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Dublin's Abbey Theatre has won in four categories at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, including best play for David Ireland's Cyprus Avenue.
Victor Platt was an unsung hero of television and film in the second half of the last century. A conscientious and reliable
In 1948, aged 16, Keith Salberg left school, spent six months in a variety of jobs at the King's Theatre, Gainsborough, and
Together with Ray Galton, Alan Simpson helped define the tone of television comedy for 20 years with the hugely popular Hancock's Half
Tributes have been paid to two leading casting directors who died within hours of each other on February 19. Maggie Lunn, who
A leading figure in Irish theatre, Barry Cassin's career spanned seven decades as both an actor and director. As co-founder of Dublin's
Trish Arnold pioneered an innovative approach to the teaching of movement and dance specifically designed for actors that is now widely employed
Few actors were as consistently intelligent and engagingly relaxed on stage and screen as Alec McCowen. They were qualities that shone through
Ireland's regional theatres and arts centres are to benefit from new capital funding of €9 million (£7.6 million) in what was described
Craggy-faced and with a distinctive, cracked voice, John Hurt was an actor of immense resources and a deep emotional wellspring that forged
Of all the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death last year, for many of a certain age none will have
Despite its setting in Nazi-occupied France and gleeful revelling in wartime irreverence, double entendres, homophobia and racial caricatures, David Croft and Jeremy
A self-styled 'creative animateur', Michel Julian spent his life committed to advocating, enthusing and enabling involvement in theatre. Born in Bedford in
Playwright Rosemary Jenkinson has been appointed artist-in-residence at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. The writer, who was born in Belfast, succeeds composer
Actor Gorden Kaye, best known as hapless cafe owner Rene in 'Allo 'Allo!, has died aged 75. Although he found fame on
Born into a wealthy banking family, well connected in business and a practising professor of philosophy, Calvin Rand was also one of
Born into a performing family " his parents were both actors and his uncle was Wilfrid Lawson " Bernard Fox made his
The extra second added to clocks as 2016 turned into 2017 served only to heighten expectations in Hull of what the new
For a generation of filmgoers, Deddie Davies will be forever remembered as Mrs Perks, wife of Bernard Cribbins' station porter, in the
Liz Smith's rise to stardom was all the more remarkable for it coming so late " she was nearly 50 when Mike
Playwright Anne Devlin and dancer Oona Doherty have been announced as recipients of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's highest accolade, worth
Although he appeared in only three episodes of the long-running prison television sitcom Porridge, it was as the menacing convict Harry Grout
In a career spanning nearly 50 years, and during which he seldom seemed to be out of work, Bernard Gallagher was a
Born in Cardiff and a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Jackie Skarvellis was a committed champion, as
Paying tribute to Andrew Sachs, his Fawlty Towers co-star John Cleese described him as "a truly great farceur". As the hapless Spanish
