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Sharon Watson and Mark Osterfield say small dance institutions are at risk under current funding provisions, which will only deepen inequality in access to the arts
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Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital
The chief executive of Arts Council England has launched an impassioned defence of the or…
Actor and script editor who oversaw programmes at ATV and introduced foreign drama to Channel 4
Renee Goddard, who has died aged 102, came to Britain from Germany in 1934, with little educat…
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
It has long been assumed that William Shakespeare's marriage to Anne …
As she unveils The Trembling Forest with an ensemble of clay-covered performers, the great dance disruptor looks back on decades of radical and autobiographical shows
Maybe it's inevitable b…
The arts centre's artistic director is on a mission to bring new audiences to the joys of classical music. He explains why mixing it with circus, grime, poetry, and film might be the way to …
F Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island novel has become a grand stage production at the London Coliseum Continue reading...
Sisters 360, Khan's new play for children, tells the story of two hijab-wearing skateboarding sisters in Bradford. He hopes it will upend lazy ideas around Muslim girls " and bring new audie…
My friend Neil Hornick, who has died aged 85, was a co-founder in 1970 of the Phantom Captain experimental theatre company, which operated with Arts Council funding until 2006.
Neil was Phan…
Melbourne international comedy festival, then Sydney
Assured performer leads a chaotic journey through his career's highs and lows " and the decisions that led him to a McDonald's drive thru…
The acid-tongued host is joined by other funny folks to work out their biological age. Plus, Kirk Flash explores the globe's most exciting music scenes Continue reading...
The actor, 49, talks about his royal heritage, earliest memory, hard times in a hostel, four gifted kids and what happened when he met Sidney Poitier
David, you are going to walk among kings…
The Split actor and children's author on throuples, using his sons as a focus group, and running the London marathon
Stephen Mangan, 56, was born in Enfield to Irish parents. He studied law …
★★★☆☆ / ★★★★☆Sadler's Wells East, LondonBalletLorent stages two dance-theatre versions of the fairytale " one for all the family, …
Bush; Kiln, LondonMohamed-Zain Dada makes a darkly comic drama out of a speed awareness course, while clever design elevates Amy Ng's play about Madame Mao
My attitude to stage design change…
Watermill theatre, NewburyPam Gems's play with music sacrifices depth as its small cast play multiple characters " and musical instruments " but its star brings it all together
Pam Gems's Pi…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA triple bill of works by the celebrated American choreographer William Forsythe show ENB's dancers at their roof-raising best
It's no coincidence that so many of a new…
Finborough theatre, LondonYoung adulthood takes its toll on a relationship between two young women in a tenderly realised production of de Beauvoir's unpublished story from the 1950s
Simone…
Project Arts Centre, DublinWith parts for imperilled creatures including dancing orange songbirds, this vision of environmental collapse wraps serious intent in absurdity
Aboard the Crystal …
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonGary Owen's update changes the names and themes from the original, but retains the toxic power as a stellar cast negotiate the myriad secrets and suspicions
When Hen…
Younger audiences are helping to reposition a typically older-skewed activity with hot ticket gen Z stars and impassioned online fanbases
For much of the past decade, probably longer, regula…
Soho theatre, LondonThe drag queen's latest intermingling of Annie Lennox covers, southern gothic literature, Judy Garland and family anecdotes is a bravura feat of idiosyncratic connection
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To survive in acting, she thought she had to nail received pronunciation. Then she remembered Port Talbot's extraordinary lineage, reverted to her native accent " and everything changed
Rosi…
Actor and co-creator of the classic 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs
Jean Marsh, who has died aged 90, created the classic 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs with her f…
Booth Theatre, New York
Stranger Things star Sadie Sink takes the lead in a wonderfully written new Broadway show about high schoolers grappling with hot potato issues in 2018
Soaring prices…
