922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
The composer and lyricist Sandy Wilson, best known for the musicals The Boyfriend and Valmouth, has died at the age of 90. A statement from his agent Nick Quinn confirmed his death in the ea…
A towering figure in Britain's cultural life over the past half-century, Richard Attenborough will be best remembered as one of the most articulate advocates for a domestic film industry bot…
The actor Charles Keating found television fame on both sides of the Atlantic in very different programmes. In the UK, it was as gauche Canadian businessman Rex Mottram in ITV's Brideshead R…
JJ Murphy was one of the most recognisable faces and voices of his generation in Northern Ireland's theatres. He died, as fellow actor Niall Cusack approvingly remarked, "in harness, indefat…
As founder of Dublin's Art Theatre Productions, and a director and documentary maker with state broadcaster RTE, Louis Lentin was a key figure in Ireland's arts scene in the second half of t…
When Sydney Opera House opened in 1973 with a production of Prokofiev's War and Peace, it made a star of the now iconic building and launched the international career of the 25-year-old sopr…
The daughter of actor Jessie Evans and director Donald Bain, Imogen Bain overcame childhood dyslexia to follow them on to stage, television and film. As a child actor, she played Leonard Ros…
Drama, comedy and light entertainment provided five of the ten most watched programmes in 2013, including a 12.8 million average audience for Doctor Who. According to media regulator Ofcom's…
China has announced plans for a new £190 million theatre and production facility intended to stimulate musical theatre in the country and "localise the Western art form". The 2 billion yu…
A character actor with star quality, Dora Bryan made a virtue out of versatility in a career that moved from seaside summer seasons to the West End, pantomime to Pinter, revues to radio and …
Dora Bryan, one of the most recognisable faces and voices of the past 60 years on television, film, radio and theatre, has died at the age of 91. Her death at a nursing home in…
New plays by Tom Murphy, Mark O'Rowe and Hugo Hamilton together with the Irish premiere of Schaubuhne Berlin's acclaimed Hamlet for six actors form part of this year's Dublin Theatre Festiva…
The BBC spent £6 million less on talent in 2013/14, the Corporation's latest annual report claims, with a £194 million bill for its star presenters and performers representing a 15% fa…
Television soaps Hollyoaks and Emmerdale have become more violent over the past decade a report by media regulator Ofcom has revealed. New research into episodes of violence screened befo…
Ireland's largest theatre, the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin, has been placed on the market with an asking price of €20 million (£15.8 million). The sale has been forced by the…
The immediate futures of three council-run theatres in Worthing have been guaranteed, despite a combined overspend of more than £480,000 in 2012-13. The Connaught and Pavilion theatres…
The National Theatre's newly refurbished and re-named Dorfman Theatre (formerly the Cottesloe) is to open after several months' delay in September with the British premiere of off-Broadway s…
A review into Dublin’s Abbey Theatre has recommended that the venue places a greater emphasis on producing Irish plays and commits €1 million to touring productions. The independ…
Kevin Elyot had been a jobbing actor in steady employment for more than 20 years when his play My Night With Reg revealed him to also be a writer of enormous skill, stylistic inventiveness a…
Like the best comic creations, the beating heart of Rik Mayall's often outrageous characters was anarchic aggression. A leading figure in the alternative comedy movement that emerged as the …
Actors Daniel Day Lewis and Maggie Smith have been recognised in the Queen's birthday honours list, which also sees Young Vic artistic director David Lan and English National Opera’s J…
New plays by Owen McCafferty and Marie Jones and a revival of Stewart Parker's Pentecost are to feature in the newly announced summer-winter season at Belfast's Lyric Theatre. The Northern S…
Emma Jordan, artistic director of Belfast theatre company Prime Cut Productions, has been awarded £295,000 by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation breakthrough fund, which supports cultural entrepr…
The appointment of Mary Soames, the youngest surviving daughter of Winston Churchill, to the chair of the National Theatre board in 1988 raised many an eyebrow at the time. With little previ…
Rik Mayall, who found fame in the cult television comedies The Young Ones and Bottom, has died at the age of 56. His death this morning was confirmed by his agent, Brunskill Management, but …
