Thursday, 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 09:10AMSunday, November 17, 2013
Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear jointly win the prize as the judges are unable to choose between their performancesThe men playing the lead roles in the National Theatre's recent production o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMThursday, November 14, 2013
Cultural envoys hope tense diplomatic relations will be eased by James Bond, Yuri Gagarin, Shakespeare and StravinskyThe largest ever festival of Russian and British culture, embracing art, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMThursday, October 31, 2013
Previously unpublished image of power couple is curtain-raiser for National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of her life and careerA previously unpublished image of one of the most glamorous co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMSunday, October 20, 2013
Regional theatre awards honour actors Cush Jumbo, Janie Dee and Siân Phillips, while Blanche McIntyre wins best directorWomen have scooped all the major acting prizes in the UK Theatre awar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:05AMWednesday, August 21, 2013
Joost Schmidt poster designed for 1923 Bauhuas exhibition in Weimar among 100 for sale from Dutch collectorA poster made for an exhibition that was a landmark in design and art history, and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTuesday, July 16, 2013
Two-year tour will start next April on 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and aims to visit every nation on EarthThe Globe theatre is sending a production of Hamlet on the first genui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, May 27, 2013
Sold-out performance in King Richard II to be relayed live around the world and streamed into 1,000 British schoolsIt's too late to book tickets to see David Tennant tackle Shakespeare's fla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMMonday, May 20, 2013
Star of War Horse and Thor will play opposite Mark Gatiss in Shakespeare tragedy, which he calls 'play for our time'The film star Tom Hiddleston, whose recent hits include War Horse, The Ave…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMMonday, April 22, 2013
London venue will form company of child actors to perform in candlelit Sam Wanamaker PlayhouseShakespeare's Globe is to create a company of child actors for its new, candlelit indoor theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:39PMWednesday, March 13, 2013
Antonio Pappano claims that 'they are weaker in their bodies or don't care' and are too ready to pull out of productionsYoung opera stars are too ready to pull out of productions because of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMThursday, February 28, 2013
Biennial festival's premieres include Maxine Peake reciting The Masque of Anarchy and Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare roleA string of world premieres will be among the highlights of this summe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:47PMWednesday, February 27, 2013
Hit productions including Lion King, Wicked, and James McAvoy's Macbeth at risk after pay talks break downA string of West End hit shows including The Lion King, Wicked, and James McAvoy's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, January 8, 2013
Joan Littlewood's classic musical to be recreated in its original home at the Theatre Royal Stratford EastHalf a century after it brought audiences to their feet cheering and weeping, Joan L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThursday, September 20, 2012
David Cecil is charged with staging play about homosexuality while it was still under review by censorsA petition expressing outrage over the detention in Uganda of the British theatre produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMMonday, August 6, 2012
Musical to close in London in October after 10,000 performances, but will continue to tourThe musical Blood Brothers, which has been running in London's West End since 1988, is to close in O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:46PMThursday, August 2, 2012
London 2012 Games causing low turnout at British Museum and West End theatres but National Theatre and BFI report boomDespite the eerily deserted streets of central London, arts and entertai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:09PMMonday, June 11, 2012
Best actor winner's speech marks dramatic change of tone after a series of calamitous awards ceremony appearancesEyes glistening with tears and voice cracking, James Corden scooped the Tony …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:15PMThursday, June 7, 2012
From scale to snacks, dress to drinks, the remains of the Shoreditch playhouse promise to reveal much about the environment that shaped Shakespeare's early workThe rediscovery of the site of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMTuesday, June 5, 2012
Theatre where Romeo and Juliet was first performed is rediscovered in Shoreditch centuries after it was dismantledWell preserved remains of Shakespeare's original "wooden O" stage, the Curta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMThursday, March 1, 2012
Singer who had own radio series and was nominated for Olivier and Tony awards is second black woman to be so honouredAn English Heritage blue plaque has been unveiled in London to the velvet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:27PMFriday, December 2, 2011
Job will be actor's first in theatre since he quit artistic director role in 2005 and follows successful run in JerusalemThe actor Mark Rylance, fresh from triumphant West End and Broadway p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMFriday, November 25, 2011
Agatha Christie's thriller which first went on show in 1952 will also celebrate its 60th year with a 60-theatre tour in the UKWhen The Mousetrap opened in the West End, London was still in t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMFriday, October 21, 2011
Michael Morpurgo's classic is the basis of a National Army Museum exhibition tracing the history of the real war horsesOf more than 120 books Michael Morpurgo has written, War Horse is not h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMWednesday, September 28, 2011
Glittering inaugural programme to include everything from Philharmonia Orchestra and Shakespeare to Peppa PigThe tourists drifting past in boats on the river Stour didn't realise it, but the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:17AMTuesday, September 6, 2011
Companies from all over the world are coming to England in 2012 to join an extravaganza of Shakespeare productionsMore than a million tickets will go on sale next month for an explosion of S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:27PMThursday, August 4, 2011
Plans announced for project which will allow year-round performances on William Shakespeare's famous London stageHardy theatregoers who have stood patiently to watch rain-soaked summer perfo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMMonday, June 13, 2011
Play of Michael Morpurgo's novel wins five titles at US theatrical awards following transfer to BroadwayThe Broadway transfer of the National Theatre's War Horse, the moving first world war …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMWednesday, June 8, 2011
Death of Jane Shaxspere bore hallmarks of character and girl may even have been relative of playwrightA little girl of the 16th century, who lost her footing while picking flowers, tumbled i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, May 26, 2011
Artists, writers and musicians will portray events including the Arab spring and Tahrir Square protests in showcase ShubbakThe first festival of contemporary Arab arts will spread across Lon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMWednesday, May 25, 2011
Clarke Peters and Dominic West will appear in Shakespeare play to mark Crucible theatre's 40th anniversaryTwo stars of cult TV series The Wire will appear this autumn in a startlingly differ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:08PM 
