Sunday, April 23, 2023
Producers of West End show Vardy v Rooney say surprise legal move to trademark a pun will be referred to in script
A big publicity boost for a West End show can come from the most unexpected…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMSunday, April 16, 2023
Residents and members of bereaved families call on BBC and National Theatre to scrap productions
The BBC and the National Theatre are facing rising hostility over two high-profile production…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMMonday, April 10, 2023
The Time Traveler’s Wife and Hamnet are among novels written, and largely read, by women coming to the British stage
Female readers are the acknowledged force behind the market in publishe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMSunday, January 8, 2023
The 1982 play stills pulls in crowds from Broadway to Helsinki, and is now returning to the West End for a fifth time. ‘I just can’t understand it,’ says its creator
The arrival of a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AMSunday, November 13, 2022
Audiences can choose from a glut of Ebenezers this festive season, with the infamous miser a more pointed character than ever in these hard times
This Christmas, whatever the weather, it wil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMSaturday, November 12, 2022
Xander Parish, who fled St Petersburg in March, talks about his performance this weekend with Russian and Ukrainian artistes
When the dancer Xander Parish made his return to the London stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSaturday, August 27, 2022
Young Latina whose act tackles disability is among the winners at prestigious awards ceremony
Both of the top prizes for being funny at the 2022 Edinburgh fringe festival have gone to foreig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMAustralian comedian scoops £10,000 prize as Mexican-born American Lara Ricote is named best newcomer
The top comedy prizes at this year’s Edinburgh festival fringe have gone to foreign ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMMonday, August 8, 2022
Edinburgh Fringe show sets out to tell the tale of the code-breaker whose crucial work on German cyphers helped win the second world war
From a social outcast to an object of national pity a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMSunday, July 31, 2022
Nica Burns, driving force of the festival’s comedy prize, talks about the winners and losers in 40 years of the hugely influential event
Comedians have a reputation for being tough: the st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSaturday, July 2, 2022
Alan Bleasdale works with Sherwood creator James Graham to revisit TV masterpiece
When Boys from the Blackstuff went out on television four decades ago, it was hailed as a show that would s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMSunday, March 27, 2022
Distinguished ballet choreographer takes issue with views of his friend, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Russian artists and performers must not stay sil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMSunday, January 9, 2022
Leading dancers and directors say they find the classic costume both physically and artistically restrictive
The ballerina’s tutu remains a traditional object of desire for many young girl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMSunday, December 12, 2021
Demand is growing to allow flexible working for cast as well as crew in the theatre industry
If disaster strikes in the theatre, an understudy replaces a leading actor, sometimes even during…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMSaturday, December 11, 2021
The woes of Britain’s government offer a rich seam of comedy and it’s being mined in theatres and on TVs across the country
“Aren’t we all having fun? What about you in the back row?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PMSunday, November 7, 2021
Criticism from David Baddiel and others prompts about-turn on play due to open this week
Al Smith may not be the first British playwright to ask “What’s in a name?”, but this weekend h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMSunday, October 31, 2021
David Harewood cast as William Buckley in James Graham’s new play of fiery 1968 debates with Gore Vidal
It was a battle royale fought between American political titans, and it played out o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMMonday, September 20, 2021
Monty Python star has reinvented his play The Weekend as musical theatre
Theatres are about to embark on a new “golden age” thanks to the combination of freshly enthused audiences and a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSunday, July 18, 2021
While capacity crowds are now allowed, productions are being shut down by isolation rules as cast members are ‘pinged’
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMSunday, June 13, 2021
Hit musical Jersey Boys will be first show at the 630-seater Trafalgar theatre in the West End
The curtain goes up on Monday on at least one piece of certain good news for the troubled West …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMOnly a handful of events will be staged this year as producers complain about ‘dithering’ by council and Scottish government
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSunday, April 25, 2021
Impresario Nica Burns is giving 23 young producers their big break with a showcase at top London venues
When the curtains finally rise on West End stages again in May, should there really be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMSunday, March 28, 2021
Donors contribute to buy painting of Tamara Karsavina, co-founder of the London ballet school
A rare and valuable portrait of the Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina, Anna Pavlova’s great r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMMonday, March 22, 2021
Small, agile productions are preparing for a May start, as experts predict virtual events will outlast the pandemic
Live entertainment is coming back in two halves, much like a traditional n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMSunday, February 21, 2021
The Cuban star talks about his battle to lift spirits at the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the film he has made to rally performers as their stages stay dark
When Carlos Acosta, considered one…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMSunday, January 24, 2021
Songs from the composer’s doomed show about the Israeli stateswoman will make their debut online
The self-taught musical genius Lionel Bart was the Londoner who first successfully challen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMMonday, January 4, 2021
As Zoom fatigue sets in, organisations are seeking creative ways to bring art to patrons to keep them – and their wallets – engaged
A concert from your favourite opera singer, delivered …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMSaturday, September 5, 2020
The award-winning performance artist tells why she has penned a libretto starring single mums for a new BBC documentary
Bryony Kimmings, the award-winning British performer behind a success…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMSaturday, August 15, 2020
Playwright and director says BLM and the lockdown have prompted him to stage a financially risky season of black work
British culture has been guilty of “hoodwinking” black people into t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMSunday, July 12, 2020
Communities secretary announces new planning rules forcing councils to take impact of Covid-19 into account
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Empty theatres a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMSunday, May 24, 2020
Britain’s most prolific playwright is producing and acting in his own audio play, but he holds out little hope for live theatre in the short term
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain’s mos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM 
