Tuesday, 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 09:48AMMonday, March 6, 2017
London theatregoers will decide the guilt or innocence of air force pilot who shoots down passenger jet hijacked by terroristsA play that asks the audience to decide the guilt or innocence o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMShow’s 11 nominations including best actor are most for a new play, while Groundhog Day dominates musical categories Olivier awards 2017: the full list of nominationsHarry Potter and the C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, March 1, 2017
Company to make its first appearance in Hull for 30 years in September as part of city of culture celebrations A previously little-known reputation for Hull as a powerhouse for producing bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThursday, February 23, 2017
Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Charlotte Ritchie star in Simon Callow’s production of Christopher Hampton’s 1970 comedySimon Callow has gathered some of the UK’s brightest young TV come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMSunday, February 19, 2017
Sold-out show wins best new play, best director and three acting prizes, while Billie Piper wins best actress for YermaHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, one of the biggest stage events of r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48PMWednesday, February 8, 2017
Tickets for the Troubles-set play, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Paddy Considine, sold out within a day at the Royal Court. Now a West End run has been announcedA keenly awaited new pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThursday, December 15, 2016
Repertory theatre and symphony orchestra among those to receive less local authority funding than any regional equivalentsArts organisations in Birmingham have been hit with further council …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMSunday, December 11, 2016
Black and minority ethnic people make up 17% of English arts workforce and disabled people account for 4%, report findsThe proportion of black and minority ethnic people working in England�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMWednesday, November 16, 2016
Production based on charity founder’s evidence to MPs will be the highlight of Donmar Warehouse’s 2017 spring seasonOne of the most passionate, bruising and watchable select committee he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMMonday, November 14, 2016
JJ Abrams will co-produce US version of Mischief Theatre company’s comedy, which began in front of four people above a pubThey began as three struggling actors performing to an audience of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMSunday, November 13, 2016
Actor and former pop star hailed for stage portrayal of woman struggling to conceive in Yerma at the Young VicA stage performance variously described by critics as “devastating”, “eart…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMMonday, October 31, 2016
Bond director to take on new Troubles-set work by Jerusalem writer for Royal Court’s 2017 seasonAfter two huge James Bond blockbusters, Sam Mendes is returning to his subsidised theatre ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, October 26, 2016
Former chief of The Arches in Glasgow named as NTS artistic director after predecessor’s sudden departureA former artistic director of Glasgow’s much-missed club and arts venue The Arche…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMTuesday, October 25, 2016
Theatre says it will return to ‘shared light’ productions from April 2018 after Rice’s experimentation with lighting and soundEmma Rice, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMMonday, October 24, 2016
Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta says Havana-based company ‘creates an energy’ by bringing different dance styles togetherCarlos Acosta has spoken of his mission to break down barriers bet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:46AMThursday, October 6, 2016
Girl from the North Country, a new play by Conor McPherson featuring Dylan songs, is part of Old Vic season that also includes Daniel Radcliffe in Rosencratz and Guildenstern are DeadBob Dyl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15AMThursday, September 8, 2016
Child labour laws mean three rotating casts of performers between the ages of 9 and 13 are required for London staging“There still is a sort of feeling that we’re sending children down t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMTuesday, September 6, 2016
From autumn, channel will focus on arts including poetry and dance, with intention of making BBC2 a ‘cultural destination’BBC2 is entering the Saturday night ratings battle, taking on Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMFriday, August 26, 2016
Items from collection, which includes personal correspondence, posters and programmes, will go on display in the autumnThere are thousands of meticulously filed gags, props for his generally…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMMonday, August 22, 2016
Award goes to care worker who says winning gag isn’t his best – ‘only the clean ones get on the list’ – but he’s not complainingHe is a 35-year-old care worker from West Bromwich…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14PMTuesday, August 9, 2016
School children will take part in ‘cultural citizens programme’ in attempt to diversify audiences and attract young people to cultural activitiesHundreds of schoolchildren are to get fre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMTuesday, August 2, 2016
NT hopes new technology and immersive filming styles will become “a pioneer of dramatic storytelling” Anyone visiting the new National Theatre studio might experience the soul-destroying…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMTuesday, July 26, 2016
National Theatre director Rufus Norris initiates ‘listening project’ to help form cultural response to EU referendum resultThe Brexit vote has been a “huge wake-up call” to the arts …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMMonday, July 25, 2016
‘Unapologetically weird’ show, one of the star’s final projects, to run this winter at the King’s Cross TheatreDavid Bowie’s stage musical Lazarus, a sequel to The Man Who Fell to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMTuesday, July 19, 2016
Actor, currently playing Shakespeare’s villainous king, says Brexit has brought the Bard’s historical play a newfound pertinenceIt is a story of vaulting ambition and ruthless scheming w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:38PMSunday, July 17, 2016
Lancashire-born film-maker Danny Boyle introduces official opening of largest arts complex outside London, which will house film, theatre and visual art shows Danny Boyle opened Manchester�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:22AMFriday, June 24, 2016
Tiffany bowl, engraved with name of her terrier Spike, sells for 30 times estimate at auction of late comedian’s possessionsA silver dog bowl from which Joan Rivers’ terrier once lapped …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMThursday, June 23, 2016
New artistic director has chosen ex-cabaret star to play Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s GlobeEmma Rice’s appointment at Shakespeare’s Globe was always going to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32PMFriday, May 27, 2016
Globe theatre’s chief, and deputy head of RSC at loggerheads over merits of editing Bard’s work to make it more relatable to modern audiencesThey are both leading experts in all things S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMWednesday, May 25, 2016
Season comprising Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest to be staged at 420-seat venue next to King’s Cross stationThe Donmar Warehouse is building a temporary theatre for an all-female …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM 
