922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
Peter Wood was part of the generation of Oxbridge-graduate directors who transformed British theatre in the 1960s. Equally at home with classical
A new report by Northern Ireland's Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has called for greater spending on the arts from other
In one of her last theatre designs " a revival of The Tempest co-produced by Improbable, Northern Stage and Oxford Playhouse in
A Brechtian at heart, William Gaskill made eloquent platforms for change of the Royal Court Theatre, London, and the Joint Stock Theatre
Stage and screen actor Frank Finlay has died at the age of 89. His death at home on January 30 was announced
With a powerful, saturnine presence on stage and steady, devouring eyes that hinted, in close-up, at darker passions beneath, Frank Finlay's career
With a hypnotically lugubrious voice that sounded like caramel drenched in molasses and hinted at darker, more dangerous depths, Alan Rickman became
West End star Fra Fee has launched a series of workshops that will be led by names including Ciaran Hinds and Jenna
As a director (and latterly a producer), Don Leaver left his mark on some of the most iconic drama and comedy series
At his peak in the 1970s, Robert Stigwood was the impresario with the Midas touch, as one project after another in the
Bryony Brind was just 21 when she experienced that most quintessential of theatrical fables coming true: becoming an overnight star. Having joined
Despite appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court and in the West End, Nicholas Smith will be best remembered as
Nick Weir is a man on a mission. "I want the cruise industry to be the home of the best entertainment on
Director Luc Bondy was born into an artistic family: his mother a dancer manque, his father a literary editor and his grandfather
As the prim, prudish, pontificating spinster Edna Birch in television's Emmerdale, Shirley Stelfox policed the moral health of the fictional Yorkshire village
Singer-songwriter Duke Special has been announced as artist-in-residence for the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. Special will write a musical version of Mark Twain's
Robert Chetwyn was one of the most gifted directors of his generation, with a range that encompassed high farce, contemporary tragedy and
Shirley Stelfox, familiar to millions of television viewers as sharp-tongued spinster Edna Birch in ITV's Emmerdale, has died aged 74. Her death
Anthony Valentine all but cornered the market in debonair but dangerous villains on television for a large part of the 1960s and
Actor Nicholas Smith, best known as the bumptious store manager Mr Rumbold in television's Are You Being Served?, has died at the
Actor Anthony Valentine, who found fame in television dramas Colditz and Raffles, has died at the age of 76. His death on
Although Keith Michell became indelibly associated with the character of Henry VIII (whom he played on stage, television and film), he was
As an admired voice coach and dialect teacher, Julia Wilson-Dickson worked with some of the most famous actors of her generation on
Among many firsts in a career that spanned three continents and six decades, Saeed Jaffrey could claim to be the first Asian
Although the limelight was kinder to his older brother, Donald, Leon Sinden enjoyed a career of comparable length, flourishing particularly in Scotland,
