2024-25 programme includes premieres of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Festen and Wayne McGregor’s Margaret Atwood ballet MaddAddam Eight new productions, a world premiere, a European prem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:02AMAlvin 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 09:36AMIn 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 06:54AMIn 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 07:36AMSouthbank 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 10:33AMIn 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 02:12PMThe 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 10:18AMHe 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 03:12PMRehearsal 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 07:43AMAutumn/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 01:55PMThe 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 10:30AMA 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 01:06PMCondoms, 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 11:01AMComposer 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 01:02PMShakespeare'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 01:10PMShakespeare'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 11:58AMFictionalised 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…
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