Monday, April 24, 2023
Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater and Budapest Festival Orchestra among performers named in lineup
This year’s Edinburgh international festival will focus on themes of hope, community…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMMonday, November 14, 2022
In our second set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we hear from Balbir Singh Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia and Little Bulb
Organisati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThursday, November 10, 2022
In the first of a series of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we consider the view from the Watermill theatre, Welsh National Opera and Pai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMThursday, December 16, 2021
Southbank Centre, LondonTrio who have made a career hymning those who live in the shadows are stumped when faced with an actual ghost story. And then there’s the coughing …
Whether it�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMMonday, March 22, 2021
In the second of our two-parter, rock stars, roadies, actors, dancers, composers and comics describe how their lives have been transformed without live shows – and imagine what now lies ah…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMFriday, February 1, 2019
The standup inspired Mark Thomas with his activism, opened Jack Dee’s eyes and appalled Mark Steel – in the best possible way. Friends and colleagues pay tribute to Hardy, who has died a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTuesday, September 12, 2017
He gave Peter Brook his big break, helped Elaine Paige conquer her fear, showed Griff Rhys Jones the joy of farce and dazzled a teenage Samuel West. They celebrate the great director who has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMFriday, August 12, 2016
Rehearsal studio, Lyceum theatre, EdinburghKarine Polwart’s warm solo show guides us through the landscapes of her Midlothian home with history and humourEvery year, 2,400 pink-footed gees…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMThursday, October 1, 2015
Autumn/winter highlights include a celebration of Arthur Miller, a classical version of nurturing platform BBC Introducing, a Stockhausen world premiere – and Alan Bennett’s Private Pass…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMFriday, July 10, 2015
The artistic director’s resignation comes at the end of a difficult year for the beleaguered opera companyEnglish National Opera has announced that its artistic director, John Berry, is to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMWednesday, April 15, 2015
A wide-ranging slate of productions include a new production of Orphée et Eurydice, Katie Mitchell directing Lucia di Lammermoor, Placido Domingo’s Nabucco and four brand-new ballets Cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMWednesday, February 26, 2014
Condoms, mud, bluegrass – Imogen Tilden finds out how the Danish craze for the 'theatre concert' has shaken up Mozart"We use 60 condoms per show," says Nikolaj Cederholm, with a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMMonday, December 17, 2012
Composer Howard Blake and director Bill Alexander on how they adapted Raymond Briggs' children's book for the stageHoward Blake, composerIn the late 1960s I was staying in Cornwall, recupera…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMWednesday, May 30, 2012
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonWe begin at sea. Antigonus, the infant Perdita clutched to his breast, lands in Bohemia. He places his bundle tenderly on the ground, consigns her to her fate, and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PMTuesday, May 8, 2012
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonIt's apt that in the middle of a dismally wet spring, a play that begins with a storm and ends with a sea voyage is performed by a group of actors from a land itse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMTuesday, April 24, 2012
Fictionalised account of animator's life, one of nine new productions and six revivals to be staged by the company, will depict Walt Disney as racist and misogynistA new work by Philip Glass…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AM 
