Sunday, December 3, 2017
Star of stage and screen made triumphant return after political career to play King Lear at the Old VicGlenda Jackson’s return to the stage after a 25-year career change as a Labour politi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMWednesday, November 15, 2017
True story of four women who occupied Lancashire colliery in 1993 set for run at Manchester’s Royal Exchange A play by the actor Maxine Peake that tells the true story of four women who we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMMonday, November 13, 2017
Sally Greene, who hired actor as artistic director, says she feels ‘sick to the stomach’ to think people may have been harassedSally Greene, the Old Vic chief executive who hired Kevin S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMWednesday, November 8, 2017
Union will gather suggestions on how to combat the problem and has given itself two months to come up with a planThe UK actors’ union Equity has launched a wide-ranging investigation in an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMWednesday, November 1, 2017
Allegations about star’s sexual conduct mount, with Mexican actor saying there are many men with a ‘Spacey story’Accusations of inappropriate sexual behaviour against Kevin Spacey are …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMTuesday, October 31, 2017
Theatre where Spacey was artistic director for 11 years sets up confidential complaints process for anyone who wants to come forwardThe Old Vic theatre has expressed “deep dismay” at sex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMWednesday, October 11, 2017
Writer Chris Bush says The Assassination of Katie Hopkins will explore issues of ‘truth, celebrity and public outrage’Memorable British musicals in recent years have tackled difficult, c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMMonday, October 9, 2017
Dancer-choreographer will unveil his final full-length solo work, Xenos, a piece marking first world war centenary, at Sadler’s Wells in spring Akram Khan, one of the UK’s most feted con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMThursday, September 21, 2017
Producers of a show based on the film franchise are banking on there being enough petrolheads to fill arenas the world overIt will have a fuel tanker engulfed in flames bouncing across the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMSunday, September 17, 2017
Thousands watch national and international ballet stars at Opening the NewDance teacher Vanessa Hooper puts it down to the city’s history and geography while Royal Ballet boss Kevin O’Ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMTuesday, September 12, 2017
Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic director says decision to name first ever all-woman lineup was not a deliberate actFor the first time in its history, all plays in the Royal Shakespear…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMTuesday, September 5, 2017
Lucky few able to see company’s latest immersive show must trek across London and cannot be of ‘nervous disposition’Audiences for a theatre production inspired by Greek tragedy will be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PMFriday, September 1, 2017
Three-week run at 160-seat theatre will raise money for drama school, with tickets given out by lottery system – now closedIt is being described by the very few who have seen dress rehears…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMFriday, August 18, 2017
Actistic director Michelle Terry says it ‘will be gender blind, race blind, disability blind’, with 50-50 split between men and womenThe new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMTuesday, August 1, 2017
Ballot opens at noon to buy tickets for Rada-fundraising show to be held in tiny 160-seat theatre in SeptemberTom Hiddleston is to star in a Kenneth Branagh-directed production of Hamlet –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMWednesday, July 26, 2017
Photograph commissioned by National Portrait Gallery challenges image of star renowned for being angry and naked He has gained a reputation as an angry young man, both in character and real …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, July 24, 2017
Experienced stage actor to take over as artistic director from Rice, who stepped down citing lack of respect from boardThe actor Michelle Terry is to be the new artistic director of Shakespe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, July 19, 2017
All-party inquiry demonstrates benefits to health and wellbeing of the arts, leading to fall in hospital admissionsGPs prescribing arts activities to some patients could lead to a dramatic f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMThursday, July 6, 2017
Stage works will include Frank McGuinness adaptation of De Profundis and folk opera based on The Selfish GiantFifty years after the decriminalisation of homosexual acts between men in privat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMTuesday, June 27, 2017
Plymouth, Tees Valley and Bradford among winners, at expense of National Theatre and Royal Opera House in 2018-22 fundingArts Council England (ACE) is to spend an additional £170m outside L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMFriday, May 19, 2017
Audiences will get opportunity to see new take on spy story more than 20 years after actor vanished during West End runA play that made the news for all the wrong reasons, after its co-star …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMMonday, May 8, 2017
Screenwriter who led project to find king’s remains in car park deplores plan as ‘wholly unprincipled’ A screenwriter who spearheaded the project to find the remains of Richard III has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMSunday, May 7, 2017
Organisers promise ‘sensitive’ production at cathedral where monarch was buried after remains were found under car parkA “sensitive” staging of William Shakespeare’s Richard III ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMThursday, April 27, 2017
Blue plaque event at Gielgud home prompts dismay over ‘actor apathy’, unclear speech and dumbed down ShakespeareDame Judi Dench has accused younger actors of apathy and laziness and cari…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMFriday, April 21, 2017
Exclusive: Letters, manuscripts, photographs and props have been acquired by university in Austin for $400,000The personal archive of Peter O’Toole, including bundles of letters, unpublish…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31AMWednesday, April 19, 2017
Emma Rice, who has quit after just two seasons, publishes candid letter explaining her departure on the theatre’s websiteEmma Rice, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, has brok…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMRory Kinnear to star as ‘broke, horny’ philosopher at 900-seat Bridge Theatre run by Nicholas Hytner and Nick StarrA comedy about a young, emotionally illiterate Karl Marx is to open the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31AMSunday, April 9, 2017
The Cursed Child wins nine categories, including best actor, while Billie Piper takes best actress award for performance in Yerma The Harry Potter empire has added domination of the stage to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMThursday, April 6, 2017
Oslo, a behind-the-scenes look at the talks that led to the deal between Israel and the PLO, has already enjoyed critical success on BroadwayA stage play based on the behind-the-scenes talks…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMWednesday, April 5, 2017
Sir Antonio Pappano says while latest trend of booing villains can be fun, calling out a bad performance is a step too farTo boo or not to boo at the opera? The Royal Opera House would rathe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMTuesday, April 4, 2017
Director-general says collaboration with UK arts funding bodies will create ‘moments of scale that no other organisation can’A TV adaptation of the National Theatre’s current Brexit pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM 
