Monday, December 4, 2023
Cito, who had been a dancer herself, spent 40 years working for Tanztheater Wuppertal
The costume designer Marion Cito, whose gowns, suits and occasional swimwear were integral to choreograp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMThursday, November 2, 2023
An AI Pinocchio, Scrooge on the Cornish coast and a scouse Dick Whittington are just some of the season’s theatrical treats
Bath Theatre Royal, 6-11 December; Lyric theatre, London, 23 Nov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMFriday, October 20, 2023
Celebrated actor was nominated for multiple Olivier awards in her theatrical roles and best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors on TV
The actor Haydn Gwynne has died of cancer at…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AMWednesday, October 11, 2023
Play based on the beloved 1987 comedy will open at Birmingham Rep next year directed by Sean Foley
It is one of British cinema’s most quotable comedies: a tale of destitute London actors �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37PMTuesday, October 10, 2023
Sharma, who directed the theatre’s acclaimed production Retrograde, will take over from Indhu Rubasingham in December
Amit Sharma has been appointed as the new artistic director of London�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMThursday, July 20, 2023
The comedian, who died in 2018, will be remembered in a new exhibition that brings together props, costumes and an interactive ‘giggle map’
Tickling sticks, a Dicky Mint puppet and a Yor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMWednesday, June 7, 2023
After more than a decade running Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, the hit-making director is to take over the Covent Garden venue next year
Tim Sheader has been appointed as the artistic di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMTuesday, May 16, 2023
Sophia Bush, who is following Cheryl to take up a role in the West End thriller, said the unidentified man had made the experience ‘ugly and scary and sad’
The new star of the West End p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMFriday, May 5, 2023
The actor will take to the stage as the Scottish king in December, in the last production of the London theatre’s 30th-anniversary season
Hot on the heels of the news that Ralph Fiennes wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMTuesday, May 2, 2023
The Killing Eve star is in competition for best actress, while musical Some Like It Hot picks up the most nominations overall, with 13
Jodie Comer has been nominated for a Tony award for her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMSunday, April 2, 2023
Veteran actor, awarded Olivier for lifetime achievement, says cost must not prohibit putting ‘bums on seats’
My Neighbour Totoro triumphs at Olivier awards
Sir Derek Jacobi has criticise…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02PMAdaptation of Studio Ghibli film wins six awards, while Jodie Comer wins for Prima Facie and A Streetcar Named Desire brings Paul Mescal best actor prize
My Neighbour Totoro, the inventive s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMThursday, March 23, 2023
Trustees will decide on the future of the organisation which lost all its Arts Council funding and hosts final performances this month
A new board of trustees has been appointed to preserve …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMTuesday, January 31, 2023
All events from late March cancelled at the theatre, which is in a priority location for the government’s Levelling Up fund
Oldham Coliseum has cancelled all of its forthcoming events from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMThursday, January 19, 2023
Audibert, who runs the Unicorn children’s theatre in London, will replace Daniel Evans who is moving to the Royal Shakespeare Company
Chichester Festival theatre has appointed Justin Audib…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, December 11, 2022
Shooting to fame as a teenager with the Royal Ballet, Grey won international acclaim as a dancer and was artistic director of the company that became English National Ballet
The renowned dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMFriday, November 25, 2022
Whodunnit running in the West End since 1952, interrupted only by Covid, will open in New York in 2023
The world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap, is to finally make its Broadway debu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMWednesday, November 23, 2022
‘Fierce, feminist’ show from Francesca Moody is written by former Grange Hill actors Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan and tells an ‘almost true’ story
A musical about Silvio Berlusco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMTuesday, November 22, 2022
Kimber Lee’s award-winning drama, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, will be staged at Manchester’s Royal Exchange while Miss Saigon opens at the Sheffield Crucible
The Royal Exchange theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThursday, November 17, 2022
The story of a widowed joiner and a young single mother has been written by Dave Johns, who played the title role in Ken Loach’s 2016 film
Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMTuesday, November 15, 2022
In Dreams, a jukebox show written by David West Read, will use back catalogue of ‘the Big O’ to tell fictional story of female singer
A new musical using the songs of Roy Orbison, create…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMWednesday, November 9, 2022
‘A world of rising prices’ ushers in the final curtain for the second longest running non-musical play in London
The Woman in Black, one of the longest-running plays in London, is to clo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMIan McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre
Unicorn, London, 17…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThursday, July 21, 2022
Part of a £300m regeneration of the area near Tottenham Court Road station, @sohoplace combines intimacy with innovative design
A major new West End theatre is to open this autumn, designed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PMSunday, July 3, 2022
The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC
Mark Lawson on Peter Brook: the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMTuesday, June 14, 2022
Infections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes
With infections on the rise in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMThursday, June 9, 2022
Adam Meggido’s comedy considers the PM’s blustering school performance as Richard III, drawing potent parallels to his current political position
It is the tale of a leader’s ruthless …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Lucy Moss, who at 26 became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical, is now writing a new show and a film with co-creator Toby Marlow
It was written by two university students, ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48AMMonday, May 9, 2022
Three actors from The Lehman Trilogy go head to head, the musical Six picks up eight nominations and the production MJ – about Michael Jackson – is also recognised
British talents have r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMSunday, April 10, 2022
Awards for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley among musical’s wins, with Life of Pi also recognised in several categories
Full list of winners
An intimate revival of the musical Cabaret, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMMonday, March 21, 2022
Dawn King’s dystopian courtroom drama The Trials, dubbed ‘12 Angry Young People’, is part of a programme that also includes European premieres of The Band’s Visit and A Doll’s Hous…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM 
