922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
Playwright Kevin Elyot, best known for his 1994 comedy My Night With Reg, has died after a long illness at the age of 63. Elyot was born in Birmingham and began his career as an…
There weren't many dancers of Will Gaines' generation who could claim to have learned their trade in nightclubs and jazz dives but went on to appear at the Edinburgh Festival, London Palladi…
Born into a respectable but unhappy Church of Ireland family in Lisburn, County Antrim, Randal Kinkead escaped his dour Northern Irish home life for equally unhappy schooldays as a boarder a…
The contribution of Judi Richards to Welsh theatre over the past four decades was constant and never less than committed. Born in Cardiff and a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music a…
Arts Council England is to fund the lion's share of a £24 million repair and maintenance programme at the Southbank Centre. The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery will…
Playwright Martin Lynch has accused Belfast's Metropolitan Arts Centre of being "elitist" and favouring "the latest trendy thing from Edinburgh or London" at the expense of local working-cla…
The granddaughter of professional ballroom dancers, the actor Barbara Murray inherited a stage and screen presence that was every bit as graceful and elegant. Born in London, she was sent to…
Garsington Opera has announced first-time partnerships with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Philharmonia Orchestra as it begins its 25th anniversay season. The Buckinghamsire-based sum…
Two innovative theatre projects have received funding from a £900,000 purse newly created by Belfast City Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to encourage large-scale cross-c…
The Royal Opera House saw its income increase by 2% to £112 million in 2012-13, in a year that brought 675,000 people to the Covent Garden venue for 415 performances by its opera and ball…
In the year George Christie was born, his parents were busy making history with the launch of an opera festival in the newly opened theatre in the grounds of their East Sussex manor house, G…
John 'Jack' Henry Moore was a controversial figure in the early days of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre. Championed by the then artistic director Jim Haynes, the two had met in Dublin in 1964 w…
George Christie, the chairman of Glyndebourne Opera from 1958 to 1999, has died aged 79. A statement issued by his son and current executive chairman, Gus, said: "My father passed away peace…
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten has announced his resignation from the post with immediate effect. The Corporation said the decision was taken "on health grounds following major heart sur…
Actors, Bob Hoskins once said, "are just entertainers, even the serious ones". It was a credo that helped him sustain a career in theatre, television and film, and made him a star on both si…
London's Royal Albert Hall enjoyed a bumper year in 2013, posting record audience numbers of 1.71 million and operating income of £18.6 million, up 10.4% on the previous year. The figures…
Bob Hoskins, who shot to fame in Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven and won an International Emmy best actor award in 2010 for Jimmy McGovern's The Street, has died from pneumonia at the ag…
The Sage Gateshead has announced two top-level management departures, with general director Anthony Sargent and director of learning and participation Katherine Zeserson both stepping down i…
Despite a late start " he was 27 when he made his professional debut with the Elizabethan Singers in 1958 " bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk rose rapidly to become one of the most sought-aft…
Arts Council Wales is to develop a national scheme that will give disabled people and their carers concessions on ticket prices for theatres and arts centres throughout the country. The deve…
Bob Larbey was responsible for some of the most popular and enduring television comedies of the last half-century. On his own, and with his long-time writing partner John Esmonde, he was a n…
The Grand Opera House in Belfast has appointed Mary-Clare Deane as its new chief executive. The announcement comes on the eve of the 120th anniversary of the historic, Frank Matcham-designed…
Germany's renowned Schaubuhne Berlin theatre company is to make its first visit to Northern Ireland as part of this year's Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's. The company will bring its…
Novelist and playwright Sue Townsend, best known for her series of books chronicling the life of Adrian Mole and for her stage play The Queen and I, has died aged 68. Mole first appeared as&…
Among the many cult-acquiring 'firsts' Derek Martinus could lay claim to as one of the first directors to work on Doctor Who " he helmed 26 episodes between 1965-70 " were the first regenera…
