Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon: As part of the ongoing World Shakespeare Festival 2012, the RSC has joined forces with the National Theatre of Mexico to tell the story of the rise of the Aztecs i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMShakespeare' Globe, London: The comedy is either a fantasy of the tinker, Christopher Sly, or a command performance, or a charade in the inn. But director Toby Frow does away with the framew…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMActor who made his name at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and appeared in three of the five Beatles films, making firm friends with the Fab FourVictor Spinetti, who has died of cancer ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PMOpen Air Theatre, Regent's Park: The rain-soaked opening night of the Open Air Theatre's iconic Shakespearean comedy was cancelled after the first two acts. But we had already seen enou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMRoyal Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon: There's a carnival atmosphere as the crowds gather for the Feast of Lupercal and the acclamation of the conquering hero - Gregory Doran's br…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: The third in the RSC's Shipwreck Trilogy is by far the best, using the new RST thrust to its full, with ghostly sprites emerging from tra…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: There are so many labels in this summer's Olympic Games cultural beano that first-time buyers may get lost going round the supermarket. R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMRoyal Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon: Twelfth Night sometimes opens with Viola asking where she is, sometimes with Orsino asking for more music, but on opening night in Stratford it opened…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMSwan, Stratford-upon-Avon: Richard III marks a new start for the Tudor dynasty, as well as the RSC's summer season in the World Shakespeare Festival. But there's nothing all that e…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMMinerva Theatre, Chichester: The 50th anniversary season at Chichester opens with a straightforward, unexceptional revival of Uncle Vanya, a play that was directed by Laurence Olivier - who …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AMPlaywright whose work combined poetry, politics and passionOne of the most significant British playwrights of the late 1950s and early 60s, John Arden, who has died aged 81, was in later lif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:19AMOld Vic, London: John Webster's Jacobean masterpiece used to be a fixture in the repertory theatre list, so Jamie Lloyd's magnificent revival, beautifully lit by James Farncombe, w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:55AMWelsh actor with a flair for playing different nationalities – not least his own, as Lloyd George and DCI Noel BainThe actor Philip Madoc, who has died aged 77 after a short illness, becam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMYoung Vic, London: "I'm stupefied by the suffering I've seen," cries Patrick Stewart as William Shakespeare, returning to one of his favourite roles in a six-week run at …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMIrish stage and screen actor who was a familiar face in many British TV sitcomsThe distinctive and beguiling Irish actor David Kelly, who has died aged 82, was as familiar a face in British …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30PMActor whose unpredictability never undermined his electrifying talent Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AMLeading light of the British stage once seen as Gielgud's successorJohn Neville, who has died aged 86, was a leading light of the Old Vic, the charismatic artistic director of the Nottingham…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:56PMTheatre scholar and cultural commentatorThe suspicion of intellectuals in the British performing arts runs deep, so it is hard to appreciate exactly the status and reputation throughout the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:22PMPlaywright who mixed a comic brew of weird suburban characters and absurd situationsThe playwright NF Simpson, who has died aged 92, was hailed by the critic Kenneth Tynan in 1958 as "the mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMActor who reigned supreme as Lear and Prospero, and was spellbinding in Stoppard and PinterJohn Wood, who has died aged 81, was one of the greatest stage actors of the past century, especial…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMFerociously intelligent actor who reigned supreme in Stoppard and Shakespeare Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMImposing, hands-on publicity director of the Edinburgh festivalIain Crawford, who has died aged 88 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was the first publicity director of the Edinburgh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMA striking stage presence for more than 60 years and a familiar face on TVSheila Burrell, who has died aged 89 after a long illness, was a cousin of Laurence Olivier, and a similarly di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PMActor best known as a valiant Dr Watson in Granada's Sherlock Holmes seriesFor eight years from 1986, Edward Hardwicke, who has died aged 78, was the face of Dr Watson on televisio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMA familiar face on TV and a stage actor at the cutting edgeNicholas Selby, who has died aged 85, was, in many ways, the archetypal supporting actor: dependable, grave and imposing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: The new theatre in Stratford is now truly up and running, with RSC artistic director Michael Boyd delivering its first purpose-built productio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMActor known for her role as Dora, the wife of Inspector Wexford in the popular TV seriesLouie Ramsay, who has died aged 81, was a dynamic musical comedy actor who became a dramatic linchpin …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMTheatre director who made his name and built his reputation at the two StratfordsMichael Langham, who has died aged 91, was a rigorous and scholarly theatre director who made his n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMVersatile Irish stage actor who became a familiar face across British dramaBefore he became a familiar face on television and cinema screens, the outstanding Irish actor TP McKenna…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:05PMEnergetic founder of the pioneering experimental theatre club La MaMaThe major impetus and example for much of our first fringe and alternative theatre 50 years ago came from New Y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMColourful theatre director at the Royal Court and NationalThe theatre director Desmond O'Donovan, who has died aged 77, played an important role in the early history of the English Stage Com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM
