Alasdair Buchan, who directed his version aged 11 in 1997, will play mysterious stranger in long-running whodunnit As the curtain falls on every performance of The Mousetrap, the world’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMAs the career of the pioneering writer is remembered, an 1688 copy of her novel Oroonoko is the cherry on the cake The striking name of the playwright and novelist Aphra Behn, pioneering que…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMTV head hopes programme will spark ‘a #MeToo moment for men’ ahead of two-part show on the Oscar-winning actor One of the producers of a Channel 4 documentary that contains fresh claims …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMNew arts lobby group says plight that hits even top bodies such as Royal Shakespeare Company makes entire country poorer The vast majority of England’s biggest subsidised cultural institut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThe coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows ‘Behind every great man stands a great woman…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThe literary department at the London theatre is renowned for taking risks with untried playwrights, but is now under threat The Royal Court is known for putting the names of emerging playwr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32PMBefore publishing his vampire classic in 1897, the author was employed as a personal secretary at the Actors’ Benevolent Fund The imagination of Bram Stoker gave life to one of literature�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThe Doctor Who and Thick of It actor laments the lack of support for emerging talent from working-class backgrounds • Read the full interview with Peter Capaldi Britain’s cast of leading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMTheatreland is taking a gamble on a wave of quirky little shows to challenge the big but tired box office beasts A fresh kind of musical theatre show, set apart by having started life on th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PMWindsor and Maidenhead scraps cultural budget in wake of similar moves in Suffolk, Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham The chill blast of damaging cuts to provincial arts venues has returned …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMVenues across the UK closed over building safety fears sprinkle a little magic to keep their shows on the road Every good pantomime needs a menacing villain to threaten all the fun, and this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMThe 1970s star blazed the way for mass-audience satire in Britain. But is there an appetite for it now? As the entertainment world mourns the death at 82 of Britain’s most popular televis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMString of vacancies at regional arts venues grows as funding and staffing crisis worsens Running a theatre has become a seriously unappealing job, according to many of those working at Brita…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMPerformers and producers say arts are being ‘sanitised’ amid more sensitive attitudes towards swearing and sexual politics An annual “poster war” has raged between rival promoters fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMThe historical novelist’s first play looks again at the ‘panto villain’ image of the king reviled by Shakespeare There is one king who simply will not lie down quietly and stay in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:13AMProducers 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 07:32AMResidents 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 10:06AMThe 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 04:36AMThe 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 06:00AMAudiences 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 11:18AMXander 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 12:24PMYoung 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 10:42AMEdinburgh 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 11:37AMNica 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 05:48AMAlan 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 02:54PMDistinguished ballet choreographer takes issue with views of his friend, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov • Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Russian artists and performers must not stay sil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMLeading 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 03:06AMDemand 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 06:18AMThe 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 06:12PMCriticism 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…
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