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Friday, April 11, 2014

David Suchet to play Wilde's Lady Bracknell in West End by Chris Wiegand

Poirot star will appear in a revival of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Adrian NobleThe role has been played by a who's who of greats including Edith Evans, Judi De…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AM
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Arrested Development's Michael Cera takes This Is Our Youth to Broadway by Chris Wiegand

Revival of Kenneth Lonergan's 1996 play will also feature Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson, with music from Vampire Weekend's Rostam BatmanglijIt is the off-Broadway hit that made Mark Ruffal…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55AM
Monday, March 24, 2014

Morrissey or Shelagh Delaney? – quiz by Chris Wiegand

As Morrissey once observed, "At least 50% of my reason for writing can be blamed on Shelagh Delaney." With A Taste of Honey being revived at Hull Truck, do you know which of these lyrics fro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM

James Thiérrée on Chaplin, Tabac Rouge and the years of a clown by Chris Wiegand

As he unveils his new show, Tabac Rouge, the French circus star talks about growing up on stage and the traditions he inherited from his parents and his grandfather, Charlie ChaplinHe is the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AM
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Tom Conti to serve in West End's Twelve Angry Men by Chris Wiegand

Conti, who takes over from Martin Shaw, will join Robert Vaughn and Jeff Fahey in hit jury-room drama• Read Michael Billington's review of Twelve Angry Men• A former juror's view on Twel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AM

Quiz: Noël Coward or Murder, She Wrote? by Chris Wiegand

Angela Lansbury's return to the West End stage in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit is one of London's hottest tickets but the star is still best known as TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher. Can you gues…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AM

Liverpool Everyman: 'the theatre was as rough as our performances' by Chris Wiegand

When you auditioned, you had to tell a joke. Then they took you to a factory to meet your audience. As the Everyman reopens, Alison Steadman, Roger McGough and Jonathan Pryce remember how th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Queen musical We Will Rock You to close in London after 12-year run by Chris Wiegand

Critically panned but hugely popular jukebox musical to close doors after 4,600 performances at Dominion theatreTwelve years after it opened, the Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Not Now, Bernard theatre review – 'a monstrous comedy' by Chris Wiegand

Unicorn theatre, LondonDavid McKee's classic children's book gets a fantastic staging with a great performance from Rhys Rusbatch that leaves the audience buzzingBernard is bored. Dad's doin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45AM
Monday, March 3, 2014

Ruby Wax: 'I played Bedlam – not many can say that' by Chris Wiegand

The comedian talks about the taboo of mental illness, performing at Bethlem Royal hospital and her new show Sane New WorldSince getting a master's in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy at O…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

War Horse: put your questions to the team behind the hit stage show by Chris Wiegand

This Friday, the writer Michael Morpurgo, director Tom Morris and designer Rae Smith will all be joining us for a War Horse webchat – ask them anything about the international hit show"All…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM
Friday, February 7, 2014

Performing Pina Bausch's 1980 - in her dancers' words by Chris Wiegand

It's four hours long, takes place on a grass stage and caused a sensation at Sadler's Wells when it first came. As 1980 returns to London, three members of Tanztheater Wuppertal talk about h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:16AM
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Louise Brealey: from Sherlock's Molly to Strindberg's Miss Julie by Chris Wiegand

Louise Brealey takes a break from rehearsals at the Citizens theatre in Glasgow to talk about playing the title role in Strindberg's classic about the power struggle between an aristocratic …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Play time: Dogs Don't Do Ballet – review by Chris Wiegand

Little Angel, LondonOur new series on children's theatre kicks off with a visit to an adaptation of the book about a mutt who dreams of moonlight and musicIt's mid-January: the tinsel is dow…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Live stream: watch Howard Brenton's play Drawing the Line this weekend by Chris Wiegand

Hampstead theatre's production of Howard Brenton's play about the partition of India will be live-streamed on Guardian Stage this Saturday night and available on demand for 72 hours. Plus: p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Charles Durning obituary by Chris Wiegand

Prolific American actor who was Oscar nominated for roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and To Be Or Not to BeThe American actor Charles Durning, who has died aged 89, first grabbe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AM
Monday, May 30, 2011

Flick Colby obituary by Chris Wiegand

Choreographer behind Pan's People, the dance troupe loved by Top of the Pops fansWhen 15 million viewers tuned into Top of the Pops each week during the show's 1970s heyday, the appeal exten…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:27PM

Flick Colby obituary by Chris Wiegand

Choreographer behind Pan's People, the dance troupe loved by Top of the Pops fans Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:27PM

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