Fund 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45AMArtistic director Nicolas Kent says his groundbreaking north London playhouse faces a £350,000 cut in funding next yearOne of the UK's longest serving and most respected artistic directors …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMPunchdrunk's new Doctor Who production at the Manchester International Festival is already the hottest ticket in townThere are startled looks, anxious screams and by the end of the new, nerv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMLady Sainsbury gives Keswick theatre its biggest private donation in its 12-year historyHere's an act of artisitic philanthropy worth publicising. Lady Sainsbury of Turville has given £30,0…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:19AMNell Dunn's Home Death at the Finborough, plus MacGregor and Serota curate on, and gratuituous nudity at Takashi MurakamiA lonely death dissectedWriter Nell Dunn came to public attention wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMFormer dancer Kevin O'Hare plans to bring together the 'most talented artists of the 21st century'After a worldwide search to find a replacement for the Royal Ballet's soon-to-retire directo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMAlexi Kaye Campbell's The Faith Machine begins series, which also includes work by David Eldridge and April de AngelisThe Royal Court theatre in London will unveil on Friday a season of seve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMLloyd Webber relaunches Love Never Dies, plus Donald Trump's golf course, Dave Stewart sells Hirst to save art, and Wilton's gets the thumbs downLove Never Dies not dead yetAndrew Lloyd Webb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMAlec Guinness classic crime caper re-cast as stage play in Liverpool by Father Ted and IT Crowd writer Graham LinehanIt might be about criminals exploiting a sweet old lady so they can rob a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMAlec Guinness seedy gang classic to become stage play, written by Father Ted author Graham LinehanIt might be about gangsters exploiting a sweet old lady to commit an ugly armed robbery, but…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMOne highlight of the next two years will be a work called The Radicalisation of Bradley ManningA dramatisation based on the teenage school years of the WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning in H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMExhibition splits from 'choc-box reputation' to unveil French painter as technically savvy innovatorEdgar Degas was unquestionably a sublime painter of beautiful ballerinas, but the Royal Ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM'Pared-down' musical opens at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane after failing to wow the critics on BroadwayMerchandise stalls are still being painted in the foyer, teams of ushers are being put …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMPatrick Stewart, Penelope Wilton, Maxine Peake and Sam West go to Downing Street. Will Cameron break his arts funding silence?It has been hard to fathom how highly David Cameron regards the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMVictoria Wood, Julie Walters and Alison Steadman among big names to voice anger at cuts to subsidised sectorFunding cuts to theatre loomed heavily at the Olivier awards last night, there is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AMNational Theatre's revival of 1939 drama is night's biggest success, alongside Legally Blonde and Stephen SondheimA Terence Rattigan play that closed early and was largely neglected for 70 y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:21PMCurrent artistic director of London's Bush theatre follows in footsteps of Sam Mendes and Michael GrandageIt is one of the most coveted jobs in British theatre: following in the footsteps of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMBarbican and Sadler's Wells collaborate on ambitious staging of the choreographer's 10 works inspired by citiesOne of the final projects that the choreographer Pina Bausch, who died in 2009,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:23PMOver 50 groups plan to take part in 19 March events. Plus the threat to theatres in Worthing and protest in Cardiff• Over 50 groups are set to take part in a national theatre event on Satu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMSunshine for Spider-Man the musical, bonfire of the Manchester festivals, plus how Humbrol captured CoventrySunshine for Spider-Man the musicalThe producers of what is looking like the bigge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMSheridan Smith named best actress in a musical for her role in the former, while the latter won best West End showThey are both West End productions which appeal to teenage girls and young w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMFormer capital of culture proposes 20% cuts to arts organisations: 'It jeopardises our ability to stay on track' says Phil bossEven cities which you might call cultural beacons are planning …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMLondon-based theatre awards to be broadcast on TV for the first time as organisers revamp ceremony in bid to rival TonysAndrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, mauled by some critics when it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMPlaywright Simon Stephens condemns "sudden, clinical, brutish" cuts as he launches the 2011 Bruntwood writing prizeDoes the coalition government have a wider agenda when it comes to spending…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PMGlobe theatre to stage all of the Bard's plays, each in a different language, as part of 2012 Cultural OlympiadAnyone who struggles with Shakespeare in English will next year be able to see …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PMPeople will be able to view Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, directed by Mike Figgis, in cinemas around the country as well as on TVNew ground will be made in the increasingly competitive field …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMCircus of Horrors says officials had concerns over performer who fires bow and arrow with her feet – because of her smokingFire-eating is fine. As is walking barefoot up a ladder of swords…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AMMost of us are now back at work – and that includes Bono and The Edge, now watching previews of what will either be the most expensive musical dud ever, or an unforgettable triumph. The pa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:35PMThere were, however, many arts practitioners on the list. Is the Diary the only one surprised (and pleased) to see Steve McQueen get a CBE, given the artist's marathon battle with the establ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PMThe culture department hailed the inclusion of three arts philanthropists in the New Year honours list, part of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's commitment to boost private donations to the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:05PMArcola takes over Dalston paint factory while Bush will nip up the Uxbridge RoadThey are two small theatres – one in east London, the other west – which punch mightily above their weight…
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