left NationalA new 900-seat theatre is to open close to Tower …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26PMThursday, August 13, 2015
Disabled performers are pushing for a historic shift at 2015’s fringe – from widening notoriously bad venue access to putting work by artists with disabilities at the heart of the world�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16AMWednesday, August 12, 2015
Hula House, developed in conjunction with the English Collective of Prostitutes, is championing the cause of decriminalising sex work at the fringeAn immersive play where the audience are to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:44PMTuesday, August 11, 2015
Comedian Beth Vyse balances surreal humour with raw emotion as she brings her experience of breast cancer to the Edinburgh festival fringeWalking into a comedy show that is billed as an expl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:50PMSunday, August 9, 2015
Liberation aims to free audience from feelings of shame over nudity through music, dance and mime as performers strip off and throw paintWhen was the last time you ran around naked, throwing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PMIn cabaret shows and musicals such as My Beautiful Black Dog, performers at the fringe are breaking the taboo of mental healthAs a nation, the UK has never excelled at talking about its own …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMThursday, August 6, 2015
Actor famous for playing villains stays true to type with role in political satire aimed at ‘keeping fires of outrage burning’ over British and US invasion of IraqHe has built a five-dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31PMPhilip Nitschke’s production Dancing With Death hangs in the balance as police and council deliberate controversial show’s fate following complaintsA controversial Edinburgh fringe comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMEdinburgh festival project spans 20 plays written in tweets, on everything from life as a Cairo cabbie to dieting in Ramallah during the Israeli blockadeA 24-hour stream of consciousness fro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:52AMWednesday, August 5, 2015
Tickets costing £10 to see actor play Hamlet are close to gold dust, prompting some theatre-goers to queue all night They came slowly at first, some alone, others arriving in pairs, with bl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMTuesday, August 4, 2015
Creators of Homegrown, about radicalisation of young people, claim to have been given no prior warning and that external pressure was applied for decisionA controversial play exploring the m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19PMAs Benedict Cumberbatch prepares for the curtain to rise on his performance of Hamlet, fans detail their extraordinary journeys to watch him play the DaneTeri Peterson, 39, a receptionist, h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:02PMSunday, July 26, 2015
Key Change tells the stories of women behind bars after working with female prisoners to create hard-hitting production that looks behind the mugshotsA hard-hitting production exploring the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMMonday, July 20, 2015
Often sawn in half but rarely the ones wearing the white gloves, few women make a career in magic. Katherine Mills talks about how she tricked her way into ‘the old boy’s club’ – and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PMMonday, June 8, 2015
The director of London’s Almeida theatre talks about its forthcoming Greek festival that frames a run of plays by Euripides, Aeschylus and AristophanesA festival of music, poetry and discu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMTuesday, June 2, 2015
Cast of 113 young actors will take over school in Bethnal Green for two weeks in National Youth Theatre project Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:34PMSaturday, May 9, 2015
At 50, David Baddiel still can’t resist toilet humour, but his latest standup show is about dementia and death. Dark jokes are funny, he says, though some lines should not be crossed Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AMMonday, April 27, 2015
The Israel-born, London-based choreographer will take his boundary pushing work to dance, opera and rock stages of the city in September Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AMThursday, April 23, 2015
Miriam González Durántez’s Inspiring Women campaign paired girls from 15 comprehensive schools with artists, directors, actors, authors and designers Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMTuesday, April 14, 2015
Pioneer, inspired by Dutch project that aims to land manned spaceship on Mars, confronts the question of whether humans can cope with space travel Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PMLyric Hammersmith to stage production of 1998 novel about love affair between two women in Victorian London, adapted by playwright Laura Wade Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30PM 
