Thursday, June 2, 2011
Arcola, LondonPublished in 1751 for distribution among London's lower orders, William Hogarth's illustrations of the Four Stages of Cruelty contained a blunt moral message: don't stick an ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:08PMTuesday, May 31, 2011
Young Vic, LondonIf Kathryn Hunter's performance as ape-turned-variety-performer Red Peter were merely physically impressive, it would be startling enough. From the moment she lopes on to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AMMonday, May 23, 2011
Theatre 503, LondonAlice Birch's debut full-length play sets itself up as the gentlest of romances. Ollie is nervous, fearsomely intelligent, and finds people more mysterious than the conste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:19PMSunday, May 8, 2011
What's it like to play Shakespeare's most controversial character? As a new RSC production opens, Patrick Stewart, Antony Sher and other former Shylocks reveal allPatrick Stewart Bristol Old…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMWednesday, April 13, 2011
Roundhouse, LondonIt's not that the London Snorkelling Team don't take music seriously. Their squiggly compositions, inspired by the characterful jazz of Raymond Scott, 1950s/60s lounge exot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMSunday, April 10, 2011
In 2006, Steven Wright killed five women in Ipswich. How did such a tragic event inspire a piece of musical theatre?During the winter of 2006, Alecky Blythe was in a brothel in Bournemouth, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:46PMMonday, April 4, 2011
Finsbury Park, LondonComing to Zippos Circus after years of seeing aerial dance and other tricks performed on a theatre stage feels a shock. Modern circus companies, and the directors who in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PMThursday, March 17, 2011
The multi award-winning composer made his name on the very French 1964 musical film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. So why would he want a Cornish company to adapt it for the stage?In the spring…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:10PMSunday, February 27, 2011
The Wizard of Oz musical is about to open in London. Why is its director so worried about the audience throwing shoes?'From where I'm sitting," splutters Jeremy Sams, "I can't think of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:59PMTuesday, February 15, 2011
She made her name in large-scale productions, but director Lucy Bailey is opening a tiny new theatre in west London – in a time of harsh cuts. Why?Lucy Bailey has spent three decades as a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMMonday, January 17, 2011
What's it like to play Frankenstein one night and his Creature the next? Maddy Costa meets Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch as they tackle Danny Boyle's new production at the Nati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:44PMMonday, December 27, 2010
Matthew Warchus spent two years turning Matilda into a musical. So was it hard work? Not compared to Lord of the Rings, the director tells Maddy CostaFor many theatre directors, transforming…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMTuesday, December 21, 2010
Soho theatre, LondonThere is a dreamy quality to Oliver Postgate's 1974 TV series Bagpuss that makes it seem fustier than it is, which might be why the BBC cancelled it after only 13 shows. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PMSunday, December 19, 2010
Bristol Old VicIt's bedtime for Joel and Wilkie. They've hung up their stockings and brushed their teeth; their teddies and pillows are present and correct. There's just one problem: Joel is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMTuesday, December 14, 2010
Matthew Robins used to perform as a transvestite monkey. Then he switched to shadow puppetry – and suddenly his career took off. Maddy Costa enters his worldIn the league of popular art f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMMonday, November 15, 2010
Soho, LondonA writer sits in a drab meeting room, surrounded by female prisoners. Her cheerfulness feels awkward, and barely masks her bewilderment. Not wanting to impose, she doesn't ask th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PMWednesday, May 5, 2010
How does it feel to act in a play you're too young to see? And how do you fit in your homework? Maddy Costa talks to child actors about late nights, tough auditions – and swearing on stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMFriday, August 9, 2002
Comedy Theatre, LondonKyle MacLachlan made his name in Twin Peaks trying to solve the mystery of a sinister figure named Bob; Woody Harrelson, meanwhile, became famous playing a man some pra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMThursday, November 1, 2001
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00PM 
