Sunday, March 12, 2023
Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published
Four hundred years ago, a small band of William Shakespeare…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMTuesday, February 21, 2023
The Merchant of Venice 1936 among four plays to feature at RSC’s reopened Swan theatre this summer
A new take on Shakespeare’s controversial play The Merchant of Venice, set in London’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, February 3, 2023
Featherstone is latest high-profile figure to leave a major theatre in recent months
The artistic director of the Royal Court, one of London’s most prestigious theatres, is stepping down a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThursday, January 19, 2023
Report criticises indifference to sector’s potential and calls for new approach to address skills shortages
UK politics live – latest news updates
The UK risks losing its leading positio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMWednesday, December 14, 2022
Scheme will make 1,000 tickets available every week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities
Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMWednesday, December 7, 2022
The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan ‘can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre’, says outgoing artistic director Ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMMonday, November 21, 2022
New Earth Theatre said ‘damaging tropes, misogyny and racism’ in show contradict its values
A touring theatre company has pulled a play from the Sheffield Crucible because of the venue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMThursday, November 17, 2022
Leading names of British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rights
Some of the leading names of British theatre and film h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTuesday, November 8, 2022
Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel will premiere at Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in April
A stage production of a poignant novel about the death of William Shakespeare’s son…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMFriday, November 4, 2022
English National Opera to create new base, possibly in Manchester, but will still manage Coliseum
The English National Opera, one of the country’s cultural flagships, is to relocate outsid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMThursday, October 13, 2022
Eliza Doolittle’s sparkling dress is one of 100 items that celebrate ‘transformative power’ of musicals
Weighed down by diamante, rhinestones, pearls, crystal beads, sequins and long, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMTuesday, August 23, 2022
Production opening in October portrays US evangelical star who challenged views on Aids and HIV
The colourful life story of an American Christian superstar who became a gay icon because of h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PMSunday, August 21, 2022
West Midlands comedian Masai Graham, who works as a part-time care worker, wins title for second time
A standup comedian who works part-time as a care worker on minimum wage has topped a po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33PMThursday, July 28, 2022
London venue with long history of offering training and networking has become Seven Dials Playhouse
For more than 40 years it was a place where actors – from legendary stars to those strug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Actors’ union says Covid exacerbated contributory factors such as job insecurity and low pay
People working in entertainment and performing arts are twice as likely to experience depressio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Model of 10-year-old Syrian girl that has become symbol of compassion will visit border town of Przemyśl
Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates
After last year’s 5,000-mile journey across Eur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of celebrated Studio Ghibli movie will be first opening ‘of this scale’ in nearly 40 years
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage an adaptation o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03AMWednesday, April 20, 2022
Parts to be staged in Stoke, Doncaster, Trowbridge and Sunderland in 2023 using local writers and amateur casts before finale in London
A retelling of The Odyssey, Homer’s epic story of en…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMMonday, April 18, 2022
Dispute at Actors’ Benevolent Fund pitted Penelope Keith and other trustees against general secretary
A charity that supports actors who are experiencing hardship due to old age, injury or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMThursday, April 14, 2022
Playhouse to stage Beyond Belief in 2023 to ‘say a proper goodbye’ to late SDLP leader who helped persuade IRA to give up arms
A musical drama about the life of John Hume, one of the mai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMThursday, March 10, 2022
Ivan Putrov and Alina Cojocaru announce event featuring artists from Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet
International ballet stars will take part in a charity gala …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMTuesday, March 8, 2022
Along with Life of Pi, the musical revivals are this year’s biggest contenders, with all four of their respective leads vying to win best actor or actress on 10 April
Cabaret, the revival …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMSaturday, March 5, 2022
Use ‘all possible means of communication’ to directly contact Russian citizens, 17 signatories say
Russia-Ukraine war: live news
A group of eminent writers has appealed to Russian speake…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMSunday, February 27, 2022
Veteran Ian McKellen, who raised more than £1m for theatre charities and arts groups, also honoured
The West End musical Frozen, the story of an ice queen and her fearless sister that capti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMThursday, February 24, 2022
Cycle of short plays will celebrate roles often underappreciated by those in positions of power
Key workers will be literally centre stage in a new cycle of nine short plays celebrating role…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMFriday, February 11, 2022
Windsor and Maidenhead council ditches proposal after outcry from residents and objections from ex-PM
Windsor and Maidenhead council has ditched a plan to abolish arts funding after an outcr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMMonday, February 7, 2022
Arthur Hughes says decision for 2022 production will allow lived experience to be ‘shown properly’
He is one of Shakespeare’s most reviled characters, distinguished by his “deformed,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMTuesday, February 1, 2022
The 47th by Mike Bartlett stars Bertie Carvel as the ex-president making attempt to regain the White House
The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMWednesday, January 26, 2022
Theatre company’s outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2
The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking the innovative step of casting the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThursday, January 13, 2022
Royal Shakespeare Company signs three-year agreement for productions onboard Queen Mary 2
More than 400 years after Hamlet was performed by a ship’s crew anchored off west Africa in the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMMonday, January 10, 2022
When George Devine’s family discovered a Japanese battle flag among his belongings, it led to a three-year quest for answers
“I am not a man for soldiering, although I do tolerably well …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AM 
