Thursday, April 25, 2013
Nerves, speeches, practising their fake-congratulation face – five nominees for this year's Olivier awards, including Luke Treadaway and Hattie Morahan, tell Laura Barnett about one of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30AMSaturday, April 20, 2013
Hampstead theatre, LondonOn 3 April 2011 Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing airport. Then began a Kafkaesque nightmare: 81 days in detention without trial; accused of being a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, April 13, 2013
Do resale websites selling seats to hit shows at grossly inflated prices pose a genuine threat to London's theatreland?It's Saturday night on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End. A crowd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
Bruce Norris's play skewers the failings of capitalism, but ignores some sensitive and nuanced debatesIn broad terms, I'm sympathetic to the central theme of this play by Bruce Norris. From …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, April 7, 2013
When Wallander actor Krister Henriksson memorised a downbeat Swedish novel, he didn't expect this efforts to produce a theatre smash hit. He tells Laura Barnett about playing the West End, h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:59PMTuesday, March 26, 2013
Actor Keith Allen talks about his kids Lily and Alfie, his love of Shelley and why he is no cowardHow did you get into acting?I'd done performance art sporadically from about 1976 – very p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMSaturday, March 23, 2013
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonThe line between madness and genius; the degree to which we resemble our parents; the difficulty of ever really proving the relationships that exist between t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMTuesday, March 12, 2013
The English Patient star talks about her big breakthrough, bad reviews – and why her worst performance is always screening on cable TVWhat first drew you to acting?Wanting to be somebody e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59PMTuesday, February 26, 2013
The actor talks about men playing women, her selfishness, and why theatre isn't the new footballWhat first drew you to acting?The inevitable school plays. I found doing them quite odd, but I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMFriday, February 22, 2013
'The subsidised sector is facing difficult times, but it would be wrong not to be grateful for what we've already got'Job: Theatre producer.Age: 33Best known for: Producing a wide range of s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:46AMThursday, February 21, 2013
'What's the best thing about British theatre? Our sense of humour. And the worst? Endless conversations about funding' Job: Deputy artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, as of J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AMWednesday, February 20, 2013
'I have a science background and it just felt like directing was using both halves of my brain: the creative and scientific sides'Job: Artistic director of the Tricycle theatre in Kilburn, L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
'I directed The Duchess of Malfi when I was in the sixth form. Naturally, I gave myself the main part: it must have been painful'Job: Incoming artistic director of the National Theatre of Sc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
'My low point? A cocaine dependency that finished in 1996. I look back with regret'What first drew you to acting?Growing up in Cape Town, I was a very shy, weedy little kid – I didn't fit …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AMMonday, February 4, 2013
Eve Ensler: 'I did the first shows solo: I was terrified. Then women started lining up to tell their stories'Eve Ensler, writer and performerI didn't set out to write a play about vaginas; I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMThursday, January 17, 2013
Former Coronation Street star, who had been appearing in West End production of Privates on Parade, has died after having been diagnosed with cancer Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMTuesday, January 1, 2013
'It's really the most interesting thing I've ever done in the theatre'Looking back over my career, there are many things I'd have done differently. But sometimes you're lucky – you get a p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PM'Reading this play over again makes me cringe – it's melodramatic and too neat – but I admire my past self for the meticulous planning'In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMWednesday, December 19, 2012
A good close-protection officer should be a bit wooden, says bodyguard Richard Aitch, but you wouldn't entrust your life to the one in The BodyguardLloyd Owen, the actor who plays bodyguard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, December 14, 2012
Lindsay Posner's production of Michael Frayn's brilliant farce, which reveals the barely-controlled chaos lying behind any show – and any life – had the author in stitchesOn the night I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMSaturday, December 8, 2012
Adelphi, LondonAmong the recent glut of stage musicals based on blockbuster films – Shrek; Dirty Dancing; Legally Blonde; Ghost – this new show, drawn from the 1992 movie, has some of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMWednesday, November 28, 2012
What makes a great stage actor? As a competition to find Britain's best am-dram society gets under way, old hands Roger Allam, Miriam Margolyes and others offer a few words of adviceRoger Al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMTuesday, November 27, 2012
'Do I have any regrets? I'm sorry I didn't have children. And I like all my shows – except one'What first drew you to composing?When I was 11, my parents divorced. My mother had custody an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMTuesday, October 23, 2012
'You need stamina in this game: I was 36 before I earned £10,000 a year'What got you started?[The director] Brian Astbury made me do it. He ran Arts Threshold, a basement fringe theatre in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:23PMSaturday, October 20, 2012
Garrick, LondonAnyone who's been in central London recently must have noticed the rash of posters for this new musical, written by former Busted musician James Bourne (several of the songs a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMTuesday, September 25, 2012
The writer of The Village Bike on Shakespeare, the first time the national papers reviewed her show and why she loves Dolly PartonWhat got you started?When I was 28, I went to see a play cal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PMSaturday, September 8, 2012
The inventor of the pill, who is also a prolific writer of fiction, talks about his latest play – a comedy about chemistryIt says a lot about Carl Djerassi that his first venture into lite…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMFriday, August 10, 2012
Adults too often tune out and miss what children are really saying, says a new play called Monkey BarsThree women are sitting close together, heads bent, gossiping. "I know what deja vu is,"…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMTuesday, August 7, 2012
'Standups don't get groupies? That's a myth perpetuated to put girlfriends at ease'When did you first realise you were funny?Probably when I was four. My brother and sister used to make me w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMTuesday, July 31, 2012
Bush Bazaar, Theatre Deli's new project, invites the audience to haggle with actors over how much to pay – just one of their pioneering shows that ask questions about the value of artHow m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMTuesday, July 24, 2012
'Theatre people are all liars, charlatans, scavengers and fly-by-nights'What first drew you to theatre?I don't really remember being drawn. As a child, acting just seemed like a natural exte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PM 
