I clearly remembered putting it in my wallet back on the balcony of the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph thought of Penney at the theatre and he spat the old man’s words back at his uncle: “Stories aren’t the same as facts!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And Tar licking Marcus’s face on the beach, and Billy burying his brother, and the theatre in London, and the painting of the angel on the ceiling, and the generations that followed . The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He had left the theatre and not returned, and there was little more than an hour until performance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hybrid keening-singing- declaiming style Stravinsky adopted was like no sound ever before heard in a concert hall or theatre. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Joseph and Frankie were soaking wet by the time they got to the theatre. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He loved to draw and grew obsessed with the angel on the ceiling of the theatre. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

So it made perfect sense for a theatre family to start on board a ship. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Welles’s exceptional voice also won him roles on radio dramas—work that paid much better than those in the theatre. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

A number of the crowd turned down the lane that led to what I assumed was the theatre, but Falconer kept on straight ahead. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Frankie’s arm and ran as fast as he could through the theatre. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even though Abraham Lincoln had been shot in a theatre sixteen years before, no bodyguards or law enforcement officers accompanied Garfield when he left the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

What if, in spite of everything, he still felt some loyalty to his theatre family and, learning of my association with Falconer, he had come to expose me? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I noticed then that the rhododendrons, not content with forming their theatre on the little lawn outside the window, had been permitted to the room itself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Heminges offered her a position gathering money at one of the theatre entrances. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a day lost in a nightmare, the car takes me away from the movie theatre, the drugstore and the motel that grinds up girls into bite-sized pieces. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I had never imagined the theatre would lie across the river. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was midnight when they arrived at the theatre. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He moved through the pictures faster and faster as he came to the burning theatre, and the flames, the terrible flames, that filled the paper completely. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“And since the men who built the early theatres were mostly sailors who had returned from the sea,” continued the voice on the tape, “Billy felt right at home.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Though some of the players had seen him up and about and looking well enough, save for a bandage on his throat, he did not return to the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing else about the fire in the theatre, or Leo, or whether he lived or died. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Wagner's theatre was an early attempt at what we would associate with the cinema, rather than the theatre, experience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Content and achievement standards for dance, music, theatre, and visual arts; grades K-12. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Drawing on his business, writing, and directing experience, Houseman became a skillful theatre producer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had gone into the theatre fearful of being discovered and punished for writing down the play. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lied about his age and landed a part with a Dublin theatre group. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finally there was a distant, muffled thump—the rear door of the theatre being closed and locked. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A large portrait of a woman posing beneath curtains in a theatre hung above a white fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But nowhere was the rout of classical music’s previous position of dominance more clearly seen than in musical theatre. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t just any dog. It was Tar who first brought Billy to the theatre.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some were staring at the roof of the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was tuck it under my arm and turn and walk out of the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His parents sent him to school in England, where he excelled academically and developed an interest in theatre and writing. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Again at eight o'clock, when the dark lanes of the Forties were five deep with throbbing taxi cabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Is Lexie still doing theatre?” she asked, and for the rest of the meal they made superficial chitchat about the common denominators of their life: children, traffic, the weather. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I turned back to the drama being played out atop the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The two men made their way several blocks to the Mercury’s theatre. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The hinges protested feebly and I halted, fearing someone might still be in the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I stuck close to the theatre and, in my free horns, to Mr. Pope's. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

What’s more, he wrote the libretto as well as the music, and drew up the specifications of the purpose- built theatre at Bayreuth in which it was to be performed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I ducked under the railing and was about to leap when a cry rang through the theatre that stopped every one of us dead in his tracks. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m afraid in 1766 there was no theatre here at all, only a cobblestoned street overrun with pigs and bales of hay. We weren’t built for another fifty-five years!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“To the theatre! Maybe we can find out what’s going on! There has to be a connection between the theatre and your uncle and the Marvels, right? And maybe with Marcus, too.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Years later, Welles acknowledged that Houseman made possible the staging of the Mercury’s theatre productions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Did you enjoy the ride back from the theatre?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Above the entrance was a carving depicting Atlas with a globe of the world atop his shoulders—hence the theatre's name, the Globe. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I've never wanted anything but to be a player, ever since the day I crept into the theatre at Blackfriars and watched The Lady of May through the crack of the door." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Houseman’s skill in writing short stories and theatre scripts, he had no experience with radio. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Simon Bass had informed me that, because many considered the world of the theatre immoral, women were forbidden by law to act upon the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the family moved to Chicago when Welles was three, she exposed him to the city’s finest music, art, and theatre. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Barrel organists and other itinerant musicians would hang around the theatres, learn the tunes and make a living busking them in the street the next day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Miss Parrish, known to friends as Cassie, was a popular athlete and member of the theatre club at Amoskeag High. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

