Rambert dance company and writer Steven Knight team up for an ‘inspiring and uplifting’ touring production The upcoming sixth series of blockbuster BBC drama Peaky Blinders will be the l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM‘Blighted’ by pandemic, Rufus Norris’s festive production will end current run without a press night but return in November The National Theatre has cancelled the official opening nigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMDramas by Bryony Lavery, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Stephen Jeffreys also feature in readings to mark the venue’s 50th birthday A pint-sized theatre that opened in the backroom of a London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonLove Island’s Amber Davies tops a charismatic cast, including Olympic gymnast Louis Smith, in a spirited show co-created by the Hamilton man Before Hamilton, Li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMCurve, LeicesterA gifted company has the chops to do the 1975 New York musical proud, saluting an imperilled industry with an irresistible revival ‘I’m a dancer: a dancer dances,” says…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMTributes paid to British dramatist acclaimed for dramas including German Skerries, Across Oka and A Breakfast of Eels Robert Holman, the playwright’s playwright who was revered for his fin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMAntony Sher was not only a superb performer but also an insightful observer on the craft of acting and the theatre – as shown in these extracts Antony Sher, celebrated actor, dies aged 72…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMHis vivid and moving performances, including an Olivier award-winning Richard III, made Sher one of the world’s most respected theatre actors Michael Billington: ‘A man of staggering ver…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMEurope’s in-demand theatre director is also an avid cinephile. A dizzying exhibition joins the dots between his adaptations of arthouse movies – by Antonioni, Bergman, Cassavetes and oth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMInternationaal Theater AmsterdamIsabelle Huppert stars in a shrewd staging of Tennessee Williams’ autobiographical memory play, to be livestreamed from the ITA Is this a latecomer weaving …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMIn these extracts from interviews published in the Guardian and the Observer, the musicals maestro – who has died aged 91 – talks about rhyme, reviews and risk People say I always write …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMScoring his first big hit with West Side Story at 27, the US composer and lyricist raised the art form’s status with moving and funny masterpieces including Follies and Company Stephen Son…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PMJeremy Pope and Paul Bettany play the art legends in The Collaboration staged by artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah It promised to be a knockout exhibition, with both artists wearing boxing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMLooking for a jolly good trip to the theatre this winter? Here’s our pick’n’mix selection of musicals, pantos and festive spectaculars, featuring circus tricks, high kicks and puppet r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMHampstead theatre, LondonThis version of the day-in-a-life book, directed by Katie Mitchell, achieves the same lingering power using a quartet of actors Towards the end of Rebecca Watson’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMChichester Festival theatreThe actor revisits his life and craft – not least playing Hercule Poirot – in neat but affecting touring show Has Ian McKellen started a trend? To mark his 80…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMThe Egg, BathWith a brilliantly physical performance from Ebony Feare, this toe-tapping show for over-sevens doesn’t shy away from the stage star’s tough times It took Josephine Baker f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonPacing endlessly and rocking towards the big sleep, Siân Phillips and Charlotte Emmerson’s performances make this evening deeply affecting This no-frills cell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMDrapers’ Hall, CoventryPunchdrunk Enrichment’s site-specific project for children aged six to 11 turns a historic building into a secretive library On the way to The Lost Lending Library…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is spirited and witty, with superb puppetry and comedic performances, but this new musical’s songs don’t stay with you and the messages a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMReturning to the stage to play Faye Treadwell, formidable manager of the Drifters, the singer and actor explains how she faced down sexism and racism to forge her own career path in Britain …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMHighTide’s Inventing the Future weekender will feature six new scripts that playfully consider serious subjects, says artistic director Suba Das A sense of joy and playfulness is vital for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMCarrie Hope Fletcher is the star of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella; Oliver Ormson is in Disney’s Frozen. The pair discuss romance, musicals and returning to the stage amid theatre’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMMercury theatre, ColchesterWendy Kweh plays Creon as a politically minded queen in Merlynn Tong’s adaptation steeped in grief and decay The chorus has been banished, the cast of five has n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMWales Millennium Centre, CardiffThe true story of a family forced to flee the Taliban and seek lifesaving health treatment in the UK brings the search for home movingly to life This true sto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMDorset’s Inside Out festival brought audiences closer to nature with rock star-guided rambles, dirt-digging dances and a globe suspended in woodland Have you held a seashell to your ear, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMTheatre Royal PlymouthBouncy songs explore three patients’ experiences in this ambitious and spirited show about the health service’s history and current crisis As audiences return to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMA newly rereleased documentary captures tense scenes in the studio for the 1970 musical’s original cast recording – and reveals much about the songs and their singers After a six-week tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMHollywood actor will perform at Duke of York’s theatre, London, as Amanda Wingfield in one of Tennessee Williams’ most autobiographical plays The Hollywood star Amy Adams is to make her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMHampstead theatre, LondonSet during the strange, out-of-time days between a death in the family and the funeral, Shelagh Stephenson’s 1996 play precariously balances riotous humour and pat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic director has taken compassionate leave to look after his husband, the celebrated actor The actor Sir Antony Sher has been diagnosed with a termina…
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