Twitter meets theatre in tales from the Middle East by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Edinburgh festival project spans 20 plays written in tweets, on everything from life as a Cairo cabbie to dieting in Ramallah during the Israeli blockadeA 24-hour stream of consciousness fro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:52am on August 6, 2015[SHARE]

Cumberbatch fans wait 17 hours for chance of opening-night tickets by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Tickets costing £10 to see actor play Hamlet are close to gold dust, prompting some theatre-goers to queue all night They came slowly at first, some alone, others arriving in pairs, with …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:55pm on August 5, 2015[SHARE]

Controversial Isis-related play cancelled two weeks before opening night by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Creators of Homegrown, about radicalisation of young people, claim to have been given no prior warning and that external pressure was applied for decisionA controversial play exploring the m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:19pm on August 4, 2015[SHARE]

Cumberfans on Hamlet: 'I can't imagine what it will be like to see him' by Hannah Ellis-petersen

As Benedict Cumberbatch prepares for the curtain to rise on his performance of Hamlet, fans detail their extraordinary journeys to watch him play the DaneTeri Peterson, 39, a receptionist, h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:02pm on August 4, 2015[SHARE]

Life on the fringe: play about female prisoners to hit stage in Edinburgh by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Key Change tells the stories of women behind bars after working with female prisoners to create hard-hitting production that looks behind the mugshotsA hard-hitting production exploring the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36am on July 26, 2015[SHARE]

'We're more than just scantily clad assistants': meet the woman making magic's glass ceiling disappear by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Often sawn in half but rarely the ones wearing the white gloves, few women make a career in magic. Katherine Mills talks about how she tricked her way into 'the old boy's club' " and gives a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:04pm on July 20, 2015[SHARE]

It's all Greek at the Almeida: Rupert Goold on the theatre's new season by Hannah Ellis-petersen

The director of London's Almeida theatre talks about its forthcoming Greek festival that frames a run of plays by Euripides, Aeschylus and AristophanesA festival of music, poetry and discuss…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:02pm on June 8, 2015[SHARE]

Immersive play in east London school to explore motives of radicalised youth by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Cast of 113 young actors will take over school in Bethnal Green for two weeks in National Youth Theatre project Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:34pm on June 2, 2015[SHARE]

David Baddiel: 'I am going to talk about difficult stuff' by Hannah Ellis-petersen

At 50, David Baddiel still can't resist toilet humour, but his latest standup show is about dementia and death. Dark jokes are funny, he says, though some lines should not be crossed Continu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:30am on May 9, 2015[SHARE]

Experimental choreographer Hofesh Shechter to stage London season by Hannah Ellis-petersen

The Israel-born, London-based choreographer will take his boundary pushing work to dance, opera and rock stages of the city in September Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31am on April 27, 2015[SHARE]

Hundreds of successful women from the arts inspire the next generation by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Miriam González Durántez's Inspiring Women campaign paired girls from 15 comprehensive schools with artists, directors, actors, authors and designers Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:33pm on April 23, 2015[SHARE]

Mars One-inspired play explores first human mission to red planet by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Pioneer, inspired by Dutch project that aims to land manned spaceship on Mars, confronts the question of whether humans can cope with space travel Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:43pm on April 14, 2015[SHARE]

Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters' debut novel, to be adapted for stage by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Lyric Hammersmith to stage production of 1998 novel about love affair between two women in Victorian London, adapted by playwright Laura Wade Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30pm on April 14, 2015[SHARE]

New play at Tricycle looks at Muslim conversion by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Multitudes, set in Bradford, looks at the journey of conversion and British perceptions of IslamAbout 5,000 people in the UK convert to Islam every year, the majority of whom are women. It i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:45am on February 16, 2015[SHARE]

Miss Saigon dominates WhatsOnStage awards by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Musical revived by Sir Cameron Mackintosh takes nine prizes at the WhatsOnStage awards in LondonThe revival of the musical Miss Saigon triumphed at the WhatsOnStage awards on Sunday night.Th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:30pm on February 15, 2015[SHARE]

Carrie: The Musical returns to haunt Southwark by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Show with a history of financial and other disasters to open at Southwark Playhouse on 1 May Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:06pm on February 13, 2015[SHARE]

Tate Modern set for two-day dance takeover by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Performances from ballet to krump, workshops and Turbine Hall club night planned for event led by French choreographer Boris Charmatz Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44pm on February 10, 2015[SHARE]

Laurence Olivier's steamy love letters to Vivien Leigh see light of day by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Hundreds of previously unpublished letters reveal passionate exchanges of one of Hollywood's greatest affairsIt was one of the greatest Hollywood love affairs, beginning in a whirlwind of pa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36am on February 2, 2015[SHARE]

Unfair to single out the arts for elitism, says National Theatre director by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Nicholas Hytner says problem of social diversity on stage is if anything less acute than in other professions Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on January 29, 2015[SHARE]

True story of Mughal emperor who built Taj Mahal makes London debut by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Staging of Dara by Shahid Nadeem is first time the National has adapted an original south Asian production for a British audienceThe story of Dara, the newest production to take to the board…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:00am on January 29, 2015[SHARE]

Double triumph for Young Vic at the Critics' Circle theatre awards by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Ivo van Hove named best director and Mark Strong wins best actor for acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31am on January 27, 2015[SHARE]

Neil LaBute among writers tackling freedom of expression in new collection by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Short-play series Walking the Tightrope, opening in London this month, will also feature works by Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill and April de Angelis Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39am on January 25, 2015[SHARE]

Darcey Bussell to front BBC's search for UK's best young dancer by Hannah Ellis-petersen

BBC is devoting year of programming to music and dance including how to make a pop song and ballet documentaries Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:29pm on January 14, 2015[SHARE]

Mayfair hotel to stage The Fever, a play scrutinising poverty and affluence by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Wallace Shawn's hard-hitting monologue exploring decadence has Tobias Menzies in role " before tiny audience in plush suiteIt is a production that has been called both a "naked assault on ou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:55pm on January 8, 2015[SHARE]

Half of theatre directors in Britain earning less than £5,000 a year by Hannah Ellis-petersen

Concerns over stage work being 'preserve of wealthy' backed by survey finding average salary for directors is £10,759Half of the directors working in British theatre, some on the country'…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:02pm on January 8, 2015[SHARE]