And I’ve had the hellish experience of sitting next to you at the theatre. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Seated in a theatre with her beside him leaning forward listening to the music. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

To stage the Ring, Wagner had his own theatre erected at Bayreuth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But of course Falconer had no way of knowing where I was, and I didn't think he would haunt the vicinity of the theatre; for some reason he had seemed reluctant to show himself there. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The reviews were generally positive, and a theatre critic called one production “an exciting excursion into stagecraft.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Give a boy a few lines to say, and he thinks he owns the theatre." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. You were listening carefully. That’s why words common in the theatre now, like ‘crew,’ ‘deck,’ and ‘rigging,’ all come from the sea. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was an old theatre programme, creased and torn around the edges. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We have some questions about the theatre. Can you help us?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The show had already begun, and the grand front doors of the theatre were locked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the theatre, Booth had expected to also kill Union general Ulysses Grant. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now and then they glanced back up to the projector’s room high in the rear of the theatre. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s at the theatre. He doesn’t come back till late.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I heard the footsteps climb the stairs, I stole across the room and out the door, and thence out of the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And by the time Joseph came to the end, he could feel the terrible heat pressing against Leo’s skin, and he could hear the burning theatre as it cracked and fell around him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had just finished strapping on my blood bag and rapier and dressing myself and was about to step from the tiring-room, when the rear door of the theatre opened and Nick stepped inside. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were papered with hundreds of broadsides and ballad-sheets, plus playbills for half a dozen theatres. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The following day, Sunday, the theatre was closed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

One read Welles’s lines, because Orson was at a theatre several blocks away directing rehearsals for the latest Mercury play, Danton’s Death. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Within two months, the partners raised enough money to form their own Broadway theatre company. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Some time ago there was an army theatre in these parts. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill mirrored her gesture as they approached Good News Coffee, the town square with the gazebo, and Forrestville’s abandoned 1920s-era downtown theatre. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His tunes were firmly rooted in an easy-to-grasp, enchanting-to-sing Italian vocal style, so that ordinary folk really could leave the theatre humming. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Consequently, from the very advent of agriculture, worries about the future became major players in the theatre of the human mind. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds just like the angel Leo drew, the one on the ceiling of the theatre!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In eight more days, unless Piper could pull off the plan Aphrodite had explained . . . well, there wouldn’t be any more movies, or theatres, or people. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In another moment I would have been out of the theatre had not my notice been attracted by something out of the ordinary. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The cracked yellow walls were lined with electric lights in wire cages, posters for old shows, and photographs of actors who had appeared in the theatre over the years. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They stand inside the bed, and we sprawl back in them as in a theatre box. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, after a midday meal of fried fish and oysters, we set out for the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of October 30, a photographer followed Welles and Houseman from CBS headquarters to their theatre rehearsal. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

They slipped into the last row of seats at the back of the theatre and sat down. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Better yet, I might manage to make off with the theatre's copy, saving myself a good deal of toil and trouble. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Houseman’s talent helped him find work writing theatre scripts and directing plays. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The two were already immersed in rehearsals for their second theatre season, opening in November. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

And if you go into the theatre, will you have any illusions about that? Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He avoided our company, preferring to spend his time with his drinking companions, mostly hired men from the less reputable theatre companies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Milan there were six theatres in which opera was performed regularly; in Naples there were five plus one more occasional venue. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The nearer we drew to the theatre, the more dense the crowd became. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

