75 stories by "Maggie Brown"
After the Brit Awards, the DJ and BAME commentator Edward Adoo, whose views I value, wrote that presenters Ant and Dec were
Tessa Ross, the incoming chief executive of the National Theatre, has said that she sees her new role as an opportunity to "bring in young people" to the venue. Speaking at this year's Edinb…
Live screenings of theatre productions in cinemas across the UK pioneered by the National Theatre generated £7.2 million at the box office last year, from just 14 shows, a new report has …
The success of BBC1's Happy Valley and Peaky Blinders on BBC2 in the past year has demonstrated that the channels "offer some of the best of British drama", the BBC Trust said today. The fir…
The BBC has announced plans to open up access to the world of musical entertainment within the UK, with two new partnerships designed to train new entrants and increase the technical skil…
Channel 4's audience share dropped to 6.1 per cent in 2013 – the lowest in its recent history – as it was hit by stiff competition, including the decision by BBC1 to scrap childr…
The BBC's director general Tony Hall has confirmed that BBC3 will close in the autumn of 2015, though the controversial decision, stoking a storm of protest, will have to be ratified by the …
David Suchet has ruled out appearing in a West End stage production featuring Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, a role he has played on television since 1989. Suchet revealed in  2010 …
Hilary Mantel's Booker prize-winning novels will see Rylance, as Cromwell, reunited with director of The Government InspectorThe actor Mark Rylance is to be reunited with the director of the…
BBC2 is aiming to serve up intelligent drama that doesn't rely on a backdrop of war exotic locations or upper class life. 'Different' can be risky, writes Maggie Brown, but the ability to pu…
Kevin Spacey has said that despite his Oscar winning career in film, and his current commitment to making and starring in the second 13-part series of House of Cards for Netflix, he still fi…
BBC1 has commissioned an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children's book, Esio Trot, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judy Dench. Hoffman will take the part of Mr Happy, who is in love with Ms S…
Danny Boyle, the filmmaker who created the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, is to direct a contemporary comedy drama, called Babylon, for Channel 4. The drama was announced by Jay Hun…
Maggie Brown talks to the team behind bleak and gritty new historical mini-series The Mill
Idris Elba is the alpha cop. But what he really wants is to sing and dance in a stage musicalFilm and television star Idris Elba is back on the small screen this week in his role as the obse…
A new wave of productions forgoes the feelgood factor and focuses instead on issues such as poverty and homelessness"Musicals can tackle anything," says Rufus Norris. As the director who set…
The South Bank Show returns to Sky Arts for a second series of six programmes on April 18, starting with a biography of Tim Minchin, the songwriter and comedian who composed and wrote the ly…
London is to get its own television station, London Live, by early 2014, with the award by Ofcom last week of a 12-year licence to the Evening Standard and its owner, Alexander Lebedev. It w…
Oscar-winning director says he had to go to NBC Universal after corporation's commercial arm refused to part-fund seriesOscar-winning British film director Sam Mendes has criticised the BBC'…
English National Opera artistic director John Berry has claimed the current trend for arts organisations to screen their work live to cinemas in a bid to extend their brand was a distraction…
Street of Dreams, a stage version of Corrie, is the biggest in a wave of live shows based on TV dramas… and an EastEnders musical might be waiting in the wingsWhen Street of Dreams, the mu…
Habima, Israel's National Theatre, is facing criticism within its own country for agreeing to perform The Merchant of Venice next month at the Globe to Globe Festival at London's Shakespeare…
Stars of theatre and literature split over invitation to Israeli company to stage Merchant of Venice in LondonAuthor Howard Jacobson has weighed into a debate over whether Israel's national …
ITV's director of drama Laura Mackie won the judges award at the Royal Television Society's awards last night (March 20), in recognition of her success in backing a succession of hits, led b…
Misfits, Sherlock, Rev and Steve Coogan's resurrection of Alan Partridge nominated for awards screened on Sky ArtsFull list of nominationsThe South Bank Show awards, which aims to celebrate …
