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Friday, June 17, 2016

Sir Peter Wright memoir reveals monster feuds of ballet greats by Dalya Alberge

Rudolf Nureyev is recalled as a troubled man who ‘pushed people, behaving appallingly’ in new book On stage, they wowed audiences and scaled the heights of artistry. Offstage, some of t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:57PM
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Invest in next generation of theatregoers, urges actor Jonathan Pryce by Dalya Alberge

Star of Wolf Hall and the Globe’s Merchant of Venice calls for cheaper tickets and more school tripsPlayhouses, schools and the government are failing to invest properly in future generati…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AM
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Ballet companies must stop wrecking our bodies, warns Russian star by Dalya Alberge

Irina Kolesnikova, who performs at London’s Coliseum in August, says dancers should be nurtured, not pushed to the limits A world-renowned Russian prima ballerina has become the latest sta…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37PM
Saturday, April 16, 2016

Fixation on box office hits is killing British theatre, says David Hare by Dalya Alberge

Playwright says the craft is being damaged by focus on selling seatsSir David Hare has warned that an obsession with box-office success is having a detrimental effect on British theatre and …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:22PM
Sunday, December 20, 2015

The bard's the star: Kenneth Branagh brings Shakespeare to new audiences by Dalya Alberge

Actor and director to be public face of Film London, which aims to celebrate playwright’s 400th death anniversary with series of radical new projectsSir Kenneth Branagh is to become the fi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:38AM
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Yorkshire Ripper drama coloured by playwright's personal memories by Dalya Alberge

Play inspired by autobiography of man whose mother was Peter Sutcliffe's first known victimA playwright who owns the New End theatre in Hampstead, north London, is premiering a play in Leeds…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:43AM
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Glenda Jackson laments continuing lack of key acting roles for women by Dalya Alberge

As ex-Labour MP returns to acting, she expresses her dismay as to why women still can’t get the best rolesFrom Women in Love to A Touch of Class, Glenda Jackson starred in some of the best…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10PM
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Liv Ullmann: Films should be fantasies, not pornography by Dalya Alberge

Ingmar Bergman’s muse talks about ever-more explicit mainstream movies and her new version of Miss JulieSex scenes in some of today’s films are so graphic that they are little more than …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:14PM
Saturday, May 30, 2015

Tyranny of the ‘casting couch’? It never went away, say actors by Dalya Alberge

Equity will draw up audition guidelines in response to a rise in the number of complaints“Kick him in the balls and run out of the door.” So advised Joan Collins when asked how to negoti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Athol Fugard berates dramatists for failing to confront injustice by Dalya Alberge

South African playwright says modern writers are catering for 'attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts'

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM

George Clooney ditches British cast for Enron film by Dalya Alberge

UK play's author will write screenplay but West End director and cast are dropped as Hollywood snaps up stage success. Enron, the stage play that has enraptured the West End with its depicti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Strictly no celebs: young dancers compete for the BBC’s new title by Dalya Alberge

Young Dancer 2015 contest hopes to find the next generation of stars for Royal Ballet and Sadler’s WellsThe British have a longstanding love of TV dance shows. Think only of the huge popul…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Steven McRae: ‘Sometimes I feel 100 years old’ – the pain and the ecstasy driving star of Swan Lake by Dalya Alberge

Steven McRae won acclaim last week at the opening of the Royal Ballet’s latest production. But his poise comes at a priceThose watching Steven McRae gracefully leaping and pirouetting acro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PM
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Simon Russell Beale: it’s fine to take liberties with Shakespeare by Dalya Alberge

Acclaimed actor says we shouldn’t be purists about the text – as long as it still makes coherent, emotional senseMany regard him as the greatest classical actor of his generation, with K…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Royal Shakespeare Company plans bursaries for disadvantaged children by Dalya Alberge

As budget cuts are said to be turning arts into the ‘domain of the privileged’, RSC aims to develop training and bursaries to help increase diversity Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Monday, December 8, 2014

