Millions know him as part of C4's IT Crowd or as the charming cop in Hollywood hit Bridesmaids. Now the versatile Irish actor is making his mark on the stage in Of Mice and MenOn the Cannes …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMPlaywright fears celebrity culture of the West End and explains why he is now embracing a 'new artform'There can be few playwrights as devoted to the magic of live theatre as Ireland's garla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMActors best known for their roles in TV and cinema are thrilling audiences and critics in plays full of violent, challenging actionThe revered Kenneth Tynan, who reviewed theatre for the Obs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMStage adaptation of Hilary Mantel novel already a success as Mark Rylance prepares to play Thomas Cromwell in BBC versionNormally a stage show only sells out well in advance of opening night…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMAward will encourage brave new shows to be written on challenging, grown-up themesA sombre topic, such as suicide or the dreadful progress of a serial killer, is often just what a musical ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMBritain's leading ballet dancer stars in the video for Boy Cried Wolf, the title track from the band's fourth albumThose who follow the career of Britain's leading male ballet dancer, Edward…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMFor 10 years, the Neal Street company has combined critical and popular triumphs. This autumn they're conquering the USOn a side street near Covent Garden in central London, a production com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMBBC pledges more money, a new brand 'BBC Arts at...' and the relaunch of digital service The SpaceThe BBC's director general, Tony Hall, will announce a boost for the arts on Tuesday when he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PMLeonard Bernstein's hostility towards writer of musical's book almost halted project, newly released correspondence revealsIt is regularly judged one of the best musicals of all time, yet We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMThe RSC is turning to Jacobean drama in search of better roles for women. So does the Shakespearean tradition hold actresses back?A leading lady seeking the challenge of a truly great stage …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMEx-lovers mine mutual heartbreak for comedy in separate fringe routinesIt all started so well. Lovers Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema got together when their train back to London from Southampt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:28PMThis year's festival will have a campaigning edge as it features attacks on corporate failures and abuses of human rights, and celebrates feminist values and trade unionismShocking, edgy and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMA trio of leading men from Russian companies are set to restore British passion for the ballet after a year of backstage drama at the BolshoiBefore he was fired as director of the Bolshoi Ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMThe actor and comedian on his passionate commitment to Comic ReliefAt 54, Lenny Henry is a man with several lives to lead. The public might still think of him as a comedian with a strong com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMBlack directors and actors have made it to the mainstream but Lenny Henry says progress should be even fasterThe barriers may not be crashing down, but this summer the West End's slow progre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMNottingham Playhouse celebrates its 50th aniversary with a night of little-known worksLost short plays by Harold Pinter, John Mortimer and Shelagh Delaney are to be performed again for the f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe ventriloquist daughter of Tom Conti is in the running for a Bafta – just as her latest show premieres in the USSunday night is a big night for Nina Conti. The actor and comedian is up …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26PMControversial play will relocate Norwegian mass murders to Scotland in bid to examine 'limits of empathy'One of Britain's acclaimed writers for the stage, David Greig, has created a musical …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMThe doyenne of dance, who is soon to receive an Olivier special award, believes culture of instant fame is bad for stage showsThe woman behind a host of bestselling West End shows over the p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PMThe most powerful producer in the West End, and key player on Broadway, is a risk-taker with an artist's eye. No surprise then that she's behind the thrilling new musical, The Book of Mormon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMWith The Vagina Monologues, the activist and writer celebrated women's strength. Now her new project, a global street party that launches this month, aims to raise awareness of abuseIn July …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe director who set Verdi's Rigoletto in mafia Manhattan hits out at West End habit on the eve of his own revival of a neglected Edwardian playJonathan Miller, the elder statesman of Britis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:23AMNew play explores the life of Walter Tull, one of the first black footballers in England who also became an officer in the first world war Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMTickets for much-anticipated play starring Dominic West will be available only on day of performanceHeavy demand for seats to see Jez Butterworth's new play, The River, starring Dominic West…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMIn Britain's oldest theatre, reopening this week, actors performed with noisy members of an anarchic audience surrounding them on three sidesRenovations to the oldest theatre in Britain, Bri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMRikki Henry went to Paris to help Peter Brook with casting but found himself centre stageWhen Rikki Henry's family and friends take their seats among the audience at the Young Vic later this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMIncreasingly shown in 3D, classic stage works including Madam Butterfly are winning new audiencesIf there is a queue around the block leading into the local cinema this month, it might not b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11PMThe West End's endless diet of tried and trusted theatrical fare comes at the expense of experimental plays, say critics and playwrights. But in the 21st century is it still desirable – or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMFame and loneliness led the Gavin & Stacey star to go out drinking every nightJames Corden was "so lost" at one point in his late 20s that his Gavin & Stacey co-stars, Ruth Jones and Rob Bry…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMBritish acting family will appear together at a restored venue built by their talented forebearMembers of the Fox family, one of Britain's most glamorous theatrical dynasties, are to appear …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe UK's black stars are succeeding at the American box office – but are they working there because some parts offered in the UK are off limits, while others play to stereotypes?When Resid…
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