105 stories by "Maev Kennedy"
The eclectic film actor has confirmed he will stage Zach Helm's Good Canary at Kingston's Rose theatre next year The American actor John Malkovich is heading to the UK " not to the West End …
Shakespeare's Globe project to show 37 new 10-minute films on 37 screens laid out along Thames path between Westminster and London BridgeShakespeare's Globe theatre is to mark the 400th anni…
Dozens of cultural organisations will join forces in 2016 as part of a cross-disciplinary fiesta to mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death, including a major exhibition at the British Libr…
Once-beloved venues such as the Brighton Hippodrome and Morecambe Winter Gardens could disappear completely after falling into disrepairThe Theatres Trust has announced that 31 theatres acro…
Director Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy Guerin will stage the gory tragedy with a company of actors and dancers Anna Maxwell Martin, the steely star of the BBC adaptation of Charles…
New crop of illusionists and escapologists aim to breathe life into classic tricks Continue reading...
Jude Law will return to the London stage this summer, in the Eugene O'Neill play Anna Christie, as part of Michael Grandage's last season as artistic director at the Donmar Warehouse. Law la…
Enniskillen hosts international interpretations of the playwright's works " on land and in lakes, in caves and a castle, with premieres by Sophie Hunter, Adrian Dunbar and Max Stafford-Clark…
The innovative theatre company goes against captain's orders and takes over the nautical history centre in London with an immersive show for kidsAlmost nothing can be revealed about Against …
The rare edition of Shakespeare's plays recently found in a French public library will go on show at the Globe theatre next year Continue reading...
Numbers of shows and seats sold do well despite budget cuts as original material booms for first time for more than a century, survey findsFor the first time in more than a century, the Brit…
With a real steam train on stage near King's Cross station, Mike Kenny's adaptation of E Nesbit's novel has entranced theatre-goers of all ages, as the writer explainsWhen the 60 tonnes of t…
Brighton council authorises partial demolition of historic south coast venue as register identifies 33 theatres at risk of closure Continue reading...
The What Fatima Did playwright's new family drama, State Red, is one of three 'promising works in progress' by young writers to open at the Downstairs space this autumn Continue reading...
After a £22m facelift restoring its eccentric magnificence, the West Sussex theatre kicks off new season with Peter Shaffer's classic playWhen Jonathan Church first walked into the Chiche…
Rupert Goold's fighting words about play starring Gemma Arterton come after failures by rivals in West End of LondonDirector Rupert Goold has promised to "put the musical back on the ma…
Number of shows is up 11% on last year, with acts preparing to swamp the city's every spare stage, pub and alleyway Continue reading...
Klaus Maria Brandauer in Krapp's Last Tape will be centrepiece of event celebrating Fermanagh town's most famous schoolboyHappy days indeed for Enniskillen, as details are announced of the t…
Bill Nighy will read poetry as actors fill journey from Hull to London with stories and music, as prelude to 2017 UK city of culture eventsIn The Whitsun Weddings, one of the best loved poem…
Actor and comedian to make his first appearance at Birmingham Rep theatre in adaptation of BBC Radio 4 comedyLenny Henry is to return to his West Midland roots to make his first appearance …
£6m parody penned by Harry Hill and Steve Brown latest West End flop despite warm reviews and a divine Simon Cowell Judge a song from I Can't Sing audio slideshow Michael Billington's ve…
Bard's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, puts playwright's anniversary centre-stage on patron saint's dayMost adults have only the haziest idea of who St George was or when his feast day fall…
One of 10 world premieres in the theatre's season, it will be the last that Hytner directs as artistic directorSir Tom Stoppard, who worried last year that he'd forgotten the knack of playwr…
Event to coincide with centenary of first world war but conflicts including apartheid and the Trojan war will also be rememberedThe long shadow of war will hang heavily over this year's Edin…