For that movie, he used actors who had played roles in the War of the Worlds broadcast and other Mercury radio and theatre productions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The bus, as usual, was quiet when he climbed in—as proportionately quiet, at any rate, as a theatre with dimming house lights. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He studied literature and poetry, attended the theatre regularly and continued to play the lute to a high standard. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The reality was that Wagner could only have a theatre built for him and his own pieces put on there thanks to the generosity of the very people he had previously so detested. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“He added an angel, with a sword and a lantern, and Billy knew it was his brother, Marcus, who was now immortalized on the ceiling of the theatre...” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I would have to come up with some reasonable explanation very soon, for the theatre was rapidly emptying out. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his spare time, Houseman enjoyed going to the theatre and hanging out with friends who worked as actors, writers, and artists. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it is even more remarkable in Verdi’s case, since his was the field of musical theatre, so transformed, or so it was claimed, by the Bayreuth ‘revolution’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It took a while for them to get to the theatre with Joseph riding on the handlebars of Frankie’s bike. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Their enthusiasm made me smile as I closed the door and set out for the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His cousins had left more toys scattered on the stairs: a wooden mouse, a toy theatre, some paper dolls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Billy named him after his lost brother, Marcus, and the child grew up in the theatre, eventually becoming a great actor. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Are you doing a school report on the theatre?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They were rather soggy, but he flattened them out. “. . . when the theatre was built, in . . . 1766,” said Joseph, reading from the notes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

That there was a thriving theatre audience of Londoners of lower rank is in itself a significant fact. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

"Not really. Don't you see? The theatre is a sort of family and, like him or no, Nick is a part of it." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Boo Boo got to her feet, gingerly, like someone whose foot has gone to sleep in the theatre, and lowered herself into the dinghy. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He frequently extolled the all-encompassing virtues of Ancient Greek theatre, which drew its audience 'from the government and judicial buildings, from the country, from ships, from military barracks and from the furthest regions’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Names and dates, curtains and earrings, ships and theatres and angels rushed by as if they were caught in a tidal wave. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not moving until you tell me about our family, and this house, and the theatre.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, his lawyer at trial pulls off a remarkable coup de theatre. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We heard the story about the fire in the theatre,” said Joseph, ignoring her. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

To cope, they took on an experienced radio and theatre actor, Paul Stewart, as an associate producer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Being in the pulpit was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion was worked. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I applied myself to my daily tasks and lessons at the theatre and, to my surprise, began to actually enjoy them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Queen Elizabeth knighted him on New Year’s Day 1996 for “contributions to musical theatre.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In his final piece, Parsifal, of 1882, Wagner turned the theatre into a temple, the plot into a sacramental ritual and the leitmotifs he bestowed with sacred power. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“About the history of the theatre . . . and the actors who performed here. Do you know anything about that?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Unlike much else composed in the 1940s, it is still popular and regularly performed both in the theatre and on the concert stage today. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A huge banner hung between the centre columns of the theatre: The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Handel’s first eighteen oratorios in London theatres were packed- house affairs. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Heavy velvet curtains hung on either side of the window, like the curtains in a theatre. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We walked along past the theatre and out of the square and along through the barracks of the fair, moving with the crowd between the lines of booths. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As he sat in the theatre's presidential box facing the stage, Abraham Lincoln had no special protection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s a wonderful theatre program, if she’s interested in that,” she added. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had never seen the flagpoles before, nor the front of the theatre. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

By 1934, Welles had acted his way from Ireland to New York City, where he became a member of an American theatre company. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I should have known the theatre would prove to be as heartless and harsh as any other institution. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit is a clever story of politics and collusion by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour at Live theatre in Newcastle. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-15T14:03:42Z

Covering nearly 100 acres and with an initial cost of about £1.8bn, the aim is to create a vast cultural theme park encompassing theatre, dance, music, film and visual arts. This week's arts diary 2011-01-11T22:17:01Z

Maybe, just maybe, a woman slipping into the Blackfriars theatre eluding the Puritan police to play the "serpent of old Nile"? Are Shakespeare's women second-class citizens? 2012-07-19T11:09:28Z

But the most intriguing Plymouth show of the week takes place not in a theatre but in the car park of a 1930s art deco former car showroom. What to see 2011-03-25T15:37:33Z

"It's got to be about audiences," says Collier, "so it's got to be about finding ways of making theatre more popular." Touring theatre: a risky business for audiences too? 2013-07-18T07:40:00Z

The result is a very untheatrical stage symmetry, rather than the jagged off-centre focus that theatre designers typically prefer. Stage-managed? Theatre and the leaders' debate 2010-04-29T14:36:00Z

Photograph: Rex Features I was 16 when I saw this and it suddenly made clear to me what theatre could do. The best performance I've ever seen: David Edgar 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

But it may be an idea worthy of further investigation by theatres offering riskier or more ambitious work. Money-back guarantee on theatre 2013-05-24T10:26:37Z

