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Tributes paid to 'brilliant actor' who excelled in Shakespearean roles and worked with Federico Fellini, Stephen Frears and Roman Polanski
The acclaimed British classical actor Barbara Jeffo…
When Lindsay Posner was asked to direct a production of Twelve Angry Men from his home in the UK, with a Japanese cast in Tokyo, he took a giant leap into the unknown
Reginald Rose's drama T…
London venue will host 'dynamic, political and disruptive' performances around its building
The Royal Court theatre in London is to reopen to audiences in November, not with a play on either…
Actors will visit all of the city's wards offering a choose-your-own pantomime programme as a response to Covid
York Theatre Royal puts on one of the most famous pantos in the land. Even hea…
As more venues begin to welcome back audiences, casts and crew are returning to live performance but many are considering leaving the stage industry
In the six months since they closed due t…
Adam Kay to launch series as theatres plan to host smaller audiences and run at a loss
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Hit show about the six wives of Henry VIII aims to boost confidence in live theatre and will also be staged in Salford
It is, perhaps, the perfect musical for a nation under a "rule of six" …
Available online In Richard Nelson's third play about a US white liberal family Zooming through the pandemic, the Apples are forced to confront whether they are racist
In the Guardian on Sat…
Netflix The Mexican-American comic offers English and Spanish versions of his show, but the sexist fare is depressing however you look at it
With Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones, Felipe Espar…
Greenwich + Docklands international festival A basketball court becomes a stage to deliver short plays of protest over racial injustice, completing a fine festival embedded in its London com…
Bridge theatre, LondonThe wide-open space of the Bridge is commanded with riveting intimacy in one of four Talking Heads double bills
The sheer success of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads makes…
About £120m has been set aside for arts commissions. It may as well be used wisely
When, at the 2018 Tory party conference, Theresa May announced a "nationwide festival in celebration of …
The actor on Tove Jansson's adult fiction, eclectic French radio and Gordon Parks's groundbreaking photography
Indira Varma grew up in Bath and graduated from Rada in 1995. Perhaps best know…
Bridge theatre, LondonRochenda Sandall is sensational as a woman suspicious of her husband's behaviour, while Kristin Scott Thomas's genteel dowager revels in nostalgia
This pair of monologu…
At the Royal Shakespeare Company, the star's comic timing was faultless " and her conversation was racy and rich
Diana Rigg and I began as walk-ons together in the RSC, and she went on to st…
From kick-ass screen roles to award-winning theatre and TV ones, with a curious sideline in nuns, the Yorkshire-born actor's class and spirit earned her a magnificent career
Diana Rigg, Ave…
Is performing for young audiences easier? Far from it say the comedians who do clubs at night and CBBC shows by day
What do standup comics do in the daytime? A glance at television schedules…
The actor's roles in film and on TV included The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Game of Thrones
The actor Diana Rigg, known for her roles on stage and in film and television "…
Sir Ronald Harwood, the playwright and screenwriter best known for The Dresser and his Oscar-winning script for The Pianist, has died aged 85 Continue reading...
Harwood's witty tribute to actors' endurance, with its echoes of King Lear, is likely to be his permanent claim on posterity
I last saw Ronald Harwood, who has died aged 85, at Harold Pinter…
Playwright and screenwriter whose hit play, The Dresser, drew on his experiences of working with the actor-manager Donald WolfitRonald Harwood, who has died aged 85, was an indefatigably har…
Bridge theatre, London Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologues were TV gold during lockdown. Seeing Monica Dolan and Lesley Manville perform them live is even better
The quietly desperate wo…
Masking up and working in bubbles are part of the routine as the company rehearse a dark but hopeful new piece by Wim Vandekeybus
Arriving at Rambert's smart HQ on London's South Bank, I'm i…
From Ken Dodd and his tickling stick to Nina Conti and her monkey, Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has snapped a host of superb comedians on stage Continue reading...
South African-born playwright rose to fame with The Dresser, whose success always puzzled him
Sir Ronald Harwood, the playwright and screenwriter best known for The Dresser and his Oscar-win…
