823 stories by "Guardian Staff"
It's a glorious summer of Richard IIIs with Ralph Fiennes playing the role at the Almeida in London and Lars Eidinger starring in the Schaubühne's production at the Edinburgh festival. Here…
The Little Voice actor is covering 80s hits in her new show If You Kiss Me Kiss Me, and joined us to answer your questions. Catch up with her answers here 2.13pm GMT Thanks to everyone who s…
The Pope of Trash behind cult hits like Cry Baby and Hairspray joined us to answer your questions on Bob Dylan stealing his moustache, his Simpsons cameo and Werner Herzog 2.03pm GMT 2.02pm…
The Tony awards, which mark the achievements of the theatrical world, took place on Sunday evening in New York with newcomers Hamilton making their mark, winning 11 awards. Host James Corden…
London's long-running production of Chicago has a bootylicious new Roxie (click 'Hide' to, er, reveal). She follows in the high-heeled footsteps of Denise Van Outen, Brooke Shields and Renee…
Stars of Broadway, stage and screen attend the 70th annual Tony awards at the Beacon Theater in New York on Sunday night. The ceremony is dedicated to victims of Saturday's mass shooting in …
The Oscar-winning actor, House of Cards star and artistic director of London's Old Vic was online to answer your questions Kevin Spacey's webchat: 10 things we learned"Former shoe salesman …
Exclusive: Ralph Fiennes performs the Duke of Gloucester's soliloquy from Henry VI, Part III " revealing his determination to become the future king, Richard III. Fiennes is starring in Rupe…
Sadler's Wells, LondonNitin Sawhney, Michael Hulls and Lucy Carter have created virtuosic sensory experiences that capture the spirit of dance without using dancersModern dance productions a…
Fans react positively to the theatrical adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre in London on Tuesday. JK Rowling's two-part play is set 19 years after the end o…
The actor, currently appearing in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in the West End, was here to answer your questions. Find out how she learned to sing, what happened when Bill Bail…
Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsShakespeare's writing contains many passages where the phrasing and l…
Ahead of the theatrical debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child " the latest story in the Potter saga and the first on stage " new portraits of the characters have been revealed Continue …
They're practising their silly walks, expecting the Spanish Inquisition and always looking on the bright side of life ... Monty Python are back. Their show at the O2 arena promises 'comedy, …
The public struggle to keep in step with politicians during the fallout of the financial crisis. David Annen, Cyril Nri and Eileen Walsh star in PPE, a microplay about the power of physical …
The Royal Court in London is celebrating its 60th birthday with 60 short films in which actors, directors and playwrights celebrate the theatre. In this video, filmed in 2015, Alan Rickman r…
He has walked out of his own plays, been chased up the A1 by a director and thinks British drama is dead. Mark Lawson meets the magnificently irascible Edward BondFamous playwrights are trad…
The former EastEnders star is back in the West End, and she came in to talk about reincarnating as a guitar, HP sauce, training with the army and lots more 2.05pm BST Well, that was fun. Tha…
From Hogwarts robes to Hermione's wand: take a look at some of the designs for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which begins previews at the Palace theatre, London, in JuneNoma Dumezweni o…
This is England star Vicky McClure is possessed by evil in this nightmarish manga take on Macbeth, the fourth of the British Council's films for Shakespeare Lives 2016, a global programme ce…
Sometimes the description of a character in the stage directions says as much as lines of dialogue. Do you recognise these eight figures as described by the playwrights who created them?' Qu…
Many of Shakespeare's lines are used in daily life " but do you know which plays feature these popular expressions?"Brevity is the soul of wit"Measure for MeasureHamletCymbeline"The be-all a…
As Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet gets an NT Live broadcast, test your knowledge of Shakespeare's princely tragedyAs Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet gets an NT Live broadcast, test your knowled…
No Such Thing As a Fish, hosted by QI's Elves, is to become the first UK podcast released on vinyl. It's out in November to coincide with the Elves' live show at the Lyric theatre in the Wes…
"Alas Caesar must bleed for it" … In a dystopian near-future, Brutus (Mark Stanley, Game of Thrones) and his conspirators plot Caesar's demise. Filmed in London at the Treasury and the For…