70 stories by "Nancy Groves"
Rory Kinnear wants to bend it like Beckham and Hattie Morahan pitches a Hackney version of A Doll's House Which of the Young Vic's make-believe musicals gets your vote? Watch the Young Vic'…
John Steinbeck's classic is revived on Broadway with an all-star cast, but the critics can't agree if its leads bring huge chemistry or are simply reading from CliffsNotesOf Mice and Men may…
Photograph remains one of the period's most controversial images and one some US veterans have never let Fonda forgetJane Fonda sits astride a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, laughing wi…
Social media abuzz after Spider-Man star makes unexpected appearance in The Drowned Man at London's Temple StudiosIt's what every Punchdrunk theatre fan craves: a one-on-one encounter with a…
Robert Lindsay and Rufus Hound play stylish conmen in yet another West End movie adaptation but it's Katherine Kingsley who steals the show Read Michael Billington's four-star review of the …
Emma Williams co-stars in a new production of Irving Berlin's 1946 musical, which will debut at Manchester Opera HouseThere really is no business like show business for Jason Donovan, who re…
Writer Julian Mitchell and actor Kenneth Branagh remember the struggle to mount a risky anti-establishment play, and how Rupert Everett did his best to spice it upJulian Mitchell, writerIn 1…
More than 60 standups perform 80 hours of comedy at Fratton Park to claim crown from Laugh Factory in Los AngelesPortsmouth football club may be languishing in league two, but it can now cla…
Glasgow-based performer and artist's intimate one-to-one performances tested audience members' boundaries' Adrian Howells: 'He created performances of courageous honesty' " a tributeThe thea…
Glasgow-based performer and artist's intimate one-to-one performances tested audience members' boundaries' Adrian Howells: 'He created performances of courageous honesty' " a tributeThe thea…
Adam Lenson's one-night-only musicals compendium has actors singing the parts that gender, age or race normally rule out. But can it shake up traditional casting?Green light floods the audit…
Duo who began life in Kevin Smith's 1994 film Clerks will appear live to showcase their new animated film Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon MovieJay and Silent Bob are striking back " …
Sheridan Smith's luminous portrayal of fashionista turned lawyer Elle Woods transformed a slight screenplay into a stage triumphDragging my stilettos, I only made it to the Savoy theatre for…
Female comics 'at the top of their game' form a third of the comedy lineup at this year's festival, whose arts programme reads like a who's who of performanceBBC take note: it can't be too h…
One Direction singer and Glee actor linked to screen adaptation of hit musical, along with Billy Elliot's Stephen DaldryA Wicked fan, a One Direction fan and a Glee fan walk into a cinema ..…
Royal Albert Hall will play host to a pop-up interactive show based on the popular 1970s TV seriesFawlty Towers may have closed its doors to guests forever in 1979, but Basil, Sybil and Manu…
Tickets to see Foregone Conclusion and the ex-Wernham Hogg middle manager go on sale on Friday 7 March at 9amDavid Brent, star of BBC2 comedy The Office, is heading out on the Free Love Free…
Kicking off on 20 October, the 23-date show will include standup, animation, music and some of his best-loved Boosh characters " but not co-star Julian BarrattThe Mighty Boosh star Noel Fiel…
The young producer talks funding, family, Vicky Featherstone and the odds on a female artistic director at the National TheatreWhat introduced you to the possibility of being a theatre produ…
Diversity in the arts should be the same as biodiversity in a rainforest, says the writer-director " the more, the betterCongratulations on your new role at the Independent Theatre Council; …