A guide to comedy and theatre from the final week of the Fringe
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:12AMA guide to comedy and theatre at this year’s Fringe festival
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AMProduction will ‘question the gender binary’
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24AMBook containing 36 of the bard’s plays was compiled seven years after his death.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:24AMMatarazzo will be the last actor to play the role of Jared before ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ closes on Broadway
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:42AMWare accused Michele of making her life a ‘living hell’ on set of musical comedy series
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:24AMActor fainted on stage during first night and contracted Covid before fully leaving show
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:42AM‘The man was a giant in our field,’ Adrian Lester tweeted
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:33AMFor over 20 years, Gifford’s Circus has been bringing kitsch comedy and knife-throwing to village greens. Oh, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a fan. Isobel Lewis meets the people who really di…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AMChris Bush, aka Sheffield’s Shakespeare, will have opened eight shows by the end of the year. She tells Isobel Lewis about her audacious trilogy ‘Rock/Paper/Scissors’ and her musical a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:37AMThe ‘It’s a Sin’ star waited half a decade for a decent gig – now he’s nabbed a major lead role on stage. He talks to Isobel Lewis about ‘Britannicus’ at the Lyric Hammersmith …
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:33AMFrances Barber steals the show as the murderer who came to tea in this inconsistent production
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:37AMDirector wrings every last drop of comic potential out of classic musical
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:03AMByrne said that the legendary actor’s ‘words stayed with me’
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:06AMThe rising West End actor is taking the lead in a new production of the beloved film and turning the meaning of blonde on its head. She talks to Isobel Lewis about making shows with a message
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:06AMRead the full list of nominations
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:06PMClaire Rushbrook and Daniel Ryan give nuanced performances as a married couple on the brink of splitting, but the script feels exposition-heavy
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:54AM‘Dune’ star had been due to star opposite Eileen Atkins at The Old Vic
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:42AMActor’s union Equity calls for Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group to compensate performers in both new and incoming cast
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:36AMIncoming ensemble member Daisy Blanche Twells said she found out show was ending via press release
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:36AMThe theatre company SpitLip talk to Isobel Lewis about turning ‘Operation Mincemeat’ into a musical comedy for the stage – ‘it’s a British tradition to make fun of the terrible th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:18AMActor revealed she has framed the letter
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24PMOlivier Award-winning actor said she hadn’t been in an audience for two years and was ‘frightened’ to return
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:36AM‘The last thing I need is a slap in the face from the seven actors who play the tiger,’ comedian said, in reference to the stage adaptation of ‘Life of Pi’
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:24AMEight years after playing Kate Middleton in a ‘future history’ play, the British actor is now playing Donald Trump’s ‘ambiguous’ daughter Ivanka in another. She speaks to Isobel Le…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:48AMHarris’s play shocks – but never for shock’s sake
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:48AMThe ‘Drag Race UK’ finalist can be seen licking faces and riding car bonnets in a new staging of cult musical ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’. They talk to Isobel Lewis about gender, pro…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:54AM‘The story and my life are so parallel’
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:12PM‘Kingsman’ actor has tested positive for Covid-19
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:37AMRevival of Mike Bartlett’s 2009 play fizzes with energy
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:24AMViral parish councillor said that musical composer was ‘incredibly arrogant’
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