Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Writer, 71, who made her name with A Taste of Honey had cancer, agent saysThe playwright Shelagh Delaney, best known for her 1958 play A Taste of Honey, has died at the age of 71.Delaney's a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20PMThursday, April 7, 2016
Rare book containing 36 plays published in 1623 had been in library at Mount Stuart on Isle of Bute for more than 100 years A copy of Shakespeare’s first folio – a book containing 36 of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:45AMSaturday, February 20, 2016
Entertainer severs index finger, which surgeons reattach, but loses top of third finger in mishap whle building propsThe magician Paul Daniels has told how he accidentally sliced off a finge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMSunday, January 31, 2016
Star of The Three Musketeers, Othello and Bouquet of Barbed Wire died from heart failure at his home, surrounded by familyThe family of Frank Finlay has remembered him as a “damn fine acto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PMSaturday, November 21, 2015
Wolf Hall actor says playwright’s words are being delivered too slowly and should not be intellectually reveredWilliam Shakespeare’s language should not be intellectually revered and his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMSaturday, November 14, 2015
Actor known for starring in Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and in Health has died after long period of illness, says his family Actor Warren Mitchell, best known for starring as Alf G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMWednesday, October 28, 2015
Fans queued online for tickets but technical difficulties with system meant three-hour wait and transaction failureThe booking period for the play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has bee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07PMComedian known for duo act with Vic Reeves forced to cancel pair’s upcoming anniversary tour to recover from surgeryComedian Bob Mortimer has undergone a triple bypass heart operation.The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMFriday, October 2, 2015
Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad will head to Plymouth, Salford and London in the Downton Abbey creator’s musical adaptationJulian Fellowes’ musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows wil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:15AMThursday, August 20, 2015
Former Doctor Who actor slams ‘bland culture’ of white, middle-class males filling classical rolesActor Christopher Eccleston, known for his portrayal of Doctor Who, has criticised the l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26PMSunday, August 9, 2015
Actor says being filmed during his performance is ‘mortifying’ and warns that theatre will evict offenders Benedict Cumberbatch has urged fans not to film his performance as Hamlet, desc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AMTuesday, August 4, 2015
Actor to take on role which propelled Barbra Streisand to stardom in production at Menier Chocolate Factory, which opens in DecemberActor Sheridan Smith is to play Fanny Brice in a new reviv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:55AMThursday, June 11, 2015
Oscar-nominated star appeared in stage and screen versions of Lionel Bart’s Dickens adaptationThe actor Ron Moody, best known for playing Fagin in the hit film version of Lionel Bart’s O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMSaturday, June 6, 2015
British star of film, television and theatre was a founding member of Royal Shakespeare CompanyBritish actor Richard Johnson, who starred in film, theatre and television, has died at the age…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PMThursday, May 21, 2015
Jonathan Maitland, whose play has prompted a ‘tsunami of abuse’, says that he and the star Alistair McGowan are ‘telling a story that needs to be told’The writer of a play about the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMMonday, February 23, 2015
Star of Wolf Hall, who used to run Globe theatre, says he has had to cut ‘something very antisemitic’ from Shakespeare’s plays at timesThe actor Mark Rylance has said he has to cut out…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMMonday, February 16, 2015
Actor says series two of ITV crime drama was ‘inevitably’ going to be criticised by some Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:16AMSunday, February 1, 2015
Wife of actor says he will be fit and healthy soon, after he slumped during opening night of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights at Manchester Arena Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMSaturday, January 31, 2015
Collapse forces cancellation of Peter Kay’s show revival at the Manchester Arena, as audience members take to Twitter to express their shock Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMActor known for playing Agatha Christie character in ITV series died in London’s Charing Cross hospital, her family have said Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PMFriday, January 23, 2015
Actor to start performing in London in May after being praised for performance in NYC production on life of Joseph Merrick Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PMWednesday, January 21, 2015
Veteran actor treated on stage in front of the audience at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford before returning to finish his role in Shakespearean tragedyVeteran actor Brian Blessed collapsed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMWednesday, January 7, 2015
Kan Bonfils was set to appear in Craft Theatre production of Dante’s Inferno, due to open at The Rag Factory in east London Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMSunday, January 4, 2015
Cats composer and Tory peer says government is looking at ways to help churches become centre of community again Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMSaturday, January 3, 2015
About 1,200 people evacuated during matinee performance of West End musical after electrical equipment overheated Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMWednesday, December 17, 2014
Westminster council says safety must improve after accident at Apollo theatre in December 2013 left several people injured Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:53PMWednesday, December 10, 2014
Edinburgh Playhouse apologises for sending inappropriate DVDs instead of recordings of school performances Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMTuesday, November 4, 2014
Company will allow viewers to watch and download more than 50 productions on desktop computers, mobiles and tablets Everyday Shakespeare quiz match the popular expression to the play Contin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMMonday, October 27, 2014
Exhibition at former jail includes ballet costumes from the early 19th century and many items never seen outside Russia Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMFriday, September 12, 2014
Family announces that veteran actor with string of stage, screen and TV credits since the 1940s had been ill with cancer Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:41AMSaturday, April 26, 2014
West End show written by comedian Harry Hill and staged at London Palladium to close on 10 MaySpoof X Factor musical I Can't Sing! is to close on 10 May, just six weeks and three days after …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PM 
