Saturday, September 17, 2016
In interviews, the great American playwright Edward Albee could be as quotable as his characters. Here are 10 of his best observations I failed as a poet, a novelist, a short-story writer an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:40PMThe festival combines daring new productions with established international acts and homegrown crowd pleasersNow in his second year as artistic director of the Brisbane festival, David Berth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AMThursday, September 15, 2016
Being mates these days demands endless admin. Who has time for a decent chat? Still, you can say so much with an aubergine emoji. Kerry Godliman weighs up the different expectations of male …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AMWednesday, September 14, 2016
It is one of 2014's hottest tickets. Before A Streetcar Named Desire opens at the Young Vic tonight, take a look at Gillian Anderson's Blanche Dubois. Photographs by Tristram Kenton• From …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMTuesday, September 13, 2016
Five years after its landmark Out of Asia season, Sadler’s Wells presents a second programme of eastern choreography. From the minimalism of TAO Dance Theatre to the epic Under Siege, take…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMMaxine Peake is the latest actor to play Tennessee Williams’s troubled heroine. Take a look at the other stars who have depended on the kindness of strangers Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10AMFriday, September 9, 2016
The star of The Wire, The Affair and now Les Liaisons Dangereuses talked about McNulty’s fake English accent, Cynthia Nixon as a therapist, wearing a silver caped leotard and mountain clim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMDirector Sing J Lee and pop star Viktoria Modesta have dreamed up a bold sci-fi vision of Shakespeare’s comedy, imagining a clubland encounter between Titania and Bottom. This is the seven…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMTuesday, September 6, 2016
Germaine Greer appears on a Shakespeare-themed episode of the ABC’s Q&A program and responds to an audience member who asks about the relevance of the playwright’s work to modern Aus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMMaxine Peake returns to the Royal Exchange in Manchester this month as Blanche in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Sarah Frankcom. In this exclusive video, designe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49AMMonday, September 5, 2016
Sylvie Guillem will present her final dance programme at Sadler’s Wells, London, in 2015. Revisit her journey from Parisian ballerina to global dance sensationJudith Mackrell on Sylvie Gui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMTuesday, August 23, 2016
Masai Graham, the winner of the 2016 Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award, repeats his one-liner on Tuesday. Graham, a care-worker from West Bromwich, said the joke about a donor card …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AMFrom Hoovers to badgers, here are the quips voted funniest in Dave's competition at the festival1. "I've decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust." – Tim Vine2. "I've…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMMonday, August 22, 2016
From Cambridge Footlights in 1981 to Sam Simmons in 2015, explore the history of the Edinburgh comedy awards. Find out who won, who they beat and how the art of comedy changed each year. Whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AMSunday, August 21, 2016
On Friday night, the first 24-hour passenger night tubes started to run on London Underground. BBC Three were there to capture this historic moment on the world’s oldest underground metro …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AMFriday, August 19, 2016
Ronnie Ancona’s Gertrude serves up a bloody homecoming dinner down the Prince of Denmark pub in the seventh of the British Council films for Shakespeare Lives 2016, a global programme cele…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AMTuesday, August 16, 2016
Is it possible to train your cat to be vegan? Would he ever present Top Gear? And what’s his beef with Piers Morgan. The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star answered your questions live - …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52AMMonday, August 15, 2016
The comedy channel Dave asked the public to vote on the best gags to emerge from this year’s fringe festival, and here are the results Related: Top 10 jokes of the Edinburgh fringe festiva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMFriday, August 12, 2016
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn moves to the music at the end of a rally in Sunderland on Friday afternoon. Corbyn used the rally in the north-eastern city to announce the creation of a ‘bank …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMTuesday, August 9, 2016
The American photographer, who creates hyperreal tableaux of dancers at work, talks us through the images in her new book Lois Greenfield: Moving Still is published by Thames & Hudson (U…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58PMIn her series Hold Me Closer Tiny Dancer, photographer Emily Stein captures the staged romance and dashing outfits of children’s ballroom dancing competitions Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:28AMSunday, August 7, 2016
Hugh Quarshie stars as Othello, Joanna Vanderham is Desdemona, Lucian Msamati plays Iago and Ayesha Dharker appears as Emilia in this clip from Act III, scene 3 of Shakespeare’s tragedy. D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMMonday, August 1, 2016
JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter book series, speaks to the press at the opening gala of the new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Saturday. The play is billed as the eight…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AMFriday, July 29, 2016
Why is he so self-loathing? How does he style his hair? And what did his grandma think of Grandma’s House? Read the comedian’s answers to your questions now 2.44pm GMT Thanks very much t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AMThe Hollywood star, currently appearing in the play Bakersfield Mist in the West End, joined us live to talk about Ken Russell, King Lear and the joys of playing Chandler Bing's dad 2.09pm B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AMTuesday, July 26, 2016
The preview performances are over, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is starting its run on London’s West End. Peer behind the curtain with these photographs of the latest chapter in t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:37AMFriday, July 22, 2016
From Womad and The BFG to Billie Piper and Matt Smith treading the boards, it’s your cultural guide to the next 7 days Womad Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50AMWednesday, July 20, 2016
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWhy can some people remember jokes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AMTuesday, July 19, 2016
Join us at 7.30pm BST on Saturday 23 July to watch the final night of Mike Bartlett’s acclaimed play Wild, live from Hampstead theatre. Or watch the play on demand afterwardsMichael Billin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:16AMMonday, July 18, 2016
Anjana Vasan, who is starring in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe in London, performs a musical triptych inspired by the songs in As You Like It. This is the sixth film in the Britis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AMFriday, July 15, 2016
The bearded surrealist joined us to answer questions on everything from the odds of being torn apart by a badger to the best way to drink tea, via the refugee crisis and Bobby Crush 1.10pm G…
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