922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
Reviewing a revival of his play Alterations at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1986, the then editor of The Stage Peter Hepple
Theatre and opera director Walter Sutcliffe has been announced as the new artistic director of Northern Ireland Opera. Sutcliffe, a former staff
Actor Peter Vaughan, who found fame as menacing convict Harry Grout in Porridge, has died at the age of 93. His death
Andrew Sachs, best known for his role as the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in television's Fawlty Towers, has died at the age
As stage manager for leading venues in the regions and London, Bill Hetterley was well placed to see a succession of variety
Often described as Ireland's Chekhov, William Trevor's reputation far exceeded his own modest description of himself as a "short-story writer who likes
For more than 40 years, Pierre Picton was one of the most popular circus performers in Britain. As Pierre the Clown, he
In the 1970s, Margaret Ashcroft secured her place in television history by becoming the first female actor to simultaneously have leading roles
For 20 years until his retirement earlier this year, Richard Anthony Baker brought a wealth of experience, unmatched authority and boundless passion
Seldom, it seemed, out of work, John Carson was long one of the most familiar faces and voices on British television and
Together with David Croft, Jimmy Perry helped define British television comedy for a quarter of a century. The pair's first hit, Dad's
Colin George's decision to champion a thrust stage in Sheffield's new Crucible Theatre in 1971 was one of the most controversial theatre
Over the course of 23 years on the cobbled stones of Coronation Street, Jean Alexander transformed Hilda Ogden, the skivvy with a
One of the most prolific directors of his generation, Howard Davies' name attached to a project offered audiences a guarantee that a
The long-serving, seemingly inexhaustible compere and host of The Stage's Showcall Showcases " a key talent-scouting event for the light entertainment industry
Howard Davies, a former associate director with the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and Almeida Theatre, has died at the age of
Jimmy Perry, who ran the Watford Palace Theatre before finding fame writing a raft of television hits including Dad's Army and It
As artistic director of the Soho Poly theatre from 1988-91, Tony Craze " himself an award-winning playwright " proved an ardent and
When news of Ann Emery's death at the age of 86 was announced, Stephen Daldry, who had directed her in the hit
Selina Cartmell has been named new director of Dublin's Gate Theatre. She becomes the fourth person to hold the post since its
Four-time Olivier award-nominated playwright Stephen Clark, who wrote the book and lyrics for Howard Goodall's Love Story, has died at the age
Ireland’s Arts Council has received an 8% boost to its funding from the Irish government as part of its recent budget. The
A jester with a caustically comical view of politics, Dario Fo was a prolific playwright whose work confronted inequality, injustice, corruption, crime
Dario Fo, the Nobel prize-winning Italian actor and playwright famed for Accidental Death of an Anarchist, has died at the age of
Described by his fellow producer John Stalker as "a towering figure in theatre and one that belied his diminutive, ever cheerful and
