Kevin Spacey has said that despite his Oscar winning career in film, and his current commitment to making and starring in the second 13-part series of House of Cards for Netflix, he still fi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMBBC1 has commissioned an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book, Esio Trot, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judy Dench. Hoffman will take the part of Mr Happy, who is in love with Ms…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:44PMDanny Boyle, the filmmaker who created the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, is to direct a contemporary comedy drama, called Babylon, for Channel 4. The drama was announced by Jay Hun…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMMaggie Brown talks to the team behind bleak and gritty new historical mini-series The Mill
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:43AMIdris Elba is the alpha cop. But what he really wants is to sing and dance in a stage musicalFilm and television star Idris Elba is back on the small screen this week in his role as the obse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMA new wave of productions forgoes the feelgood factor and focuses instead on issues such as poverty and homelessness"Musicals can tackle anything," says Rufus Norris. As the director who set…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AMThe South Bank Show returns to Sky Arts for a second series of six programmes on April 18, starting with a biography of Tim Minchin, the songwriter and comedian who composed and wrote the ly…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMLondon is to get its own television station, London Live, by early 2014, with the award by Ofcom last week of a 12-year licence to the Evening Standard and its owner, Alexander Lebedev. It w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMOscar-winning director says he had to go to NBC Universal after corporation's commercial arm refused to part-fund seriesOscar-winning British film director Sam Mendes has criticised the BBC'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AMEnglish National Opera artistic director John Berry has claimed the current trend for arts organisations to screen their work live to cinemas in a bid to extend their brand was a distraction…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMStreet of Dreams, a stage version of Corrie, is the biggest in a wave of live shows based on TV dramas… and an EastEnders musical might be waiting in the wingsWhen Street of Dreams, the mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMHabima, Israel's National Theatre, is facing criticism within its own country for agreeing to perform The Merchant of Venice next month at the Globe to Globe Festival at London's Shakespeare…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMStars of theatre and literature split over invitation to Israeli company to stage Merchant of Venice in LondonAuthor Howard Jacobson has weighed into a debate over whether Israel's national …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:05PMITV's director of drama Laura Mackie won the judges award at the Royal Television Society's awards last night (March 20), in recognition of her success in backing a succession of hits, led b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMMisfits, Sherlock, Rev and Steve Coogan's resurrection of Alan Partridge nominated for awards screened on Sky ArtsFull list of nominationsThe South Bank Show awards, which aims to celebrate …
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