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Friday, March 23, 2012

Was Mike Daisey wrong to make fiction from fact? by Mark Lawson

Mike Daisey's campaigning monologue about Apple may have succeeded as a play, but it failed as journalism. Does it matter if theatre based on real-life material takes dramatic licence?Some t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PM

Monday, March 19, 2012

Dame Edna Everage: farewell possums by Mark Lawson

Barry Humphries' announcement that he is to retire Dame Edna Everage is sad news for all fans of the housewife superstarOne of Dame Edna Everage's shows was called, in a characteristically c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:05PM

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Joely Richardson: back in at the deep end by Mark Lawson

Her mother was a celebrated Ellida. So was her sister. Is that why Joely Richardson is marking her return to the stage by playing Ibsen's difficult heroine?One day last year, Joely Richards…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM

Monday, February 6, 2012

Playwright David Eldridge: The only way is Essex by Mark Lawson

With his plays about heroin addicts and barrow boys, David Eldridge has swung the wrecking ball at class bias in theatre. But his biggest conflict is with himselfOver the last 15 years, Davi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PM

Friday, December 23, 2011

How the arts risk-takers reaped their rewards | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

From The King's Speech to the Great British Bake Off, this year's arts winners ignored the safety-first rules of surviving a downturnThe year began and now ends with an odd little movie, sho…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Betty Blue Eyes: the prime cut that nobody wanted by Mark Lawson

Betty Blue Eyes was a critical smash, but the final curtain comes down early this weekend. Why are original British musicals being squeezed out of the West End? Blog: join the debateOn the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PM

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Audiences, end these noises off | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

David Mellor is right to remonstrate with unruly theatre-goers. But he's fighting a losing battleThe opera-going former politician David Mellor has reportedly taken to remonstrating with mem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Should we care who wrote William Shakespeare's plays? | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

On the anniversary of his death, researchers – driven by a devotion to plays which have lasted centuries – are still finding, and deleting, works to credit to himThis week, I spent six h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AM

Monday, April 11, 2011

The phone call all TV producers fear by Mark Lawson

Copyright law can be a minefield – as the BBC found out over Room at the TopThe sudden removal from the BBC4 schedule last week of a new dramatisation of John Braine's novel Room at the To…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Makeup for Johnny Depp | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

He may be white, but Johnny Depp is perfect casting for Tonto, the Lone Ranger's Native American sidekickReports that a movie remake of The Lone Ranger will star Johnny Depp as the Native A…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM

Friday, December 3, 2010

Theatre's tinsel pound makes children of us all again | Mark Lawson by Mark Lawson

From pantos to atheism, from Great War slaughter to Ronnie Corbett, every hit festive show will make us look back in wonderThe Royal Court Theatre in London has always been a pioneer: the si…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM

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