13 stories by "Rachel Hall"
Long hours, lack of flexibility and last-minute scheduling driving parents, particularly mothers, from industry
The performing arts industry in the UK is "inhospitable to parents" and fallin…
Using state-of-the-art animatronics to bring Paddington to life, the new musical has wowed critics and delighted audiences since it opened in December
Paddington has become the first new Wes…
Theatre says it will harness art 'to inspire societal shifts towards restorative relationship with nature'
From "shall I compare thee to a summer's day" to "one touch of nature made the whol…
Standup, 41, says she was initially given all-clear by private doctor after raising concerns about a mole
The comedian Katherine Ryan has received a second skin cancer diagnosis after raisin…
Promoting his book at Hay festival, comedian says his mother and grandparents' flight from Nazi Germany affected later generations
David Baddiel has said he makes comedy to process the inter…
The 78-year-old, the show's oldest ever contestant, demonstrated advanced moves in the cha-cha-cha
Whether you can do the splits is a favoured test of flexibility in the playground, but it's…
Venues say they expect sales to be 25% down on 2019 as visitors and artists alike priced out of attending
Venues at the Edinburgh fringe say they are expecting a 25% decrease on ticket sales…
Ghislaine/Gabler looks at choices made by power-hungry women in a world built for men
"Trash", "disposable" and "pretty little fools" are the phrases a poised Ghislaine Maxwell uses to dismi…
Comics say they are being priced out, with venue directors warning that future of the event is under threat
Tony Law has been coming to the Edinburgh fringe to perform for 20 years, but he's…
Record number of NI performers at this year's festival, with C4 comedy hailed for raising awareness of nation's comic gifts
The biggest ever cohort of playwrights, comedians and artists from…
Comedians such as Omid Djalili and Rachel Parris are back after festival's tough two years due to Covid
When Omid Djalili first performed at the Edinburgh festival fringe in 1993, it was to …
When the performance artist realised her partner was hooked on gambling, it shook her world " and went on to inspire an ambitious new show
Hannah Walker first noticed her partner liked to ga…
Coventry audiences will take their own journeys through the production as 150th anniversary celebrated
In a bustling auction house in Coventry warring bidders are raising their hands. Sudden…