922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
If the celebrity status enjoyed by some of his peers passed Albert Hunt by, he nonetheless remained at the centre of a
Lights in theatre marquees on Broadway are to be dimmed in memory of Irish playwright Brian Friel next month. The playwright was
British television had never before seen a character like Alf Garnett when he first appeared in a one-off BBC Comedy Playhouse in
Shadow culture minister Michael Dugher has criticised the current government's approach to the arts and culture as "completely counterproductive". The comments came
When, after more than a decade playing the diffident, decidedly unconfrontational wages clerk and lay preacher Ernie Bishop in Coronation Street, Stephen
Petrus Bertschinger trained in stage and production management at the Central School of Speech and Drama and after graduating in 1984 quickly
David Drew's 56-year-long association with the Royal Ballet was one of the longest in British dance. Born in London, his interest in
Peter Baldwin will be best, and fondly, remembered as the bumbling, pompous travelling salesman Derek Wilton, one half of a quintessential Coronation
Peter Baldwin, a familiar face to a generation of television viewers as bumbling salesman Derek Wilton in Coronation Street, has died aged
In a television era unabashed at employing cultural and racial stereotypes for easy and often dubious humour, Richard Davies grew accustomed to
Prominent arts organisations in Northern Ireland are bracing themselves for further cuts, after the Arts Council of Northern Ireland suffered an 8%
In the late 1970s, Robin Phillips revitalised the Stratford Festival Theatre in Ontario, Canada, bringing to it more than a dash of
Bill Kenwright's production company has reported a drop in income for the second successive year, to £24.03 million in 2014. The 23.8%
As co-founder (with playwright Bernard Pomerance and director David Aukin) of Foco Novo, Roland Rees was a leading figure in fringe and
Together with her younger twin sisters, Teddie and Babs, Joy Beverley formed one of the most enduring British entertainment acts of the
Jack Gold graduated from University College London in 1954 with two job interviews far removed from his newly acquired degree in law
Belfast's newest arts festival is to launch with 11 stage premieres including Roysten Abel's acclaimed The Kitchen from Indian company Can and
Michael Stroud's first experience of performing was in the exotic location of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, where he had been posted
Lambasted by pundits but loved by the public, On the Buses was one of the most successful television sitcoms of the 1970s,
In The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, a caustic satire on the numbing routine of middle-class suburban life disguised as a
In a remarkable career spanning nine decades, George Cole maintained a high-profile presence on stage despite the demands of film and television
Tributes have been paid to Reginald Perrin creator David Nobbs, who has died at the age of 80. Nobbs began his career
Theatres in Northern Ireland have warned of job cuts and reduced output following proposals for a 10% cut to their funding. Concern
Jonathan Ollivier was one of the most expressive dancers of his generation, the imposing muscularity of his performances characterised by a distinctive
George Cole, who found fame as unscrupulous car dealer Arthur Daley in the hit television series Minder, has died at the age
