922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
Michael Colgan is to step down as artistic director of Dublin's Gate Theatre after more than 30 years in the role. The
In an article marking Peter Shaffer's knighthood in 2007, the actor Simon Callow (who had created the role of Mozart in his
Petra Davies, who has died at the age of 85, was a familiar face on television for more than four decades. She
For a generation of theatregoers, the appearances of Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa's visually spellbinding amalgams of East and West brought an exotic
As a director, producer and head of BBC television comedy from 1983-90, Gareth Gwenlan demonstrated a Midas touch on a string of
Best known as the rebel leader Roj Blake in Terry Nation's cult sci-fi series Blakes 7, Gareth Thomas was a seasoned television
Although he emerged as part of a generation of playwrights who collectively acquired the epithet of 'angry young men', Arnold Wesker's voice
It was a mark of the affection in which Ronnie Corbett was held as one of the best-loved entertainers of the last
Arts organisations in Northern Ireland have been warned of new funding cuts ahead of a planned 5.7% reduction to the Arts Council
Shakespeare's Globe has reported record income of £23 million in 2015, and has claimed audience numbers at its South Bank home account
Just 9% of the £34.3 million awarded by Arts Council England's Strategic Touring Programme over the past five years went to London
Together with his wife and on-stage assistant, "the lovely Debbie McGee", Paul Daniels dominated television light entertainment schedules in the 1980s. He
Magician Paul Daniels, one of television's biggest stars in the 1980s, has died aged 77. His death was confirmed by his son
Michael White's propensity for gambling made him a natural-born producer even if it also led, in time, to the bankruptcy court. White's
The composer Peter Maxwell Davies, a former master of the Queen's music, has died at the age of 81. His death earlier
Druid Theatre Company has won a record five prizes in this year's Irish Times Theatre Awards. The company won its awards for
Michael White, one of the most charismatic theatre figures of the last half-century and producer of more than 100 shows including Oh!
As the creator of Coronation Street, Tony Warren transformed television drama and established the template for countless successors. His achievement was all
Louise Plowright was managing a shoe shop when, aged 28, she decided to become an actor and trained as a mature student
As the foul-mouthed, hygienically challenged Father Jack in the hit 1990s television comedy Father Ted, Frank Kelly found a role that came
Coronation Street creator Tony Warren has died at the age of 79. His death on March 1 was announced this morning on
As a much-loved and respected teacher and director at the Central School of Speech and Drama for nearly 20 years, John Roberts
Playwright Samuel Beckett, prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn and comedian Tommy Cooper are to be featured on commemorative blue plaques, in a raft
Belfast's Lyric Theatre is to mark the centenaries of the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising in Dublin in a season
As artistic director of London's Westminster Theatre from 1975-90 and a prominent writer of several productions there, Hugh Steadman Williams played a
