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Monday, April 27, 2015

Kate Tempest album cover added to National Portrait Gallery collection by Guardian Staff

Dav Stewart’s photograph for Tempest’s album Everybody Down will go on display in the exhibition Picture the PoetA 2013 photograph of a pensive Kate Tempest is the latest album cover ima…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AM

Kiss me deadly: Chiwetel Ejiofor in Everyman at the National Theatre – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Exclusive: Take a first look at Carol Ann Duffy’s version of Everyman, directed by Rufus Norris, in which Chiwetel Ejiofor comes face to face with Death Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:58AM
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Pina Bausch's Ahnen: Tanztheater Wuppertal's weird world – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Almost 30 years after it was created, Pina Bausch’s Ahnen is being performed in the UK for the first time. Take a look at the choreographer’s ‘completely crazy’ cactus-filled show Co…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PM

Hollywood stars in the West End: hits and misses – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Gwyneth Paltrow? Hit! Daryl Hannah? Miss! As Nicole Kidman prepares to return to the West End, see how other Hollywood actors have fared on the London stage Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AM

Shakespeare's Globe goes around the world with Hamlet – in pictures by Guardian Staff

After 80,000 miles, 96 countries and more than 150 shows, the two-year worldwide tour of Hamlet has reached its halfway point in Spain – on Shakespeare’s birthday. Here’s a taste of so…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Ralph Fiennes: what drama and sport have in common – video by Guardian Staff

Actors and sportspeople share the same sort of approach, says Ralph Fiennes as he explores the best Shakespeare plays for schools.This is a clip from Muse of Fire, a resource of interviews o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AM
Thursday, April 16, 2015

What BAC means to us: Arthur Smith, Emma Rice, Stewart Lee and others by Guardian Staff

A month after the fire at Battersea Arts Centre, a fundraising night brings together many of those whose careers were nurtured there. Here, they remember pivotal performances at the iconic s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AM
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Jake Gyllenhaal to star in Little Shop of Horrors stage production by Guardian Staff

Actor to make his musical debut in New York City in July playing a nerdy florist after proving a critical hit on Broadway in Constellations Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM

Alice's Adventures Underground at the Vaults – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Lewis Carroll’s novel turns 150 this year and Alice productions are popping up everywhere. The theatre company Les Enfants Terribles are inviting audiences down the rabbit hole by staging …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07AM
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Revolting roles: The Twits, Matilda and Roald Dahl's stage hits – in pictures by Guardian Staff

‘Mischievously adapted’ by Enda Walsh, The Twits at the Royal Court is the latest of Dahl’s tales to be turned into a drama. From a witchy Ruby Wax to Alex Jennings’ wonderful Wonka,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Olivier awards 2015: all the winners – in pictures by Guardian Staff

From the Young Vic’s View from the Bridge to the hit Kinks show Sunny Afternoon and the Carole King musical, take a look at all the victorious productions at this year’s OliviersThe Oliv…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:28PM

Olivier awards 2015 – list of winners by Guardian Staff

Keep track of the winners at this year’s Olivier awards – as they are announcedThe Oliviers red carpet – in pictures Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM

The Olivier awards 2015 red carpet – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Nicole! Gillian! Angela! The stars arrive at the Royal Opera House in London for the 2015 Olivier awardsAll the winners – as they are announcedPoll: Olivier awards – your favourites Cont…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:34PM

Poll: Olivier awards 2015 – your favourites by Guardian Staff

The winners have already been decided but who would get your vote in these seven categories?• Olivier awards 2015: full list of nominees Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AM
Friday, April 10, 2015

American Buffalo stances: see Damian Lewis and John Goodman rehearse the David Mamet classic by Guardian Staff

Damian Lewis returns to the West End this April with a production of American Buffalo, the blue-collar modern classic from David Mamet. Here he is in rehearsal alongside co-stars John Goodma…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
Friday, April 3, 2015

Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day musical confirmed for 2017 by Guardian Staff

Stage show based on the Bill Murray comedy will hit Broadway, created by the team behind MatildaYou may feel you’ve read this news before but no, you’re not stuck in a time loop like the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31AM
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Golem: watch an exclusive clip from 1927's jaw-dropping show – video by Guardian Staff

For their exuberantly inventive show Golem, the theatre company 1927 took the folk story of the clay man who comes to life and turned it into a play about the dangers of today's digital worl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:34AM
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Maria Aberg on Shakespeare: 'Realism is always going to trip us up' – video by Guardian Staff

The director Maria Aberg, whose RSC productions include King John and As You Like It, explains why we must stop thinking naturalistically about casting Shakespeare's plays.This is a clip fro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:50AM

Barbershop duets: Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel's Sweeney Todd – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Tooting Arts Club are already presenting a pop-up pie-shop version of Sondheim’s gory masterpiece in Shaftesbury Avenue. Now another Sweeney is in town: English National Opera presents Emm…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Monday, March 30, 2015

The price of the American dream: Death of a Salesman – in pictures by Guardian Staff

As Antony Sher takes on the role of Willy Loman in the RSC’s revival, co-starring Harriet Walter, revisit the history of Arthur Miller’s classic play Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:50AM
Thursday, March 26, 2015

From sketch to stitch: costumes for the RSC's The Jew of Malta – in pictures by Guardian Staff

See designer Lily Arnold’s outfits – on page and stage – for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Justin Audibert Contin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AM
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Shakespeare's fighting talk: which characters are ready to rumble? – quiz by Guardian Staff

How well do you know the brawls and battles in Shakespeare's plays? All of these lines are spoken before fights – match the words to the characters who speak them Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AM
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Melbourne comedy festival: 10 top tips from Celia Pacquola and Sam Simmons by Guardian Staff

Want to catch the comedians’ comedians at Melbourne international comedy festival? Two of Australia’s finest each choose the five funniest shows to see Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42PM
Monday, March 23, 2015

Israeli magician floats above Tel Aviv street – video by Guardian Staff

An Israeli magician stuns shoppers in Tel Aviv by appearing to float above a street, with just his hand touching the wall. Puzzled onlookers tried to work out how Hezi Dean was managing to l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:30AM
Monday, March 16, 2015

Birmingham Royal Ballet's Serenade and Carmina Burana – in pictures by Guardian Staff

To mark their 25th anniversary, Birmingham Royal Ballet are staging Balanchine’s classic Serenade alongside BRB director David Bintley’s own Carmina Burana at the Coliseum Continue readi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM
Thursday, March 12, 2015

'Would audiences walk out?': trailblazing British black and Asian Shakespeare – in pictures by Guardian Staff

A new exhibition profiles landmark colour-blind and multicultural productions of Shakespeare starring actors including Paul Robeson, Josette Simon and Willard White. To Tell My Story, celebr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

English National Ballet's Modern Masters – in pictures by Guardian Staff

ENB’s triple bill at Sadler’s Wells has violence and eroticism, bolshie attitude and virtuosity, says Judith Mackrell in a four-star review. Take a closer look Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM
Monday, March 9, 2015

Maxine Peake performs 'To be, or not to be?' in Hamlet – video by Guardian Staff

Her 'delicately ferocious' Prince of Denmark was a sensation at Manchester's Royal Exchange in 2014. If you missed Maxine Peake's performance, fear not: a film of Sarah Frankcom's production…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26AM

Chris Bryant webchat – live now by Guardian Staff

With the general election looming, post your questions for the shadow culture minister about Labour’s plans for the arts 1.31pm GMT kzznzz asks: Arts funding in Northern Ireland has now fa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM