Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Non-binary star Cole Escola won the award for best leading actor in a play at last weekend’s Tony Awards. It’s a worthy and commendable win – but one that only intensifies long-standin…
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 07:12AMSunday, May 11, 2025
‘Here We Are’, now running at the National Theatre, is the musical theatre titan’s final, posthumous work. But when it comes to Sondheim, this couldn’t be further from the end, write…
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 01:32AMMonday, February 10, 2025
The ‘Mad Men’ actor speaks to Louis Chilton about his new production of ‘Hamlet’ at the RSC, reinventing himself in the US, and the ‘extreme’ response to his theatrical comeback
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:24AMSaturday, January 4, 2025
From brand new TV series to art exhibitions, theatre performances and Oscar-worthy films, our culture team have you covered for entertainment this month
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:02AMTuesday, December 10, 2024
Patrick Marber’s new production of Mel Brooks’s timeless musical satire gets a consummately crowd-pleasing revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06PMWednesday, May 8, 2024
Hayao Miyazaki’s inimitable animation is brought to the stage in a crowd-pleasing, visually ambitious reimagining
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:24PMWednesday, May 1, 2024
Emma Rice’s RSC production can’t quite get a handle on Kureishi’s big, brash 1990 debut novel about a mixed-race bisexual teenager, but it approaches the book with a colourful, playful…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:06AMTuesday, October 24, 2023
Script is being written by Olivier-winning playwright Conor McPherson
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:25AMFriday, July 21, 2023
Actor played the role of Lauren in the popular West End thriller
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:13AMFriday, July 14, 2023
Screen Actors Guild announced industrial action to coincide with writers’ strike
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:37AMWednesday, June 14, 2023
Filmed version of the musical was met with damning reviews last year
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:19AMThursday, May 25, 2023
‘Proud Mary’ singer died at her home at the age of 83
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:18AMMonday, April 3, 2023
‘Normal People’ star took home one of the night’s biggest prizes
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:18AMSunday, March 19, 2023
‘My place is with him and the family,’ said the composer
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:35AMTuesday, February 28, 2023
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Show will have run for 11,472 performances
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:48PMSunday, November 13, 2022
The Star Trek actor talks to Louis Chilton about the ‘provocateur’ Ryan Murphy, how TV has damaged debate, and why he thinks democracy may not survive
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:54AMMonday, March 21, 2022
‘Zoolander’ star would take on the role made famous by Jack Nicholson
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:18PMThursday, January 20, 2022
RSC artistic director Erica Whyman said she was ‘saddened but not surprised’ by the comments received from a ‘minority’ of people
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:48AMSunday, November 14, 2021
The Broadway star and composer has been in high demand since the success of his 2015 musical sensation ‘Hamilton’. As Miranda makes his directorial film debut with ‘Tick, Tick... Boom!…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:06AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
‘We’ve done a lot of spreadsheets and we’ve done a lot of sprinting between theatres,’ said artistic director Robert Hastie
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:54AMSunday, October 10, 2021
Identity of the 37-year-old victim has not been disclosed
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:32AMMonday, July 19, 2021
‘Freedom day has turned into closure day’
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:03PMMonday, March 1, 2021
‘We’ll just open and if they arrest us all, well, fine,’ composer reportedly told cast members
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:54AMTuesday, February 16, 2021
Actor was set to reprise her role from the beloved 1992 comedy film on stage
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:33AMTuesday, December 15, 2020
Characters include John Prescott, Princess Diana and Osama bin Laden
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:06AMMonday, December 7, 2020
‘The worry is simply people not being able to pay their rent,’ said the Oscar-winning actor
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:03AMThursday, November 26, 2020
Scheme is in partnership with the National Youth Theatre
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:36PMWednesday, November 25, 2020
‘All young people’s experience of Shakespeare should be live theatre,’ Mirren said
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:54AM 
