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Monday, August 10, 2015

Jonathan Ollivier performing in Swan Lake – archive video by Guardian Staff

Jonathan Ollivier performs in Swan Lake on ANT1 TV, with Sam Archer, while on tour in Greece in 2010. Ollivier was killed in a motorbike accident on Sunday in Farringdon while en route to Lo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AM
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch urges fans not to take photos or video during Hamlet performances – video by Guardian Staff

The actor, who is playing Hamlet at the Barbican in London, addresses fans outside the venue after Saturday’s performance. He urges audience members not to take videos or pictures during t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25PM

Nish Kumar: could this be the year for the shockingly inoffensive standup? by Guardian Staff

He isn’t bold. He isn’t confrontational. And he once read out survey data on stage. But Nish Kumar is the hot ticket at this year’s Edinburgh festival fringeNish Kumar’s mum recently…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AM

Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet - in pictures by Guardian Staff

The first pictures of the eagerly anticipated production of Hamlet have been released. Take a look at some of the stars of the production directed by Lyndsey Turner and designed by Es Devlin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Stand-out comedians: Edinburgh festival's game-changers by Guardian Staff

Acts on the fringe can change our definition of comedy and show us the funny where we least expected it. These performers rewrote the rulebookWhat does a truly innovative Edinburgh fringe sh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Cumberbatch fans queue overnight for Hamlet tickets – video by Guardian Staff

Fans of Benedict Cumberbatch – and, perhaps, Shakespeare – queue outside London’s Barbican theatre for a chance to see Hamlet. Some slept overnight to get a ticket for the opening nigh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AM
Friday, July 31, 2015

Bridget Christie webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The feminist comedian is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat at 1pm BST on Monday 3 August – post them in the comments below 9.56am BST In a world where women in comedy a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:08AM
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Sea Shepherd releases confronting anti-whaling statement – video by Guardian Staff

Marine conservation group Sea Shepherd has released an anti-whaling video starring actor David Field. He plays a man who is shot in the back by a harpoon before being dragged to his death. S…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42AM
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Tell me another… comedy gems that inspired today’s standup stars by Guardian Staff

With a host of comedic talent set to appear at the Edinburgh festival fringe early next month, we asked some top names to identify the joke or moment that first tickled their funny bone…It…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AM
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Cockatoos and card sharks: standups snapped by Steve Ullathorne by Guardian Staff

From a Cobain-esque Tim Minchin to a paint-splattered Bec Hill, Steve Ullathorne’s portraits of standup comedians are as irreverent as they are intimate. They go on display at the Gilded B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AM
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Julian Clary webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The comedian has just written his first children’s book, and is joining us to answer your questions from 1pm BST onwards on Thursday 23 July – post them in the comments below 4.14pm BST …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AM
Monday, July 20, 2015

Plan your week's theatre: top tickets by Guardian Staff

Patrick Marber reimagines Turgenev at the NT, 247 festival starts in Manchester, there’s Happy Days for Beckett in Enniskillen and Ben Whishaw is at the AlmeidaIt’s one night only at Soh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:09AM
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Michael Palin on his diaries: 'I look back and see a confused man' by Guardian Staff

The comedian on how Monty Python baffled America, why he can’t function without worrying – and his struggle to say something no one else will say Your new show looks at three decades’ …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AM
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Watch Sleepwalk Collective's B-movie mash-up at Flare festival in Manchester by Guardian Staff

Join us from 8.40pm BST on Monday 13 July for a live-stream of the performance As the Flames Rose We Danced to the Sirens, the SirensThe Flare international festival of new theatre 2015 star…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AM

Broadway theater-goer jumps on stage to charge phone - video by Guardian Staff

An audience member at a Broadway play in New York is filmed climbing on stage to try and charge his phone – at a fake outlet. The footage, shot minutes before the start of Hand to God on 2…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:34AM
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man: return to Temple Studios – in pictures by Guardian Staff

In the summer of 2013 the theatre company Punchdrunk transformed an old Paddington sorting office into a labyrinthine film studio full of intrigue and intimate moments. Now, a year after The…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:34AM
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Last tango in Buenos Aires: dancers block street as government decides to close dance halls - video by Guardian Staff

