Saturday, March 31, 2018
The film and stage veteran, now sharing the secret of her skills online, warns that formal acting classes can stifle creativityHelen Mirren, the Oscar-winning actor, has criticised drama sch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51PMSunday, February 25, 2018
After 50 years of writing, Edgar will revisit his radical youth in a ‘conversation between my older and younger self’David Edgar has been creating lines for other people to recite for 50…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:25AMThursday, February 1, 2018
Exclusive: Sir Richard Eyre says cuts make it harder to take artistic risks with new talentThe former head of the National Theatre, Sir Richard Eyre, is calling for regional theatres to rece…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSaturday, October 28, 2017
As Debra Ann Byrd begins residency at Stratford-upon-Avon she says ‘colour-blindness’ only possible with closed eyesThe head of a US mixed-race theatre company will never forget the raci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMAlexander Waugh says secret clues confirm that author of world-famous plays was Edward de Vere, who lies in Poet’s CornerWilliam Shakespeare was in fact Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Ox…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMMonday, September 11, 2017
Previously unpublished letters reveal tension between legendary lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and producer over staging of musicalHe is the most powerful musicals producer of all time, but in his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18PMSunday, September 3, 2017
Dramatist David Edgar was struck by the Dickensian sound of names such as Tinder and Tibshelf in adaptation of classic storyCharles Dickens’s extraordinary invention of names is among the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMSaturday, August 26, 2017
Next Generation will encourage 20 talented children from black, Asian, minority ethnic and low-income backgrounds to tread the boardsDame Judi Dench is among those leading actors who have wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMSaturday, August 12, 2017
Veteran director claims financiers think he’s crazy for attempting Shakespeare adaptationHe directed Merchant-Ivory classics such as The Remains of the Day, Howards End and A Room with a V…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMSaturday, July 29, 2017
Controversial Ukrainian star says classical dance must seek out talented directors from the worlds of films and musicalsBallet must get rid of its elitist image, seek larger audiences and wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMSaturday, July 8, 2017
House of Games playwright says he will fine venues that stage discussions about his workPost-show panel discussions, often including directors and actors, have become increasingly commonplac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMSaturday, July 1, 2017
Autobiography highlights tantrums of one of world’s greatest dancersRudolf Nureyev could transfix his audiences with the grace and beauty of his movement. But a new book reveals how the wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12PMSaturday, May 6, 2017
Director hails clash between science and political dogma as more relevant than everWatching stars at the theatre takes on new meaning at the Young Vic in London this month. A swirling cosmos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMFriday, April 21, 2017
Company aims to reignite interest in Ovid, whose book the Metamorphoses is alluded to in some of the Bard’s playsShakespeare’s favourite classical poet, Ovid, inspired him with myth, mag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThursday, April 20, 2017
Oscar-winning star fears working-class talents being lost by the cost of drama school training and demise of repertory theatreEddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Laurence F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMSaturday, April 8, 2017
After 10 years at the Globe, Dominic Dromgoole will direct and produce films, following in the footsteps of Stephen Daldry and Sam MendesA former director of the Globe theatre in London is t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMSaturday, January 28, 2017
Playwright speaks out in new book against ‘distortion’ of plays and move away from traditionOne of Britain’s foremost playwrights has launched a forthright attack on European concept d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMSaturday, December 17, 2016
Producers of new version of Journey’s End want audiences to see human side of conflictWhen Journey’s End, RC Sherriff’s powerful play about the first world war, was first staged in 192…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMWednesday, November 30, 2016
Composer publishes report saying he fears for ‘hideously white’ industry’s survival unless it reflects diversity of population Andrew Lloyd Webber has said he fears for the survival of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMWednesday, November 16, 2016
Leading British actor currently playing male leads in three Shakespeare plays says ‘imitating men can’t be the only answer’Dame Harriet Walter has called for artistic directors and pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMFriday, November 4, 2016
As ex-Labour MP returns to acting, she expresses her dismay as to why women still can’t get the best rolesFrom Women in Love to A Touch of Class, Glenda Jackson starred in some of the best…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMSunday, October 23, 2016
Dramatists to appear jointly on title pages of Henry VI, Parts One, Two and Three in the New Oxford Shakespeare after analysis by team of 23 academicsThe long-held suggestion that Christophe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:52PMSunday, September 25, 2016
Tom Morris is hoping to repeat his success with the first world war classic story in a new play at the Bristol Old VicThe spectacular staging of War Horse, with lifelike equine puppets, has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50AMThursday, September 15, 2016
RSC’s artistic director says use of digital characters live on stage ‘takes the audience’s imagination into new realms’The head of the Royal Shakespeare Company may be better versed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMMonday, September 12, 2016
RSC combines with Intel and Imaginarium Studios to bring performance-capture technology to live theatreThe head of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) may be more versed in the language of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45AMTuesday, July 12, 2016
Multi-award winning composer joins voices from across theatre spectrum calling for more opportunities for minority ethnic performersBritish musical theatre is facing a diversity crisis and m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:16AMFriday, June 17, 2016
Rudolf Nureyev is recalled as a troubled man who ‘pushed people, behaving appallingly’ in new book On stage, they wowed audiences and scaled the heights of artistry. Offstage, some of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:57PMSunday, June 12, 2016
Star of Wolf Hall and the Globe’s Merchant of Venice calls for cheaper tickets and more school tripsPlayhouses, schools and the government are failing to invest properly in future generati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMSaturday, April 30, 2016
Irina Kolesnikova, who performs at London’s Coliseum in August, says dancers should be nurtured, not pushed to the limits A world-renowned Russian prima ballerina has become the latest sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37PMSaturday, April 16, 2016
Playwright says the craft is being damaged by focus on selling seatsSir David Hare has warned that an obsession with box-office success is having a detrimental effect on British theatre and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:22PMSunday, December 20, 2015
Actor and director to be public face of Film London, which aims to celebrate playwright’s 400th death anniversary with series of radical new projectsSir Kenneth Branagh is to become the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:38AM 
