922 stories by "Michael Quinn"
Kate O'Mara was the fifth generation of a theatrical family that included a member of Edmund Kean's company at Drury Lane, actor-managers and an impresario. Born Francesca Carroll in Leicest…
BBC Northern Ireland's crime series The Fall was the big winner at the Irish Film and Television Awards at the weekend, with Jamie Dornan picking up two prizes: best actor for his performanc…
Bob Larbey, co-writer of hit television comedies The Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles and A Fine Romance, has died aged 79. Together with John Esmonde, Larbey formed one of the most succes…
Culture minister Maria Miller has made an apology to the House of Commons and been ordered to re-pay £5,800 following the publication of a critical report into her attitude towards an inv…
Luton-based TEDGroup has completed a management buy-out from currrent owners Qdos, led by chief executive Robin Breese-Davies and managing director Amanda Donohue. Incorporated in 2001 and a…
New York state is to offer financial incentives to investors in new theatre productions in the form of a 25% tax credit from the beginning of 2015. The benefit " which will be capped at̷…
Able to switch seamlessly from demanding mezzo-soprano parts on the opera stage to ethereal contralto roles in the concert hall, Anna Reynolds was one of the most expressive singers Britain …
The Phoenix Theatre and Studios in Lewes, East Sussex has been destroyed by a fire that took 70 firefighters more than three hours to bring under control. The blaze at the 100-seat theatre b…
Incidental music for two short-run comedies aside, Mitch Leigh's first full score for a Broadway musical set the former advertising jingle writer a target he never again hit with such certai…
Newcastle's Theatre Royal has launched a campaign to stop two new nightclubs opening directly opposite its historic city-centre home. Theatre management have argued that the venues would bri…
Jeffery Dench, the actor-brother of Dame Judi Dench, has died at the age of 86. A graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 and beca…
BBC4's flagship arts programme The Review Show is to be cancelled. It will make its final broadcast after 20 years this weekend when it will feature Harry Hill's newly-opened X Factor musica…
Plans for a new £40 million home for Bimingham Conservatoire have been announced. Scheduled to open in 2017 when the existing conservatoire buildings will be demolished as part of a £4…
Investigations into the cause of a partial ceiling collapse at the Apollo Theatre on December 19 have identified a possible cause for the incident, which injured 76 people and closed the …
Derby's Assembly Rooms has cancelled all performances until and including March 24 following a substantial fire on Friday evening. The blaze destroyed the top-floor car park of the city-cent…
The NEC Group is to be sold by Birmingham City Council after nearly 40 years in public ownership. The Group " which includes the LG Arena, National Indoor Arena, National Exhibition Centre a…
Malcolm Tierney was one of the most compelling character actors of his generation and equally adept at taking leading roles with the same dark, dangerous charisma. His career began in amateu…
The Birmingham Hippodrome has been included in this year's Sunday Times list of the 100 best not-for-profit organisations to work for. The annual survey attracted 897 entries from companies …
There were few television sitcoms in the 1970s that Ken Jones didn't appear in. Or so it must have seemed at the time. He began the decade enjoying recurring appearances as a factory worker …
In his retirement, Thomson Smillie graced many a long holiday cruise with his enthusiastic lectures on the allure and appeal of opera. He was speaking from an informed position, having produ…
Playwright Lucy Kirkwood has won the $25,000 (£15,000) Susan Smith Blackburn prize in the US for her play Chimerica, first seen at the Almeida and Harold Pinter theatres in London last ye…
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died earlier this month aged 46, is to have a new playwriting prize established in his memory. Aimed at recognising previouly unpublished writers, the $45,0…
One of the men accused of biting off part of actor Clive Mantle's ear in a Newcastle upon Tyne hotel last March has claimed he acted in self defence when the former Casualty star behaved...
A revival of Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire by Dublin's Gate Theatre has won three categories in the Irish Times Theatre Awards, including best director for Ethan McSweeney. Al…
The case against two men charged with biting off a part of actor Clive Mantle's left ear in March last year has begun at Newcastle Crown Court. Giving evidence against the men, both in their…
