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Monday, December 4, 2023

Marion Cito, ingenious costume designer to Pina Bausch, dies aged 85 by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 11:24AM
Thursday, November 2, 2023

It’s ahead of you! 25 festive UK shows to book for Christmas by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 09:18AM
Friday, October 20, 2023

Haydn Gwynne, star of stage and screen, dies aged 66 by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 09:19AM
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Withnail and I creator Bruce Robinson adapts film for the stage by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 07:37PM
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

London’s Kiln theatre appoints Amit Sharma as artistic director by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 11:04AM
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Happiness! Ken Dodd exhibition to open at the Museum of Liverpool by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 09:55AM
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

London’s Donmar Warehouse appoints Tim Sheader as artistic director by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 05:13AM
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Anger as intruder tries to take photos in 2:22 West End dressing room by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 08:12AM
Friday, May 5, 2023

David Tennant to play Macbeth at Donmar Warehouse by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 07:48AM
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Tony awards: Jodie Comer nominated for Broadway debut by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 11:48AM
Sunday, April 2, 2023

Derek Jacobi: high ticket prices are making theatre ‘elitist’ by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 09:02PM

My Neighbour Totoro triumphs at Olivier awards by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Adaptation 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 05:42PM
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Oldham Coliseum appoints new board to preserve theatre’s legacy and region’s culture by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 09:48AM
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Oldham Coliseum will go dark due to 100% Arts Council England funding cut by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 12:04PM
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Chichester Festival theatre appoints Justin Audibert as new artistic director by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 02:00AM
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Dame Beryl Grey, British ballerina with ‘all the gifts’, dies aged 95 by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 05:48AM
Friday, November 25, 2022

The Mousetrap: Agatha Christie’s West End hit to make Broadway debut after 70 years by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 05:32AM
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Fleabag producer brings Berlusconi musical to London stage by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

‘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 09:42AM
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Play ‘born of rage’ over Asian female stereotypes lambasts Miss Saigon by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 08:48AM
Thursday, November 17, 2022

I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for stage and updated for cost-of-living crisis by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 05:24AM
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Roy Orbison musical from & Juliet creators to open at Leeds Playhouse by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 01:18AM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

The Woman in Black to close after 33 years on West End stage by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

‘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 09:36AM

Watch out for snowball-firing robots! 25 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Ian 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 09:36AM
Thursday, July 21, 2022

London’s West End gets first purpose-built theatre in 50 years by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 05:33PM
Sunday, July 3, 2022

Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97 by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 06:18AM
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Cancellations, costs and chaos: UK theatres grapple with rising Covid cases by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 12:06PM
Thursday, June 9, 2022

Boris the Third: new play tells story of clown who became king by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 06:24AM
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

‘There’s a lot going on!’ History-making director of musical Six celebrates Tony award nominations by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 12:48AM
Monday, May 9, 2022

Tony awards 2022: A Strange Loop leads the nominees while British talents are lauded by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 11:42AM
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Cabaret wins seven awards as Oliviers return to Royal Albert Hall by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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 06:42PM
Monday, March 21, 2022

New season at London’s Donmar to include ‘shocking’ play on climate crisis by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

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

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