I couldn't really join in the festive atmosphere, and left the theatre preoccupied by the many disappointments of Christopher's parents, particularly his mother, but most people liked it. Mark Haddon: 'It's like getting money for high-quality old rope' 2013-05-04T07:00:00Z

But now he's adding theatre to his repertoire. VIDEO: Bremner on acting and Opera 2014-03-24T12:16:38Z

The theatre company’s credo – “important conversations happen in the Kitchen” – has informed its programming of topical, thought-provoking work since it was formed in 1991. The best towns and small cities in the US: Ithaca, New York state 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Each dine-in theatre adheres to a similar system: every two seats share a table, with plenty of space between rows for servers to stand or crouch. Why Can’t You Get a Decent Meal at the Movies? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Housed in an ancient salt warehouse by a canal, it hosts art exhibitions, dance and theatre, and after dark converts into the city’s most popular dance club. A local’s guide to Bologna, Italy: top 10 tips 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

Poliakoff saw Ullman's early work in London theatre before her television success in this country and in America, where her popular comedy show launched The Simpsons on an unsuspecting world in 1987. Tracey Ullman returns to London stage for Stephen Poliakoff play 2011-07-23T23:07:56Z

"Snobbishness towards mixing sport and theatre is much more relaxed now," he insisted. Harold Brighouse's The Game: Pampered stars, bankrupt clubs ? a tale of football in the 1920s 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

One of my guiding principles," says Lan, "is to make this a director's theatre. Young Vic at 40: the Young and the restless: 2010-10-19T20:31:00Z

It saddens me," he writes, "that a theatre positioning itself as uniquely American and speaking to as broad a swath of the populace as possible would create such a barrier to entry. Noises off: High ticket prices raise questions about theatre's values 2010-10-13T14:19:00Z

"It's like some terrible theatre exercise," says the director, scarf and cap pulled on tight. Peter Grimes on the Beach? Shiver me tenors! 2013-06-12T18:00:01Z

Yet many relationships between actors and directors are collaborative, and much contemporary theatre is devised. Are actors just puppets? 2013-05-01T14:36:37Z

That’s where theatre artists in particular can get at figurative truths, catching the conscience of kings by harnessing the unconscious freedoms of the stage. Theatre’s Superpower 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

That's why they are going to theatres to watch these niche films. Indian "24" will work like slow poison: Anil Kapoor 2013-04-18T17:18:19Z

Sometimes it's hard being a theatre blogger ... online amateur critics don't get paid for their efforts, drivel or not. Noises off: Netizens of the world unite 2010-09-17T15:29:00Z

The design of the theatre is based on a series of drawings found at Worcester College Oxford in the 1960s, believed to be the earliest set of designs for an English theatre in existence. Globe theatre named after founder 2012-11-27T15:16:39Z

But theatre history is replete with examples of unconventional or less-than-ideal casting. Costume change ? in praise of unconventional casting 2010-04-20T12:45:00Z

The Curtain theatre in Shoreditch preceded the Globe on the Thames as Shakespeare's first venue, showcasing several of his most famous plays. Shakespeare's Curtain theatre unearthed in east London 2012-06-05T23:02:44Z

The recent battles between the Israeli army and Palestinian fighters had reduced the Jenin camp to rubble – and razed Arna's theatre to the ground. Juliano Mer-Khamis obituary 2011-04-11T18:02:15Z

It's a gorgeous Georgian theatre, wonderfully intimate, and dating back to 1822. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z

"I've never felt myself to be so fascinating as a director that I could spend a life in the theatre only in the pursuit of my own ideas." A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z

The record paved the way for theatre, radio and television engagements. Singer Joan Regan dies aged 85 2013-09-14T03:30:24Z

Such foreknowledge – which may, with heavily puffed products, extend to choice one-liners and even late plot-twists – is clearly an impure way of experiencing a story, and Hytner dreams of avoiding it in theatre. Spoiler alert: the tough task of keeping a play's plot secret 2012-06-26T10:59:19Z

As well as saving money and reducing emissions, the refurb "captured the spirits and ghosts of the theatre", said Rab Bennetts, the architect. Stirling prize shortlist reflects new austerity in architecture 2011-07-20T23:01:03Z

They are two small theatres – one in east , the other west – which punch mightily above their weight and are both about to embark on new chapters in their histories. Arcola and Bush theatres move on to bigger London stages 2010-12-26T17:57:24Z

