Friday, June 5, 2020
Bumper takings for TV streaming services should be used to support performing arts industries, says Mendes as he outlines other rescue measures
The director Sam Mendes has outlined a rescue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMThursday, June 4, 2020
Nottingham Playhouse revival of Alan Bennett’s play is the 11th production in the NT’s popular online initiative
The National Theatre is to present Nottingham Playhouse’s revival of Al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMRoy Alexander Weise reunites actors from his 2016 production of Katori Hall’s play to raise funds for the legal costs of protesters
Katori Hall’s acclaimed play The Mountaintop, set on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMTuesday, June 2, 2020
Ian McKellen and Lesley Manville perform in fundraising videos organised by Collins for Equity’s benevolent fund for creatives
The actor Michelle Collins has warned that the screen and sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMMonday, June 1, 2020
The comedy industry is in crisis and we could all do with hearing a few jokes. Here’s a guide to the virtual gigs you can enjoy this week
Like all comedy clubs, the Angel in London is clos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMWednesday, May 27, 2020
Tickets will soon go on sale for a ‘socially distanced’ version of 2019 sellout to shore up theatre’s ‘seriously perilous’ finances due to the coronavirus pandemic
Claire Foy and M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMWhen Chester Storyhouse asked how freelancers were faring under Covid lockdown, it was left ‘shocked and enraged’ at how perilous their finances are. Now it is calling for national actio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMTuesday, May 26, 2020
BBC commissions choreographer Corey Baker’s splashy new lockdown-friendly take on the classic ballet
It has been performed by ballet companies in the grandest of opera houses around the wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, May 19, 2020
As Gillian Anderson stars in the Young Vic’s A Streetcar Named Desire – streamed by the National Theatre – can you tell which of these lines belong to Blanche Dubois and which are spok…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PMTuesday, May 12, 2020
Streaming service moves forward launch of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit by a year, to just before the US Independence Day weekend
An eagerly anticipated film of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMMonday, May 11, 2020
Made 20 years before Tom Hooper’s critically savaged production, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1998 version stars Elaine Paige as Grizabella
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMComedian who formed a popular duo with his wife, Anne Meara, has died of natural causes
The comedian Jerry Stiller has died at the age of 92. His death was announced on Monday on Twitter by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMHester Chillingworth’s installation, showing the empty London venue, is eerie, intimate and brings a message of support during the coronavirus lockdown
Hottest front-room seats: the best t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMYash Gill’s Power Half Hour, directed by Milli Bhatia, is among a new batch of Virtual Collaborators films released this week
With comedy clubs closed by the coronavirus lockdown, many sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMFriday, May 8, 2020
London theatre, which closed during a run of Shoe Lady starring Katherine Parkinson, presents installation featuring abandoned set
When theatres were forced to close their doors because of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThursday, May 7, 2020
Four new titles announced by the NT also include Barber Shop Chronicles, This House and Coriolanus starring Tom Hiddleston
The National Theatre has announced the next titles in its popular s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMWednesday, May 6, 2020
Company suffers from the severe drop in ticket sales during the pandemic and uncertainty about a reopening date
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMAvailable onlineNo pot plant or bin is safe in Can’t Sit Still’s pleasingly physical adaptation of Chris Haughton’s picturebook
Can’t Sit Still? What a brilliant name for a children…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMTuesday, May 5, 2020
Sunday in the Park with George, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, postpones opening to 2021 as Theatreland’s closure continues
West End theatres will remain closed until at least 28 June, the Soci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMMonday, May 4, 2020
Danusia Samal’s Virtual Collaborators series continues with five new short films that look at life on the Covid-19 frontline and in the front room
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMAvailable onlineThere’s gleeful mischief and plenty of toilet humour in Chichester Festival theatre’s 2018 show based on the David Walliams bestseller
Hottest front-room seats: best the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMMonday, April 27, 2020
From the anxiety of remote workers to the strain of isolated couples, a series of virtual collaborations masterminded by Danusia Samal looks at how our lives have changed
Hottest front-room …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMThursday, April 23, 2020
Jez Butterworth’s acclaimed play about English myths is to be revived in 2021, directed by Ian Rickson
It was the barnstorming, defining performance of Mark Rylance’s stage career, winni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMHit 2011 show joins Antony and Cleopatra, starring Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo, in being broadcast as part of free scheme
The best arts and entertainment during self-isolation
The Natio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMWednesday, April 22, 2020
Theatres may be closed but you can celebrate the Bard’s birthday on Thursday by watching one of his plays online
• Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance online
The Nationa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMFriday, April 17, 2020
Touring company to debut in October with Coward comedy Private Lives starring Havers and Patricia Hodge
Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellations
Coronavirus – latest upda…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMThursday, April 16, 2020
The TV host, who changed his name to protest the fashion brand’s heavy-handed legal action, has decided to ‘go back to the Lycetts’
The comedian formerly named Joe Lycett is now once m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Musical stars from Broadway and the West End perform songs whose lyrics let us reflect on the coronavirus crisis
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online
The bes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMTiger Country by Nina Raine and The Arrest of Ai Weiwei by Howard Brenton will be streamed online in April
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online
The Guardian i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMFriday, April 10, 2020
The pair will play sisters Elsa and Anna in the stage version of the Disney mega-hit when the Theatre Royal Drury Lane reopens later this year
Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon have been c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMThursday, April 9, 2020
From Iain Stirling’s Fifa banter to Jayde Adams live from her lounge, comedians isolated by the lockdown are reaching audiences online
Hottest front-room seats: theatre and dance to watch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM 
