In 1992 the Halifax-based theatre company, Northern Broadsides, founded by Barrie Rutter, staged its first production, Richard III. Rutter (b 1946), an established actor who had worked with …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:33AMDavid Edgar (b 1948) has been writing plays about Britain’s changing political landscape since 1972. Fresh out of the heady days of Sixties student radicalism, he cut his teeth writing agi…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:55AMLike his most famous creation, Billy Elliot, Lee Hall left his native North East to pursue what turned out to be a glittering career in the arts. Although I can’t speak for the fictitious …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:59AMThe stage musical The Lion King has been seen by nearly 10 million people in the UK - almost 60 million worldwide – and Lord only knows how many must have seen Walt Disney’s animation. I…
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