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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMTuesday, June 30, 2020
Show won’t go on for 41 venues in New York’s world-famous theatrical centre, in a devastating blow for the industry
Broadway shows will not return this year due to the coronavirus pande…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMThursday, November 7, 2019
Four theatregoers taken to hospital after incident during Death of a Salesman stage show
A theatre in the West End of London has been evacuated after part of its ceiling collapsed during a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMMonday, June 3, 2019
Judges laud ability to forge beautiful words from sorrows as he sees it as sign to continue
Lemn Sissay has won the PEN Pinter prize, set up in memory of playwright Harold Pinter. Sissay, 52…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMFriday, February 1, 2019
Hardy was a regular on BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and wrote for the GuardianThe comedian Jeremy Hardy has died of cancer aged 57, his publicist Amanda Emery said.Hardy, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMSunday, December 30, 2018
Catastrophe star spoke publicly about death of two-year-old Henry in effort to ‘destigmatise grief’The American actor and comedian Rob Delaney has revealed that his wife gave birth to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMMonday, June 18, 2018
Comedian reveals his heart was 95% blocked before triple bypass surgery in 2015The comedian Bob Mortimer has revealed a doctor told him that he risked having a heart attack on stage had he a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMFriday, June 8, 2018
Comedian attacked by men on mopeds thanks fans for being ‘amazingly supportive’Michael McIntyre has thanked his “amazingly supportive” fans during his first show since being robbed b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMMonday, March 26, 2018
The Lord of the Rings actor will star in Tracy Letts’ ‘adrenaline-fuelled’ 1993 play this summerOrlando Bloom will return to the West End to portray a policeman who moonlights as a con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMSunday, March 11, 2018
The Liverpudlian comic was ‘one of the last of the music hall greats’, his publicist says The comedy legend, Sir Ken Dodd, has died at the age of 90, his publicist has said. Related: Ken…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51PMFriday, February 9, 2018
Catastrophe actor and writer says Henry died in January and writes: ‘I will endeavour not to go mad with grief’Actor and writer Rob Delaney has announced the death of his two-year-old so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04PMThursday, February 1, 2018
Dancers at Sadler’s Wells to grapple with clay in work co-created by Antony GormleyDancers on the London stage will grapple with more than three tonnes of clay in a new work co-created by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMThursday, January 25, 2018
Stage newspaper’s survey in wake of Kevin Spacey allegations also reveals 67% did not report harassment or bullyingAlmost a third of theatre professionals in the UK have experienced sexual…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMFriday, December 15, 2017
Accusations of censorship prompt the theatre to go back on its cancellation and invite the production to return for its runThe Royal Court has backed out of a decision to cancel a production…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMFriday, November 17, 2017
Spider-Man star and Oscar-winning former politician are up for top theatre awards, while The Ferryman leads the pack with four nominations The Sherlock star Andrew Scott and the Oscar-nomina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMMonday, September 4, 2017
Jamaican-born actor, whose television career included The Bill and Inspector Morse, has died aged 70Sir Lenny Henry has led tributes to the actor Larrington Walker, who died at the weekend a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PMFriday, August 11, 2017
Eurovision-winning Austrian drag queen was due to perform at festival but band members, who are from Syria, denied visasEurovision song contest winner Conchita Wurst has cancelled her perfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMSunday, June 4, 2017
ITV1 talent show, won by pianist Tokio Myers, seen by an average of 8.2 million viewersThe Britain’s Got Talent final was the most-watched TV programme on Saturday night, with five million…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMMonday, March 27, 2017
The novelist, playwright and screenwriter won the Booker prize in 1976 for SavilleThis Sporting Life and Saville writer David Storey has died at the age of 83.Storey wrote a string of award-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMThursday, February 16, 2017
Call the Midwife actor to play ‘dream role’ as orphanage owner Miss Hannigan at Piccadilly Theatre in London later this year Miranda Hart will make her West End theatre debut in her “d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMMonday, December 5, 2016
Comic and magician’s trademark headgear joins collection of memorabilia including jokes, props, posters and contractsTommy Cooper’s famous red fez is to go on display at the Victoria and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMSunday, November 13, 2016
Oscar-nominated star appeared in stage and screen versions of Lionel Bart’s Dickens adaptation• ObituaryThe actor Ron Moody, best known for playing Fagin in the hit film version of Lione…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMSaturday, July 30, 2016
As play opens in the West End of London, author says she expects it could be destined for Broadway and beyond to reach as many Potter fans as possible As Harry Potter and the Cursed Child op…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:20PMFriday, July 8, 2016
‘Meeting Noma was like meeting my older self,’ says the actor after seeing JK Rowling’s stage play in London’s West EndEmma Watson has said she felt as if she was “meeting her olde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AMFriday, June 3, 2016
Eighteen-year-old recovering in Royal Preston hospital after Thursday evening incident which cancelled performanceAn 18-year-old man is recovering in hospital after falling from the balcony …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AMFriday, May 27, 2016
The X Factor winner will take over the Pussycat Doll’s role as Grizabella in the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musicalThe X Factor winner Leona Lewis will replace Nicole Sche…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:22AMTuesday, May 24, 2016
‘Hopefully I’ll crush it,’ says the Pitch Perfect film star, who will play the part of Miss Adelaide for eight weeks at London’s Phoenix theatreThe Australian actor Rebel Wilson is h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AMMonday, April 18, 2016
Grouping dancers by physical maturity rather than age could better equip late-maturing girls to deal with intense trainingGrouping young ballet dancers by their developmental rather than chr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45PMSunday, April 17, 2016
David Harewood, Zoe Wanamaker and others attack new syllabuses that let pupils analyse a digital recording insteadSome of Britain’s top actors have attacked new GCSE drama courses that do …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMWednesday, April 13, 2016
Luther star said he doesn’t know if he has ‘got the chops to sing’, but would nevertheless like to explore stageActor Idris Elba has revealed a surprising project on his wish list: doi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49PMTuesday, April 12, 2016
Writer, 71, who made her name with A Taste of Honey had cancer, agent saysThe playwright Shelagh Delaney, best known for her 1958 play A Taste of Honey, has died at the age of 71.Delaney's a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20PM 
