823 stories by "Guardian Staff"
Kevin Spacey appears as his House of Cards character President Francis Underwood at the 2017 Tony awards on Sunday, poking fun at a rambling Bette Midler acceptance speech, before impersonat…
As his new show The Wind in the Willows opens in London, the Oscar winner and Downton Abbey creator will join us for a webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 13 June 1.00pm BST Julian Fellowes will…
Northern Broadsides' 'dark, austere and genuinely disturbing' production of Richard III is staged in Hull this month as the company celebrates its 25th birthday. Its founder and artistic dir…
The Old Vic is saved from closureA generous donor has made through The Observer the gift that was necessary unless the Old Vic was to be forced to close its doors. It is an honourable exampl…
Ahead of this week's British Comedy Awards, the Observer has decided to find out who really makes us laugh. With the help of a panel of expert judges, we present the 50 funniest people in Br…
The intimate Octagon theatre in Bolton has launched its 50th anniversary season. Take a look at some of its landmark productions from local playwrights Bill Naughton and Jim Cartwright and s…
This year's Manchester international festival features a new gig-theatre show exploring how the US civil war created a cotton famine which caused catastrophe for Lancashire's mills. It's the…
The Star Wars actor is now on stage in Woyzeck, and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 30 May " post them in the comments below 5.31pm BST John Boyega insta…
A planned Oregon performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was halted after the playwright's estate refused to allow a black actor to play the role of NickA production of Who's Afraid o…
The biblical sorceress dances across two of Britain's stages this summer, in shows at the National and the RSC. Explore past versions of the story, from Marisa Tomei and Zawe Ashton's perfor…
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsHow did people eat the oranges that …
A group of Australian actors, dancers, writers and comedians " including Charlotte Wood, Zoe Coombs Marr and Marieke Hardy as well as Pomeranz and Roxburgh " have joined a video campaign cal…
As she presents a 10th anniversary show at the Edinburgh festival, Camille O'Sullivan remembers her first fringe gigs and explains how she puts together her set listBefore I first came to Ed…
The hit fantasy play, which has broken records in London, will move to the the Lyric Theatre in New York Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two will premiere on Broadway on 22 A…
Oscar-winning film-maker will headline The Terms of My Surrender, a new play that will be performed just blocks away from Trump TowerMichael Moore is set to star in a Broadway show aimed at …
Twenty-five years after it was first staged in London, Tony Kushner's wildly inventive play about the Aids crisis is back. The cast includes Nathan Lane, Andrew Garfield, Russell Tovey and D…
A new production of Alan Bennett's Forty Years On has Richard Wilson playing the headmaster. Take a look at theatre's best school staff through the yearsForty Years On is at Chichester Festi…
The Homeland and Billions star is currently in the West End, and will answer your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday 19 April 10.38am BST Damian Lewis is best known for three titanic r…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child won a record-breaking nine awards at the Olivier awards on Sunday, including best new play. Best supporting actress Noma Dumezweni used her speech to highli…
The great and the good of theatre descended upon the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night, as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dominated the UK's most prestigious theatre awards Continue readi…
Theatre, film and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith came to the British public's attention as Ronald Merrick in the 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown, and starred in plays and films including Ki…
Over a quarter of a century, Jude Law has blazed through a succession of challenging and controversial theatre productions on the way to his latest role as a lover with murder on his mind in…
A factory dispute in the American Midwest shouldn't be the stuff of musical magic. But The Pajama Game earned its stripes with Broadway pedigree and Hollywood pizzazz. As Richard Eyre's hit …
Dave Chappelle talks to late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel about his two new comedy specials. Asked why he released two shows at once after such a long hiatus, he jokingly replied: 'Money.' Cha…
Eve Best plays Cleopatra in a new production at Shakespeare's Globe. From Liz Taylor to Mark Rylance, here's a reminder of the other stars who have ruled as the Egyptian leader' Review: Eve …
