Friday, August 14, 2015
Director Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy Guerin will stage the gory tragedy with a company of actors and dancers Anna Maxwell Martin, the steely star of the BBC adaptation of Charles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:20PMTuesday, June 2, 2015
New crop of illusionists and escapologists aim to breathe life into classic tricks Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMMonday, May 25, 2015
Jude Law will return to the London stage this summer, in the Eugene O'Neill play Anna Christie, as part of Michael Grandage's last season as artistic director at the Donmar Warehouse. Law la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWednesday, April 15, 2015
Enniskillen hosts international interpretations of the playwright’s works – on land and in lakes, in caves and a castle, with premieres by Sophie Hunter, Adrian Dunbar and Max Stafford-C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11PMFriday, April 3, 2015
The innovative theatre company goes against captain’s orders and takes over the nautical history centre in London with an immersive show for kidsAlmost nothing can be revealed about Agains…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMTuesday, February 24, 2015
The rare edition of Shakespeare’s plays recently found in a French public library will go on show at the Globe theatre next year Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AMWednesday, February 4, 2015
Numbers of shows and seats sold do well despite budget cuts as original material booms for first time for more than a century, survey findsFor the first time in more than a century, the Brit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:35PMFriday, January 16, 2015
With a real steam train on stage near King’s Cross station, Mike Kenny’s adaptation of E Nesbit’s novel has entranced theatre-goers of all ages, as the writer explainsWhen the 60 tonne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, September 18, 2014
Brighton council authorises partial demolition of historic south coast venue as register identifies 33 theatres at risk of closure Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMTuesday, August 26, 2014
The What Fatima Did playwright's new family drama, State Red, is one of three 'promising works in progress' by young writers to open at the Downstairs space this autumn Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMFriday, July 18, 2014
After a £22m facelift restoring its eccentric magnificence, the West Sussex theatre kicks off new season with Peter Shaffer's classic playWhen Jonathan Church first walked into the Chichest…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:28AMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Rupert Goold's fighting words about play starring Gemma Arterton come after failures by rivals in West End of LondonDirector Rupert Goold has promised to "put the musical back on the ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:25PMThursday, June 5, 2014
Number of shows is up 11% on last year, with acts preparing to swamp the city's every spare stage, pub and alleyway Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15AMThursday, May 22, 2014
Klaus Maria Brandauer in Krapp's Last Tape will be centrepiece of event celebrating Fermanagh town's most famous schoolboyHappy days indeed for Enniskillen, as details are announced of the t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10PMThursday, May 8, 2014
Bill Nighy will read poetry as actors fill journey from Hull to London with stories and music, as prelude to 2017 UK city of culture eventsIn The Whitsun Weddings, one of the best loved poem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:09PMFriday, May 2, 2014
Actor and comedian to make his first appearance at Birmingham Rep theatre in adaptation of BBC Radio 4 comedyLenny Henry is to return to his West Midland roots to make his first appearance …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMSunday, April 27, 2014
£6m parody penned by Harry Hill and Steve Brown latest West End flop despite warm reviews and a divine Simon Cowell Judge a song from I Can't Sing audio slideshow Michael Billington's verd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMTuesday, April 22, 2014
Bard's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, puts playwright's anniversary centre-stage on patron saint's dayMost adults have only the haziest idea of who St George was or when his feast day fall…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMThursday, March 20, 2014
One of 10 world premieres in the theatre's season, it will be the last that Hytner directs as artistic directorSir Tom Stoppard, who worried last year that he'd forgotten the knack of playwr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:45PMTuesday, March 18, 2014
Event to coincide with centenary of first world war but conflicts including apartheid and the Trojan war will also be rememberedThe long shadow of war will hang heavily over this year's Edin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMMonday, March 10, 2014
Campaign group met with disappointment from company following plea to read up on country's human rights recordThe Globe theatre said yesterday that it was disappointed with Amnesty querying …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:51PMSunday, February 23, 2014
Former Harry Potter star recognised for performance in The Cripple of Inishmaan while Rupert Grint also wins prizeFormer Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has won the WhatsOnStage best acto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMFriday, February 14, 2014
The Irish actor explains the genesis of her monologue riverrun, sprung from a masterpiece of Irish literature, between rehearsals for its UK debut at the National Theatre's ShedThe Irish ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMTuesday, February 4, 2014
An installation – Raw Material: Llareggub Revisited – and two new productions of the play presented 60 years after premiereThe bible-black night over the dreaming town of Llareggub, peop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Hit musicals including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and star turns from actors such as Helen Mirren help drive up ticket sales to £586m in 2013London's theatres enjoyed a record year i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:21PMMonday, January 27, 2014
With 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables breaking box-office records in North America, Mackintosh becomes first British producer to be honouredThe theatre impresario Sir Cameron M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15PMThursday, January 23, 2014
Actor returns to West End with scatty medium Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, reprising Broadway role that drew Jessica Fletcher fansAngela Lansbury, an actor returning to the London stage wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AMTuesday, January 21, 2014
By day, the drydocked sailing ship will continue as a museum; by night, an 85-seat space for comedy, music… and sailors' talesTheatregoers will occupy a space once packed with tea chests, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AMTuesday, December 3, 2013
Album of photos preserved for over 50 years show princesses acting in wartime productions of Aladdin and CinderellaThe costumes look remarkably grand for home theatricals, the jewellery is s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:51PMThursday, November 21, 2013
Press launch for London reunion show of Monty Python Flying Circus descends into pantomimeBooking will open and almost certainly close on Monday for one of the most keenly awaited reunions i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AM 
