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More than 500 years after his death, the monarch most reviled by Shakespeare is still courting controversy – over whether non-disabled actors should ever be cast in the role, and with a ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMThursday, November 2, 2023
The producers cultivated online followers for three years before mounting a full production, bringing them along on the show’s journey to the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:02AMMonday, December 19, 2022
As Paul Mescal takes on the role first made famous by Marlon Brando, Holly Williams looks at the star-studded history of ‘Streetcar’, a play full of parts coveted by big name actors
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:48AMFriday, June 24, 2022
The Crucible Theater in Sheffield, England, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a mind-boggling logistical challenge that also honors a declining industry in the city.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMThursday, April 7, 2022
Jamie Fletcher’s production is a rackety and raucous triumph
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:24AMFriday, February 11, 2022
Anthony Lau delivers a stylish production at the Sheffield Crucible, set in a glittering, heightened contemporary world of neon outfits and disco-balls. Yet while the first half flies by, so…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:42AMFriday, March 12, 2021
A new online production from the Royal Shakespeare Company uses motion-capture and video game technology to create a virtual world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54AMSunday, November 29, 2020
If the second lockdown has you yearning for theatre, opera, dance or comedy, we’ve got you covered. Holly Williams picks some of the best online performances streaming this winter
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:36AMSunday, September 27, 2020
The Observer revisits six theatre bosses appointed in 2019 to discuss the existential threat to their industry, and the fightback
Last summer, the Observer profiled a group of newly-appointe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMWednesday, May 20, 2020
Watching on a screen can feel like a poor imitation of real-life theater, but some artists are using the communications technology we now rely on to enhance the streaming experience.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMSunday, February 23, 2020
Gielgud, LondonDavid Mitchell makes a rollicking stage debut as the Bard in this bawdy adaptation of Ben Elton’s BBC series
Of all the sitcoms to be turned into a stage show, Upstart Crow …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMSunday, February 16, 2020
Young Vic, LondonStef Smith’s smart three-Nora Ibsen update spans 100 years and cleverly contrasting worlds of pain in this slick first revival
It’s often said that Nora’s slam of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AMSunday, October 27, 2019
The writer-director on staging Arinzé Kene’s Little Baby Jesus, winning the JMK award and working with regional black British writers
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, 25, is a playwright, director a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMWednesday, July 24, 2019
Playwrights and comedians try to make sense of human brutality, and the public’s feverish interest in real-life murder mysteries.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMTuesday, July 16, 2019
In an adaptation for a theater in Sheffield, England, the tiger at the center of Yann Martel’s best-selling book comes startlingly to life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:06AMWednesday, June 5, 2019
From a Paris crosswalk to Radio City Music Hall, the TV funnyman and Tony Awards host reminds us that he started on the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03PMThursday, May 30, 2019
With John Malkovich playing a Harvey Weinstein-style character, the play already has people talking — and speculating.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMWednesday, April 24, 2019
The desire to be challenged has propelled Giles Terera to an impressive CV of performances and an Olivier award-winning turn in Hamilton.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMSunday, April 21, 2019
The writer of Does My Bomb Look Big in This? talks about the joy of putting London Muslim girls on the stageNyla Levy was born in Tooting, south London. As an actor, she has appeared in ITV�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMFriday, March 29, 2019
The last time she was on stage at the National Theatre, Amanda Lawrence played an angel in Marianne Elliott’s acclaimed production of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:45PMWednesday, February 6, 2019
London’s Almeida Theater has become a home away from home for the New York playwright Anne Washburn. Next: a very American comic drama called “Shipwreck.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06AMSunday, February 3, 2019
The Yard in East London is bringing young people to theater with programming that mixes avant-garde stage productions and club nights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48AMWednesday, January 30, 2019
Tiata Fahodzi artistic director Natalie Ibu is on a mission to multiply theatre’s narratives. The ‘strategic provocateur’ tells Holly Williams about her
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMonday, December 3, 2018
The actor on her playwriting debut, Hole, at the Royal Court, the power of Beyoncé, and the pleasures of Vanity FairEllie Kendrick, 28, is an actor and writer. She started acting profession…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMTuesday, November 6, 2018
No one knows why the writer abandoned her novel “The Watsons.” In adapting it for the theater, Laura Wade tussled with both the characters and their deceased creator.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMWednesday, September 5, 2018
Following a controversial name change, which saw the Tricycle become the Kiln in April, a bigger transformation is set to be unveiled.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMSaturday, August 11, 2018
The actor on her first performance at the Edinburgh fringe, politics and her pride in Coronation StreetJulie Hesmondhalgh, 48, was born in Accrington, Lancashire. She trained at Lamda, and h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMSaturday, August 4, 2018
Currently performing in Othello at the Globe, the Krypton star reveals his inspirations on stage and in comics, and a sprinting career thwarted by cakeAaron Pierre was born in 1994 in south …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PMFriday, July 27, 2018
“The Lehman Trilogy,” a story of American capitalism, is playing on a London stage. Two journalists — one British, one American — discuss.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18AMSaturday, July 21, 2018
The choreographer on struggling with fatherhood, why dancers are like football fans, and taking hip-hop to Sadler’s WellsChoreographer Botis Seva was born in south London in 1991 and&…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMTuesday, July 10, 2018
The One is returning to Soho Theatre. Author Vicky Jones – who, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, make up the team behind Fleabag –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AM 