Dozens of tango dancers block one of Buenos Aires' main avenues on Friday in protest against the government's decision to close 'milongas' or tango bars, for failing to meet certain requirem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM
Friday, July 3, 2015

Liam Williams webchat at MIF – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

Live from Manchester international festival, outsider comedian Liam Williams will be answering your questions on Monday 6 July from 2.15pm BST onwards – post them in the comments below 3.1…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM

Stephen Merchant webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The star of The Office and new play The Mentalists is joining us to answer your questions at 1pm BST on Tuesday 7 July – post them in the comments below 12.18pm BST Stephen Merchant is one…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Curiouser and curiouser: Damon Albarn's wonder.land – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Manchester international festival opens today with the first performance of wonder.land, with music by Damon Albarn and book and lyrics by Moira Buffini, directed by Rufus Norris. Take a clo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13PM
Monday, June 29, 2015

'Her work haunts me': Caryl Churchill by those that have worked with her by Guardian Staff

Stephen Daldry, Max Stafford-Clark, Lyndsey Turner and more on the challenges and triumphs that come with staging Churchill’s workCaryl Churchill: the playwright’s finest hours Continue …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PM
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Forced Entertainment do Shakespeare: watch the live-stream by Guardian Staff

Join us from 5pm BST on Sunday 28 June to watch four retellings of Shakespeare’s plays by the celebrated experimental theatre group Forced Entertainment. Each of the plays will be performe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46AM
Friday, June 26, 2015

Damon Albarn's wonder.land: watch an exclusive trailer for the new musical based on Lewis Carroll story by Guardian Staff

wonder.land is a new musical inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It has music by Damon Albarn, lyrics by Moira Buffini and is directed by National Theatre's Rufus Norris. In the show, Lewis Car…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Sailors and sunrise: Choreographics by English National Ballet – in pictures by Guardian Staff

From Memory of What Could Have Been by Renato Paroni de Castro to Babel by Joshua Legge, take a closer look at the six works in Choreographics, staged by ENB at the Lilian Baylis Studio last…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AM
Friday, June 19, 2015

Maxine Peake reads from The Skriker: 'Nobody loves me and the sun's going to kill me' by Guardian Staff

Watch an exclusive trailer for Caryl Churchill's The Skriker, made by the animator Alice Dunseath. Churchill's apocalyptic 1994 play about the eponymous shape-shifter is being revived by dir…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:47AM

Michael Morpurgo complains about film extras: from the archive, 19 June 1962 by Guardian Staff

School captain Michael Morpurgo is not happy about the way his pupils are portrayed and Harold Pinter’s latest play The Collection is reviewedFilming of “The Lonely Stage” in the preci…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:50AM
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Suddenly Last Summer review – shock tactics from Tennessee Williams by Guardian Staff

Theatre by the Lake, KeswickThe American playwright’s horrifying one-act drama produces genuine palpitations and is presented alongside the rediscovered Mister ParadiseFirst produced off B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AM
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

On View: choreographer Sue Healey returns with Live Portraits – video by Guardian Staff

Renowned Australian choreographer Sue Healey brings her show On View: Live Portraits to Sydney after being part of Melbourne's Dance Massive festival. The show blends live performance with r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55AM
Monday, June 15, 2015

'The staff are like gin-pouring ninjas': standups pick the best comedy clubs by Guardian Staff

Comedians including Stephen K Amos, Rachel Parris and Phil Wang choose the venues with the mightiest MCs and perkiest punters (one heckling dog included)Keith Farnan: The first comedy club t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AM
Friday, June 12, 2015

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The madcap comedy duo are taking their creations on tour – and will join us for a live webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 16 June. Post your questions in the comments below 3.18pm BST Vic Ree…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AM

Alistair McGowan in An Audience with Jimmy Savile – what the critics said by Guardian Staff

‘Responsibly shocking’ and ‘merely depressing’ are among the verdicts for Jonathan Maitland’s controversial play about Jimmy SavileThe reviews are in for An Audience with Jimmy Sav…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AM