823 stories by "Guardian Staff"
Meet the Big House Theatre Company - young adults with remarkable life stories who take to the stage to tell their unique, compelling and sometimes troubling stories Continue reading...
With a haul of Olivier awards and the sold-out, four-star production King Charles III on its stage, the Almeida is on a roll. Mark Lawson picks the 10 best productions he's seen at the north…
A View from the Bridge, currently revived at the Young Vic, was first staged in London in 1956. It was a dramatic year for Miller: he appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committ…
Alex Jennings suits up as Wonka, Gemma Arterton has a laugh and Benny from Abba watches the winners take it all ... Go backstage at the Olivier awards with photographer David Levene Continue…
Luhrmann's stage version of his film didn't get critics telling him to Foxtrot Oscar, but they didn't throw flowers at his feet eitherNot everyone likes Baz Luhrmann's high camp directorial …
The Almeida theatre's Chimerica stole the show at this year's Oliviers, winning five awards. There were also victories for Ghosts, The Book of Mormon, Othello, The Amen Corner and Les Mis. F…
Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan host the Olivier Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London Continue reading...
Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter theatre has been nominated for seven awards at this year's Oliviers including best musical revival and best director (Maria Friedman). Watch clips …
Jonathan Kent's production of Noël Coward's classic comedy Private Lives for Chichester Festival theatre has been nominated for Olivier awards for best actress (Anna Chancellor) and best …
Richard Eyre's revival of Ibsen's Ghosts for Hampstead theatre has been nominated for five awards at the Oliviers, including best actress (Lesley Manville) and best actor in a supporting rol…
On the 100th anniversary of Pygmalion's opening night in London, revisit some of the classic stage and screen productions of George Bernard Shaw's play. Eliza Doolittle, the cockney flower g…
The 2014 Olivier awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday 13 April. Who do you think should win? Choose your favourites in our poll. Highlights of the cer…
Bram Stoker was a theatre critic before he wrote Dracula, and many dramatists have sunk their teeth into vampire myths. As the fanged coming-of-age play Let the Right One In opens in London,…
Adam Kammerling from the underground poetry collective Chill Pill creates a performance inspired by the proposal that the Red Road flats in Glasgow will be demolished live on television. Chi…
The star of The Office and Sherlock will play Richard III in the West End in 2014. Take a look at some highlights from his stage career at the Royal Court and Soho theatre
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome as Cabaret returns to Broadway, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming, take a look at past productions with Liza Minnelli, An…
As Stephen Ward announces its early closure at the Aldwych theatre, revisit 13 of the unluckiest shows to have graced a West End stage " from Mike Read's one night bomb Oscar to the slow dea…
Comedian David Baddiel says David Cameron's support of the term 'Yid', when chanted by Tottenham Hotspur fans, is hypocritical because he would not have had the same reaction if the chants h…
An illusionist called Dynamo appears to levitate alongside a double-decker bus in central London. Smiling for the cameras, Dynamo, whose real name is Steven Frayne, travels alongside the bus…
This new aerial and sway-pole outdoor production from the Graeae Theatre Company, London, uses sign language and audio description with performers from the 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Cere…
Ahead of the RSC and Google's real-time digital version of the Shakespeare classic, here's a potted plot reminder of the lives of Hermia and Lysander, Bottom and Puck proving their story wa…
Dancers perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for a chance to join the Rockettes Continue reading...
Kicking and cavorting their way from one controversy to another, the flappers angered the Vatican and were accused of starting 'the cult of the clitoris' in Britain. But they also played a p…
Speaking ahead of the London premiere of their hit musical The Book of Mormon, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone discuss how far they are willing to go to get a laugh. The Book …
Royal de Luxe, whose Sea Odyssey brought Liverpool to a standstill this spring, aghast at soft drink giant using an enormous puppet in its Christmas campaign Continue reading...
