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Thursday, March 13, 2014

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