Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors’ Benevolent Fund were sent notes A bitter feud that tore apart an illustrious actors’ charity has been reignit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMShakespeare’s most violent play to be staged with actors’ candles being pummelled in scenes with bloodshed Eight years after a stomach-churning, splatter-fest production of Titus Androni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMDivina de Campo starred in revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Leeds Playhouse A star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has picked up a leading theatre award for her performance as an East Germ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMSome comedians at Edinburgh fringe express concern after promoter pulls Sadowitz’s second performance Jerry Sadowitz had his show cancelled at the Edinburgh fringe because its content was …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMTheatre Royal Windsor production first in UK to begin rehearsals after lockdown The age of Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been the subject of much debate. But no one has mooted that he is 81. Re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24PMExclusive: almost 100 leading creative figures sign letter calling for government action to prevent demise of sector Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMLondon arts organisation calls for more funds as Covid-19 lockdown hits cash reserves Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK’s largest arts and cultural …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMThe gender-switched Sondheim classic and 9/11 heartwarmer each received nine nominations for the awards, to be held on 7 April A gender-switched revival of a Stephen Sondheim classic and a f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMFollowing in the footsteps of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, the book is to be adapted by the Royal Shakespeare CompanyDavid Walliams’ journey from comedian to one of the most popular children’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMActor has produced TV film of Alexander Zeldin’s gritty play about homelessnessDavid Schwimmer, the actor and director best known for Friends, has taken on a less familiar role as producer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMale and female stars to share roles in new spin on Shakespeare tale of sex and powerGender fluidity on stage will be taken to the next level when the actors Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMDirector says changing main character’s gender allows show to explore women’s lives todaySwapping the gender of the lead character in a new West End production of the Stephen Sondheim mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMKatori Hall promises the true story of the singer, who she describes as a shining exampleWhile the arts has acknowledged its problem with diversity and talks about making things better, ther…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMMichelle Terry says she aims to dismantle theatre hierarchies as she announces programme including Hamlet and OthelloThe new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has promised to give m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMTheatre’s artistic director says code is only a starting point and says everyone in the industry knew abuse was happening and accepted itA theatre industry code of behaviour to prevent sex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMNumerous stories emerge saying London theatre paid no heed to allegations of groping and inappropriate sexual behaviour by the actorActors and former staff at the Old Vic have accused the th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMThree-part epic about firm whose collapse triggered financial crisis is one of highlights of 2018, alongside Labour leadership dramaSam Mendes is returning to the National Theatre to direct …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMStar whose career spanned more than 70 years played roles as Cornelius Fudge, Winston Churchill and Siegfried FarnonThe Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy has died at the age of 91, his family …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSurprise on Broadway as Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 picks up 12 nominations, while British production of Groundhog Day the Musical gets sevenA musical based on volume two, pa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMPlay about maths genius equals Matilda's record, as Helen Mirren has first win and Top Hat is named best musicalThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time dominated the UK's most pres…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMJames Graham has written work based on case of ‘coughing major’ Charles Ingram who was found guilty of cheating TV quizOne of the most bizarre and weirdly memorable stories of the last 2…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:02AMBurnley is a forgotten battleground for lesbian and gay rights, says playwright-in-residence for LGBT History MonthBurnley is a market town known for many things including, perhaps, its rich…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMBreaking Bad actor to make UK stage debut in media satire, as NT also announces productions of Pinocchio and MacbethBryan Cranston is to make his UK stage debut as the unhinged TV news ancho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWright, whose films include Atonement and Anna Karenina, will take on Bertolt Brecht’s classic play Life of GalileoThe British director Joe Wright is returning to the theatre to direct an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMRichard Nelson’s plays portray modern liberal America, as reflected in a family setting over the course of US election yearA trilogy of plays tracking the lives of a family during key mome…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM£110m Rem Koolhaas-designed centre seen by city council as ‘genuine cultural counterbalance to London’Manchester’s proposed £110m arts centre, the Factory, has moved a step closer to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMFriedman, also behind Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Nice Fish, is only the second woman to top industry newspaper’s annual league tableSonia Friedman, the West End producer responsible for so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMThe choreographer, known for his radical updates of classic works, is to create a new version of Tchaikovsky's ballet in which the princess will wake up in 2011 – and not fall in love at f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM81-year-old cements position as an all-time stage great with best supporting actress award, as Denise Gough wins best actressOlivier awards 2016 – the full list of winners from Kinky Boots…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06PMDoctor Who and Broadchurch star to play lothario in Patrick Marber’s take on Molière at Wyndham’s theatre in LondonDavid Tennant is to return to the West End stage, playing a lothario i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMTributes paid to Olivier award winner acclaimed for his celebrated work for the National Theatre, RSC and West EndHoward Davies, one of the greatest British theatre directors of his generati…
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