Tuesday, April 29, 2025
John Niven’s debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995
It was the great Britpop showdown in the summer of 1995, billed as a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMMonday, April 7, 2025
A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent
Olivier awards: full list of win…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMSpeaking after his best actor victory, Lithgow said Donald Trump’s administration ‘has done some shocking, destructive things’ especially its takeover of the Kennedy Center
The actor J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMSunday, April 6, 2025
John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards
Olivier awards: full list of winners
The play Giant, which portrays children�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMActor, who won an Olivier for Oedipus, says her ‘bugbear’ is that venues outside London do not get enough money
Stars come out for theatre’s Olivier awards 2025 – in pictures
Lesley …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMThursday, March 27, 2025
Other winners include Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Romeo & Juliet, Danny Sapani as King Lear and Giant playwright Mark Rosenblatt
A modern-day version of Oedipus, which turned Sophocles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMTuesday, March 25, 2025
The One Day actor will star in Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s Porn Play, one of four new premieres announced by the London theatre
Ambika Mod is to star as an academic addicted to violent pornogra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMTuesday, March 18, 2025
Suzie Miller’s award-winning monologue hits the road next year, with the Killing Eve actor playing a barrister who defends men of rape and is assaulted herself
Jodie Comer is to reprise h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTuesday, March 4, 2025
Garai is recognised for The Years and Giant, Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is nominated for his West End debut, while Imelda Staunton gets 14th nod for Hello, Dolly!
• Olivier awards 2025 – …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMThursday, February 27, 2025
Conor McPherson’s adaptation of the hit YA sci-fi novels and films – which starred Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen – will begin in October, having been delayed since last year
A …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMThursday, February 13, 2025
Justin Audibert’s production with the Hamilton star is part of season including Top Hat, Natalie Dormer’s Anna Karenina and new play Safe Space
Since opening in 1962 under its first arti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMThe writer of Shopping and Fucking will direct cycle of bawdy comedies inspired by scenarios from a 17th-century Italian collection
A premiere by Mark Ravenhill has been an event ever since …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMTuesday, February 11, 2025
The songwriter, who has reunited with Andrew Lloyd Webber for a Christmas mystery, said popularity of TV subtitles may have a welcome effect in theatres
Surtitles should be routinely used fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMMonday, January 27, 2025
After a major restoration, new theatre in east London announces opening programme with Sara Pascoe and Rosie Jones on the bill – plus panto and a new show by Bryony Kimmings
It opened as a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMWednesday, October 16, 2024
The Slow Horses star will perform the monologue Krapp’s Last Tape at York Theatre Royal in the spring
After decades away from the theatre, Gary Oldman is to return to the Yorkshire playhou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMMonday, September 9, 2024
As the Disney blockbuster ends its three-year run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, actor Samantha Barks pays tribute to its devoted audience
Sometimes it has been a flurry and at other…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMFriday, June 14, 2024
Sir Nicholas Hytner, Nancy Medina and Theresa Heskins stress importance of sidelined drama, dance and music studies and say the arts are a ‘necessity for all’
Addressing the erosion and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThursday, June 13, 2024
The Stage’s annual survey found that, for the first time, three plays in London – including Romeo and Juliet with Tom Holland – are charging more than £200 for their most expensive se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMMonday, June 10, 2024
Award-winning star, who is bringing the concert A Life in Notes to London’s Coliseum, says lyricists’ words are not reaching audiences clearly, due to a lack of training and overbearing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Fall, who currently runs Theatre Royal Stratford East, will succeed Kwame Kwei-Armah in January
The Young Vic, one of London’s foremost theatres, has appointed Nadia Fall as its…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMA year after the singer’s death, Katori Hall – whose musical is now also touring – says the show is like ‘one last concert’ for fans
She is still celebrated as the queen of rock’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMTuesday, April 30, 2024
The jukebox musical based on the 1994 film follows a string of high-profile early closures with producers saying the show has faced ‘difficult times’
An immersive jukebox musical product…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMWednesday, March 20, 2024
Staunton reunites with Follies director Dominic Cooke to bring ‘old musical to a new audience’ at the Palladium in July
After a four-year delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Imelda St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, March 19, 2024
Joe Penhall’s new play marks the talkshow host’s first theatre role since One Man, Two Guvnors and will see him star opposite Anna Maxwell Martin at the Old Vic
James Corden is to return…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMWednesday, March 13, 2024
Launchpad for theatre and comedy talent, which had planned to open its new longterm home this year, announces its closure
London’s Vault festival, which has kickstarted countless theatre a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMSunday, March 10, 2024
Gough, who is resuming her Olivier award-winning role in People, Places and Things, calls on those in positions of power to become allies for colleagues
The stage and screen star Denise Goug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32PMMonday, March 4, 2024
US actor will appear in Mark Rosenblatt’s drama Giant, directed by Nicholas Hytner, in first season of new artistic director David Byrne
His bestselling children’s books are regularly tu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMThursday, February 8, 2024
Artistic director will leave in the autumn after six years in the post, and says without further investment the stage sector’s ‘pipeline of talent’ could be lost
Kwame Kwei-Armah is to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMTuesday, January 30, 2024
The actor, dancer and singer starred in musicals including West Side Story and Chicago
Chita Rivera, one of Broadway’s most illustrious stars, has died at the age of 91. A consummate “tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMThursday, January 4, 2024
Arts organisations respond to plans to permanently slash core budget for the region’s theatres and museums
Arts organisations have called on Suffolk county council (SCC) to reconsider a pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMWednesday, December 13, 2023
As she is named the National Theatre’s first female director, those who have worked with Rubasingham praise her warmth, rigour and willingness to take risks
“It’s Indhu!” After month…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM 