Actor Janet Suzman criticised for calling theatre ‘a white invention’ by Dalya Alberge and Mark Brown

Theatre is a white invention. It’s in their DNA, Suzman says after Meera Syal appeals for theatres to look more to Asian audiences Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:53PM
Sunday, December 7, 2014

Meera Syal calls on theatres to stop neglecting Asian audiences by Dalya Alberge

Author and actor says theatres neglect ‘moneyed new generation’ and should put on more diverse performances• Arts in England told to make progress with diversity Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, November 29, 2014

As Rocky Horror sequel comes to stage, it seems creator was far ahead of his time by Dalya Alberge

Shock Treatment musical, written by Richard O’Brien 30 years ago, predicts rise of ‘that dreadful phenomenon’, reality and celebrity TV Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Judi Dench laments that young actors are held back by wealth divide by Dalya Alberge

Oscar-winning star fears working-class talents being lost by the cost of drama school training and demise of repertory theatre Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AM
Monday, September 1, 2014

Tax relief sets stage for investment boom in UK theatre by Dalya Alberge

Credits extended to theatres, while relief on preproduction costs offers incentive for projects with less obvious commercial appeal Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PM
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Stephen Fry backs charter to switch mobiles off before the curtain goes up by Dalya Alberge

A theatregoer's campaign to crack down on thoughtless behaviour has got the actor on board Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AM
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Not so 'loverly': early Mackintosh My Fair Lady 'tasteless and vulgar' by Dalya Alberge

Previously unpublished letters reveal tension between legendary lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and producer over staging of musicalHe is the most powerful musicals producer of all time, but in his…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Michael Attenborough: David Cameron can't ignore Belarus Free Theatre abuse by Dalya Alberge

In a frank interview, the former head of the Almeida speaks out against a Belarusian regime that raids plays in performance, imprisons directors and threatens the future of free expressionOn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AM
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Acrobatic artists find new status as London circus school goes national by Dalya Alberge

Directors hail victory for campaign to keep world-class talent in UK as London centre leads renaissance in big top skillsThere may not be a lengthy drum roll to draw people's attention, but …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PM

Michael Grandage, interview: it's time to get political by Dalya Alberge

Theatre director Michael Grandage worries that only the rich will be able to go to drama school    

SOURCE: The Telegraph at 04:00AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Ballet's Gillian Lynne and Beryl Grey: dancers should be pushed to the limit by Dalya Alberge

Exclusive: Grand dames of ballet criticise contemporary performances and say dancers have to be underweightTwo grand dames of classical ballet have ridiculed repeated claims that today's dan…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:09PM
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Night of the stars celebrates 50 years of the National by Dalya Alberge

From Judi Dench to Benedict Cumberbatch, some of the greatest names in British theatre reprise classic performances on London's South BankOne of the greatest crucibles of modern drama, the N…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PM
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Shakespeare's fingerprints found on three Elizabethan plays by Dalya Alberge

Computer analysis gives the Bard a hand in three late 16th century dramas, says scholar Jonathan BateThe hand of William Shakespeare has been identified in scenes or passages in three Elizab…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Young Vic turns film studio as it remakes stage hits for cinema by Dalya Alberge

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in first feature as theatre adapts acclaimed shows into movies – following bold experiment in short filmsIt is small in size, but big on innovation. The Young Vic ma…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AM
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Orson Welles' criticisms of fellow actors and directors found on lost tapes by Dalya Alberge

Director's sharp criticism of Hollywood stars emerges following publication of previously unpublished recordingsHe is one of cinema's giants, but Orson Welles looked down on many of his fell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:46PM
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Imogen Stubbs hits out at mumbling actors by Dalya Alberge

Rada boss and Imogen Stubbs say language is being mangled in bid to imitate American film stars – and audiences are being let downToo many actors mumble their way through their lines, neit…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:26AM

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