Saturday, October 14, 2017
As a schoolboy, Harold Pinter took on bullies and fought with fascists. Later, as a playwright, he took on the entire critical establishment. Henry Woolf, who is appearing in a revival of Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54PMTuesday, October 10, 2017
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome … as Cabaret returns to Broadway, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming, take a look at past productions with Liza Minnelli,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSaturday, September 23, 2017
Watch a scene from Richard Eyre's revival of Ibsen's Ghosts for the Almeida theatre which won Oliviers for best actress (Lesley Manville) and best actor in a supporting role (Jack Lowden). A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMWednesday, September 6, 2017
A lapdancing club in upstate New York is arguing that it should be tax-exempt because its performances are 'art'. Has it got a point?On Wednesday, the classily named strip club Nite Moves in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMWednesday, August 16, 2017
Lucy Porter caused a break-up. Romesh Ranganathan did a diabetes panel show. And Clive Anderson was attacked with scissors. Comics relive their worst moments on stageA guy in the crowd had b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMMonday, July 31, 2017
Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author, whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PMTuesday, July 25, 2017
On its UK debut in 1958, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was regarded as so racy that the censors denied it a public licence. Since then, it has gained a reputation as Tennessee Williams's best play �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMMonday, July 24, 2017
As Frank Skinner reveals he will appear in the latest Doctor Who series, take a look at these other standup,
sketch and sitcom comedians – from John Cleese to Catherine Tate – who have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, July 19, 2017
The Pulitzer prize-winning writer of Angels in America will focus next on the years before the 2016 election and ‘how a country commits political suicide’ Pulitzer prize-winning playwrig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMSaturday, July 8, 2017
As Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita gets ready to return to the West End stage, we take a look at productions through the years Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12PMMove comes after outspoken director was questioned in a high-profile criminal investigation that supporters claim is politically motivatedRussia’s Bolshoi theatre has announced the cancell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMWednesday, July 5, 2017
The playwright, who died last year, made provisions in his will to ensure any remaining manuscripts were never published. But, as with Nabokov and Kafka, will his dying wishes be ignored?Nam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMMonday, June 19, 2017
“When you throw the doors open and anyone can just rock up … how is that fair?” In a West Midlands incident room, Priti reports a violent attack Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM“52% of the country can’t all be scum” … In Wigan, Reece hopes to introduce his girlfriend to his leave-voting dad Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM“We know what it means to be divided.” A mother reflects on Brexit’s consequences for Northern Ireland Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM“You made me a refugee where I was born …” In Glasgow, Chummy explains how England has turned Scots into survivors Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM“I thought we’d be less angry. But we’re not.” In Winchester, Eleanor wonders why voting leave hasn’t made her happier Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMFriday, June 16, 2017
A year after the EU referendum result revealed a deeply divided nation, the Guardian and Headlong theatre company present Brexit Shorts. This major new series of online dramas stars Kristin …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMMonday, June 12, 2017
Bette Midler wins the 2017 Tony award for best actress in a revival of a musical before delivering a long and rambling acceptance speech, shouting ‘Shut that crap off!’ when organisers a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMKevin Spacey appears as his House of Cards character President Francis Underwood at the 2017 Tony awards on Sunday, poking fun at a rambling Bette Midler acceptance speech, before impersonat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04AMFriday, June 9, 2017
As his new show The Wind in the Willows opens in London, the Oscar winner and Downton Abbey creator will join us for a webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 13 June 1.00pm BST Julian Fellowes will…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMThursday, June 8, 2017
Northern Broadsides’ ‘dark, austere and genuinely disturbing’ production of Richard III is staged in Hull this month as the company celebrates its 25th birthday. Its founder and artist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMSaturday, June 3, 2017
The Old Vic is saved from closureA generous donor has made through The Observer the gift that was necessary unless the Old Vic was to be forced to close its doors. It is an honourable exampl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMAhead of this week's British Comedy Awards, the Observer has decided to find out who really makes us laugh. With the help of a panel of expert judges, we present the 50 funniest people in Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12AMMonday, May 29, 2017
The intimate Octagon theatre in Bolton has launched its 50th anniversary season. Take a look at some of its landmark productions from local playwrights Bill Naughton and Jim Cartwright and s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMFriday, May 26, 2017
This year’s Manchester international festival features a new gig-theatre show exploring how the US civil war created a cotton famine which caused catastrophe for Lancashire’s mills. It�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AMThe Star Wars actor is now on stage in Woyzeck, and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 30 May – post them in the comments below 5.31pm BST John Boyega ins…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMFriday, May 19, 2017
A planned Oregon performance of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was halted after the playwright’s estate refused to allow a black actor to play the role of NickA production of Who’s Af…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMWednesday, May 17, 2017
The biblical sorceress dances across two of Britain’s stages this summer, in shows at the National and the RSC. Explore past versions of the story, from Marisa Tomei and Zawe Ashton’s pe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsHow did people eat the oranges tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMMonday, May 8, 2017
A group of Australian actors, dancers, writers and comedians – including Charlotte Wood, Zoe Coombs Marr and Marieke Hardy as well as Pomeranz and Roxburgh – have joined a video campaign…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AM 
