Five band members provided live accompaniment to hit West End show for four years before being replaced by soundtrackFive musicians who performed as a live band for four years in the West En…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PMThis show succeeded brilliantly in opening a window into the world of Scottish humorist, poet and songwriter Ivor Cutler, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:17AMNorth London's 325-seat Almeida theatre triumphs in eight award categories including best new play at award ceremonyIt is a story of a small local theatre taking on the West End and winning,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMThe comedy about nine black youths falsely accused of rape in 1931 has been at hit at London's Young Vic theatreIt was a tough sell: turning the harrowing story of nine black youths falsely …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMAn ambitious play about the Treaty of Union of 1707
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:03AMStar of TV's Sherlock to take on one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles for 12 weeks in summer of 2015Benedict Cumberbatch is to swap Sherlock for Shakespeare when he plays Hamlet for 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PMStar of TV's Sherlock to take on one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles for 12 weeks in summer of 2015Benedict Cumberbatch is to take on one of theatre's greatest and most challenging r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMSmall Almeida theatre is nominated in 10 categories, while women dominate best director nominations• Full list of nominations• Michael Billington: Where are the great new plays?One new m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMShe plays Mrs Lovett alongside Bryn Terfel for just five performances at the Avery Fisher HallEmma Thompson has made her New York stage debut to critical acclaim but it will be over in a fla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:14PMHilary Mantel asks readers hoping for third book in Thomas Cromwell trilogy to be patient as RSC announces transferStage versions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies will transfer to London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PMOpera about mother who kills her children to feature in programme commissioned by choreographer Hofesh ShechterA disused brewery depot in Lewes will be the unlikely venue for an operatic bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMApollo theatre to reopen with West End transfer of vampire story Let the Right One In, after fourth level covered with new floorThree months after part of the ceiling fell on to the audience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMVideo of Margot Fonteyn's Sleeping Beauty being woken with a kiss will be shown as part of broadcaster's spring ballet seasonUnseen for 55 years and thought missing, it is a classical ballet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMAcclaimed Young Vic director to work part time on Frank Gehry-designed complex until its opening in 2018One of the most respected figures in British theatre is to take on the challenge of ru…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMStrindberg's drama succeeds excitingly at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:32AMHampstead theatre to stage Gray's 2001 hit play in quartet with three unperformed plays exploring different outcomes for Japes charactersThree Simon Gray plays are to be performed on stage f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMEnglish National Ballet's lead ballerina to stop dancing after 18 years at company that bids farewell to 'a wonderful artist'Daria Klimentová , one of the brightest stars of classical balle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31PMIn the year of the referendum, can the National Theatre of Scotland evoke its home in just 90 minutes? Kieran Hurley gives it a try with his latest show, Rantin
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:34PMOriginal team behind hugely successful film following adventures of Marty McFly is reassembled to create a musical versionBack to the Future, which starred Michael J Fox as Marty McFly, is t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PMActor now best known for 11 series of My Family will play the Michael Caine character in stage adaptation of filmThirty years after Me and My Girl and 16 years after playing Fagin in Oliver!…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AMTony Cownie's new production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical masterpiece is astute and emotive, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:50AMHoward Panter and Rosemary Squire created UK's biggest theatre group 21 years ago, including venues hosting Wicked and The Lion KingThey are far from being household names, but the husband a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMBustling £22m Cast theatre venue bucks trend of funding cuts elsewhere, with 40,000 people through its door since opening One idea was to call it The Platform while another more blue sky th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:51PMTop spot for Alan Bennett's play about schoolboys studying for Oxbridge entrance exams followed by Noises Off and HamletIt was hailed as "superb" and "life-enhancing" when it first opened at…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMLow-budget thriller set in the Philippines is standout winner at 2013 Bifas, with director Sean Ellis also named best director• Interview: Sean EllisA shoestring-budget heist thriller set…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:35PMHarry Potter alumni shortlisted for respective theatrical roles in The Cripple of Inishmaan and MojoHarry Potter graduates Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint are among the nominees shortlist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMTickets for O2 reunion featuring Cleese, Palin, Idle, Jones and Gilliam go in a flash, with four more dates addedTickets for the Monty Python comeback performance sold out in a very precise …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMSmall investors asked to cover 10% of cost of stage show planned for 2015 – with returns of up to 60% targetedYou wouldn't lend him your car, but would Toad be worth investing money in? Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMLondon Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor issues statement following gay rights protests in London and New YorkValery Gergiev, the Russian conductor facing a gay rights protest at his …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMRenowned dance theatre to create 500-seat space for mid-scale work amid growing appetite for dance from young and oldLondon's renowned dance centre Sadler's Wells is planning to make the cap…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:39PMAuthors say excessive dominance is unhealthy and recommends reallocating lottery money to rebalance investment in EnglandPublic spending on the arts is heavily skewed towards London, with pe…
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