Wright's life of Congolese rebel leader Patrice Lumumba is among highlights of Young Vic's 2013 season in LondonIt is probably as far from Atonement, Anna Karenina and the new Brad Pitt adve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48PMDirected by the same creative team behind Black Watch, the show will move in to the Phoenix theatreThe bittersweet musical Once is to transfer to London's West End after winning awards and f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:56PMActor Mark Rylance behind week-long project in London featuring able and disabled actors aged 17 to 70Susan Lawton was having a pleasant alfresco lunch with her daughters Sophie and Sarah on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:26PMOne-liner specialists Stewart Francis and Tim Vine each make two appearances in Dave award's top ten listTake a seat and brace yourself – here is the funniest joke from this year's Edinbur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMShow to include performances and copy of complete works used by apartheid-era ANC prisoners including Nelson MandelaA copy of the complete works of Shakespeare known as the Robben Island Bib…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:11PMLucy Bailey, Maria Aberg, Nancy Meckler, Emma Rice and Lyndsey Turner will all direct plays next summerThe final season announced by Michael Boyd as head of the Royal Shakespeare Company wil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMActor pulls out of central role in ceremony after his 28-year-old step-daughter Nataasha van Kampen died suddenly last SundayMark Rylance has pulled out of the London 2012 Olympics opening c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMViva Forever! to use songs of group to tell story of four girls trying out for TV talent showIt was in 1996 that the Spice Girls filmed the video for their first single, Wannabe, as unknowns…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PMPlaywright Mark Ravenhill publishes sonnet for launch of festival, which will see each play performed in a different languageShakespeare's 448th birthday has been marked by the launch of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMRSC's stage version of children's novel takes record seven prizes at UK theatre's most prestigious awards ceremonyIt features quite breathtaking parental neglect, appalling child cruelty and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMAround 60 hours of interviews being gathered for use in production called Enquirer, looking at past, present and future of papersThe National Theatre of Scotland is to stage an investigation…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:11AMStage version of Roald Dahl classic receives 10 nominations, including collective nod for all four actors playing title roleAll four of the girls who share the lead role in Matilda the Music…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMLondon arts centre, a stalwart of ugly-building polls, is hoping its new cinema will kickstart a cultural quarter in the CityFor an organisation that is trying to be more inclusive, more inv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMLondon's Royal Court theatre receives £150,000 to nurture young playwrights after composer's Picasso payoutLord Lloyd-Webber is to donate £150,000 to London's Royal Court theatre to help f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00PMMusical based on Roald Dahl's novel takes four prizes at only major theatre awards voted on by publicMatilda the musical – the RSC's hugely successful adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1988 novel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMSchools plan to include everything from dance to archaeology, says culture minister Ed Vaizey at arts industry conferenceA new national plan for cultural education in schools – covering ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMLondon theatre revenues at record level despite slight fall in audience numbersWest end theatre revenues were higher than ever before last year despite a slight fall in attendances, a dip th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMArtistic director Nicholas Hytner tells of return of Julie Walters after 10 years as he reveals list of 2012 and 2013 productionsIt is very funny, set in the here and now, has a large cast a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMIn the arts world Shakespeare stole the show (again) – but no one caught the eye quite like Dave St-Pierre's dance troupeFor British arts organisations, 2011 was without question a year of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMBenedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternated for each performance of a three-month run at the National TheatreAfter alternating playing Victor Frankenstein and the Creature for each …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:59PMArts Educational Schools in west London to benefit from composer's philanthropic foundationA leading school for the performing arts is to be given £3.5m from the philanthropic foundation se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:20PMThe 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 11:37AMSurprise find at British Library is the script of 'Umbrellas', part of a 1960 revue performed only once at the Nottingham PlayhouseIt was part of a 1960 revue at the Nottingham Playhouse cal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:58PMSimon Verelst's erotic painting, not seen in public for 50 years, will be used as a mascot to promote First Actresses exhibitionA daringly erotic portrait of Nell Gwyn not seen in public for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMOrton and his boyfriend, Kenneth Halliwell, went to jail for adding surreal gags to dustjackets in guerrilla protestAs crimes go it was not the most heinous of offences, but Islington counci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PMStage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel continues to be a lucrative commercial success saving theatre from cutsThe National Theatre has been saved from significant cuts by the unst…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PMThe Riots will be a distillation of 40 hour-long interviews with people from the community directly involved in the riotsAfter the riots comes the drama. The Tricycle theatre in London is r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMDavid Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method gets rave reviews as Hollywood's great and good arrive in ItalyFrom Elizabeth Bennet to Anna Karenina, Keira Knightley today conceded that she does do …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11PMSuits, gowns and a collection of costumes derided by a critic as like 'an accident in a glam-rock disco' are among items for saleThere will be modern suits from a recent Cosi Fan Tutte; stat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:51PMArts Council England admit to a mistake, plus the playwright plumber, and Tate Britain's underlining fetishArts Council England admit to a mistakeThere were 1,333 applications for Arts Counc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMFund using Picasso millions for philanthropic plugging of funding gaps gives cash to theatre and music projectsSome good philanthropy news that deserves to be celebrated: the latest round of…
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