Sunday, December 15, 2019
Songs by the Broadway composer and lyricist are popping up in films and TV shows from Joker to Marriage StoryHe is an 89-year old reclusive New Yorker who has been working on his new show fo…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:54AMSunday, September 1, 2019
The Divide, which is set in a dystopian future England, has been adapted from a six-hour, two-part playAt 80, after writing 83 plays and earning seven Evening Standard theatre awards, two Ol…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:36AMSaturday, August 24, 2019
After hours of watching standup and endless meetings fuelled by bad coffee, five themes emerged from this year’s fringe
I was asked to be a judge on this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, …
Linked From The Guardian at 11:36PMSaturday, September 29, 2018
Old Vic theatre trained staff to ‘act as an outlet’ for concerns around sexual harassment and bullyingA pioneering workplace scheme set up in the wake of the Kevin Spacey scandal at the …
Linked From The Guardian at 04:18PMTuesday, July 3, 2018
Actor leaps off stage to confront theatregoer for talking during his West End performanceRichard Griffiths, Patrick Stewart and Ken Stott may have taken umbrage at disruptive theatregoers, b…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:12AMWednesday, April 11, 2018
Artistic director Indhu Rubasingham explains how, after its £7m facelift, the theatre will give a platform to ‘stories we don’t hear’In the six years since Indhu Rubasingham was appoi…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:23AMFriday, November 10, 2017
The actor nearly turned down the starring role in the BBC’s primetime drama because it felt too close to his own roots. So why did he change his mind?Sacha Dhawan is exaggerating, I think,…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:18PMThursday, October 19, 2017
In the latest instalment of our series on up-and-coming comics, get the lowdown on a man who mixes up the banal and the bizarreThe story so far: For someone professing to be a lazy slacker w…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:12AMTuesday, October 17, 2017
The importance of playing the prince isn’t just overstated, it’s boring. Which is why we should welcome a break from the usual narrow castingTo be or not to be? It’s not so much the qu…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:54PMFriday, August 4, 2017
He's been called offensive, dated, lazy and misogynistic. Is Paul Chowdhry – Britain's first Asian standup superstar – bothered? Nosheen Iqbal finds outStanding in a Soho alleyway to be …
Linked From The Guardian at 03:18PMWednesday, July 19, 2017
Comedian’s use of the P-word was designed to show how attitudes have changed – but standups pushing boundaries don’t have the right to be offensiveDaniel Kitson called me a Paki last w…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:06PMWednesday, October 19, 2016
The writer has reimagined The Cherry Orchard as The Hotel Cerise, replacing Russian aristocrats with African Americans. She talks about fleeing gentrification, how millennials are going to s…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:54AMSaturday, September 17, 2016
'Which artists do I admire? Good ones. Would I like to give any examples? Nope – they know who they are'What got you started?I failed in all other branches of writing by the time I was in …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:08AMThursday, July 7, 2016
She’s a 6ft ball of energy who slogged away on the comedy circuit for 25 years before landing Saturday Night Live and then Ghostbusters. She talks about wanting to be the new Eddie Murphy …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:40AMWednesday, June 29, 2016
Armed with a guitar, a couple of stools and Ryvita-dry anecdotes, this toe-tapping twosome have got a colourful futureThe story so far: "Hi, we're Ginger and Black. Because I'm ginger and ..…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:25PMSaturday, January 23, 2016
He's been called offensive, dated, lazy and misogynistic. Is Paul Chowdhry – Britain's first Asian standup superstar – bothered? Nosheen Iqbal finds outStanding in a Soho alleyway to be …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:44PMSunday, October 25, 2015
The Goodness Gracious Me actor and comedian has starred in hit TV shows and films, and written a book worthy of GCSE study. So why doesn’t she know where her next job is coming from? There…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:21PMFriday, October 16, 2015
Having considered The Credit Crunch and Other Biscuits at Edinburgh last year, this manic standup is contemplating Death By a Thousand Pricks at this summer's festivalThe story so far: Dan A…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:16PMThursday, October 8, 2015
Meet the bubblegum standup who swapped contemporary art for a career in comedy – and won Frank Skinner as a fanThe story so far: Sometime gallerist and kids' telly presenter Holly Walsh co…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:07PMMonday, May 25, 2015
How long should you look at a painting for? Where are the best seats for ballet? Big names from the arts world, including Charlotte Rampling and Richard Eyre, share their tips
Linked From The Guardian at 05:58PMFriday, December 27, 2013
Hemingway and Priestley adaptations, film scores and New Year's Eve party playlists all make for a welcome interlude between Christmas and New Year festivitiesIf you've spent Christmas the t…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, September 6, 2013
This return to the angry young men of British drama's new wave pulled out all the stops• Beyond the kitchen sinkWhy can't all radio documentaries be as classy as the ones put out by Archiv…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, August 30, 2013
Tom Stoppard's weird, trippy reworking of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was way out there on bank holiday Radio 2• Darkside• DreamPost-watershed, bank holiday Radio 2 isn't the firs…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:00AMWednesday, August 14, 2013
With few other skills other than building Lego, the comedian is a pushover for extra gigs. Besides, this is a city that values kebabsHi Nish, where are you? I'm standing outside my Edinburgh…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:34PMTuesday, August 13, 2013
The comic and writer may have ended up in A&E four years running, but she'd never go anywhere but Edinburgh in AugustHi Nat, where are you? In a cafe where they now know me by sight. I …
Linked From The Guardian at 02:20PMMonday, August 12, 2013
Comedian Tom Wrigglesworth's emotionally intense show makes his audiences blub – but it's tap-dance dubstep that really sets him offHi Tom, how are you and what can you see? I've got …
Linked From The Guardian at 02:00PMThe comedian tells us about keeping it rural in the middle of the festival, and failing to recognise her own agentHi Zoe, how are you and what can you see? I'm well, I'm stood outside the Pl…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, August 9, 2013
The impressionist talks about his typical festival experience, and explains why it is like Wimbledon for performersSo, Edinburgh … are you there yet?I go up the final week. Somebody once s…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:12AMTuesday, August 6, 2013
The radio host talks about great pubs, rubbish ghost tours, missing all the cool parties and getting a flyer for his own showHi Christian, what's the vibe like in Edinburgh right now?Crazy b…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:00PMMonday, August 5, 2013
The comic talks pickled eggs and the joys of parenting as her new show, A Bic for Her, kicks off at the Edinburgh festivalHi Bridget, how are you coping? I'm good. I'm not nearly as stressed…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:34PMAs he prepares to host Amnesty's Secret Comedy Podcast from this year's Fringe, the comic recalls the intoxication of his past Edinburgh festival experiencesHiya, Julian, how are you? I'm ve…
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