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How do you adapt classic film The Ladykillers for the stage? First, blow the whole thing upThe story of The Ladykillers came to screenwriter William Rose in a dream. Four criminals planning …
Children's television presenter and actor who spent 21 years on Play School and whose baritone voice graced Camberwick Green, Chigley and Trumpton"HERE'S a house. Here's a door. Windows " on…
Lyric, BelfastCasting women as the criminal gang heightens the artifice and adds a poignant twist to Graham Linehan's adaptation of the classic film comedyCasting women in the roles of the f…
When the referendum result came in, Reece's family were ecstatic but his southern girlfriend was heartbroken. Will Brexit tear them apart?A train pulls out of the station. We see the station…
Priti voted leave because of the benefit scroungers who give good immigrants like her a bad name. But then she gets a brutal reality check Priti, a middle-aged British-born Indian woman, add…
Hit the streets of Glasgow with Chummy to hear how Scotland got BoJoed into a Brexit Britain controlled by Faraging gangsters and President Donald Bawbag Ext. night: a suitably grubby alley …
Like everyone else she knows, Eleanor voted leave. She knew she wouldn't really get her country back but why hasn't the result made her happier? Eleanor Shaw is in her 50s, well-spoken, Home…
Along Northern Ireland's peace-line, a local mum knows what it means to be divided. Will Brexit bring a referendum for a united Ireland? Woman walking with schoolchild, holding their hand. S…
"52% of the country can't all be scum" … In Wigan, Reece hopes to introduce his girlfriend to his leave-voting dad Continue reading...
"When you throw the doors open and anyone can just rock up … how is that fair?" In a West Midlands incident room, Priti reports a violent attack Continue reading...
"You made me a refugee where I was born …" In Glasgow, Chummy explains how England has turned Scots into survivors Continue reading...
"We know what it means to be divided." A mother reflects on Brexit's consequences for Northern Ireland Continue reading...
"I thought we'd be less angry. But we're not." In Winchester, Eleanor wonders why voting leave hasn't made her happier Continue reading...
Arcola, LondonA satire set in a seedy nightclub turns a revealing spotlight on the evil trickery of the 1970s junta and the scandal of the 'disappeared'During Argentina's rightwing dictators…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAlston's new work, Chacony, is a charged homage to Benjamin Britten's wartime experiences, while Gypsy Mixture succumbs joyfully to its Balkan fusion soundtrack and Tan…
Clem Bastow went to the Hobart arts festival to find catharsis in metal " but found what she was looking for somewhere unexpected One of the great fallacies of the 2016 US election was the n…
As the Guardian launches Brexit Shorts, a series of online films about the seismic effects of the EU referendum, playwrights David Hare and Abi Morgan assess the UK's political turmoilNine l…
Multiple theaters say they have received hateful messages following rightwing protests over a controversial New York City production of Julius CaesarAmerican theaters bearing William Shakesp…
Playing himself might be the 'easiest job in the world', but the boyish-looking, sick burn-delivering comic has been reliving some excruciating memoriesOn stage and screen, the comedian Ronn…
The world's biggest ballet star collaborated with an Indian art student in 1923 " and set a major dance career in motionReading on mobile? Click to view Continue reading...
The Place, LondonRadical hip-hop choreographer Botis Seva liberates his dancers from the strictures of classical dance with a strange new language of movementEver since Isadora Duncan denoun…
The US actor, standup and author on her new film, Gifted, rescuing her career after being fired from Saturday Night Live, inspirational women and the terrifying situation in the White HouseJ…
Minerva, ChichesterNearly 60 years after Edna O'Brien's novel outraged the establishment, the gallivanting girls are as vital as ever in this skilled stage versionWhen Edna O'Brien published…
The young Norwegian soprano on her Glyndebourne debut, her musical heroes, and how the voice has a way of finding its own levelNorwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, 30, shot to fame two years ago…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker weaves a compelling spell to Steve Reich's music, but the resulting downpour is unrelentingRain was created in 2001 by the Belgian choreograp…