Lingering disappointments … Great Expectations at the Vaudeville theatre, London. Great Expectations – review 2013-02-07T14:35:48Z

The 74-year-old actress was quoted in The Guardian as saying theatre was in the DNA of white people but not others. Suzman downplays white theatre claim 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

We only have two musicals at any one time touring Melbourne, and two or three plays at the main theatre company. Jane Turner: 'It's a love story ? with no kangaroos' 2010-05-02T21:00:00Z

And, startlingly, this trio of self-reflective pieces number among 10 high-profile London shows at the moment in which at least one major character is involved in theatre or show business. Theatre about theatre shows there's no business like show business 2013-03-08T09:30:01Z

Elliott said: "We took risks and we thought we would fail and it is a testament to subsidised theatre that we were allowed to think we might fail." Curious Incident counts out seven Olivier awards 2013-04-28T20:30:02Z

Aggressive promotion, with billboards across London, and limited ticket sales helped create a buzz about the show at a time when theatres are using various schemes to fill seats and draw in new audiences. Musical "Book of Mormon" opens in London to mixed reviews 2013-03-22T15:22:47Z

His vision of what theatre should be is outlined in Arguments for a Theatre, first published in 1989 and augmented ever since, as he developed his belief in tragedy as the greatest form of theatre. Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not' 2012-10-01T18:31:02Z

Our main focus was on articulation, so the layout people could use each page as theatre. True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z

I had studied acting seriously and I knew a lot more about what I was doing, I'd done quite a bit of theatre. Anjelica Huston: 'I find extreme characters irresistible' 2011-07-21T20:00:01Z

There was some differentiation in clothing between Romans and Egyptians but the politics of this work, first seen at London's Haymarket theatre in 1724, remained vague. Julius Caesar; Siegfried – review 2012-10-06T23:08:03Z

Society wants a repentant sinner, but Arena's is a story about theatre and ideas, not some prodigal redemption. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z

Then, when I started developing the new theatre stuff, we were doing a workshop in New York City and Hurricane Sandy happened just before the workshop and climate change was on everyone's minds. Anais Mitchell's folk opera ambitions 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

They are the human face of what is known as the theatre's "economic impact" - the knock-on effect of its activities in the local economy. Arts face battle to avoid funding 'abyss' 2012-11-29T08:13:36Z

Being boxed within such narrow parameters is a well-established complaint among black theatre practitioners, and one it's all to easy to understand. A boost for black theatre 2010-03-22T17:11:00Z

We may have a female culture secretary in Maria Miller, but there are only a handful of women running leading theatres, funding bodies, institutes, galleries and museums. It's a man's world… but why is sexism ingrained in the arts? 2013-03-24T00:06:27Z

Instead, she organises theatre tours and funnels any profit into film-making. Cannes film festival: rebel yells 2010-05-18T20:30:00Z

All of the works up for the new play award originated in subsidised theatres before transferring to the West End. Musicals lead Olivier nominations 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

The advent of television saw a decline in the popularity of the cinema, forcing it to briefly close in 1968 before being reopened by the BFI as a film theatre. Cine-files: Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle 2011-08-23T11:49:00Z

What is missing is the fleet-footedness of theatre, and particularly theatre's appeal to the imagination. Sin Sangre (Without Blood) 2010-08-30T15:37:00Z

That said, the intimacy of seeing him in such a small theatre while we were in New York was a treat. Alexander Armstrong hits back at 'tribal aversion' to posh comics 2013-05-14T15:04:06Z

According to the theatre, interrogations at Jalameh commonly involve sleep deprivation, psychological pressure, binding in painful positions. Stand up for West Bank's Freedom theatre 2012-06-12T16:53:16Z

Most fundamentally, says Walters, you have to ask: "what does theatre allow you to do that makes it worthwhile?" Noises off: Memo to budding theatre professionals ? know what your 'why' is 2011-03-25T16:21:02Z

The council added that theatregoers "can be reassured" that the guidance was being conveyed to other theatres. Apollo collapse due to 'old' materials 2014-03-24T15:07:03Z

Cast and crew on Friday had the first read through for an anniversary revival of a play that was first performed at the tiny Bush theatre in London before becoming a phenomenon. Beautiful Thing, groundbreaking gay play, to enjoy West End revival 2013-02-16T00:02:10Z

Theatre Wallay's production of The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe theatre, performed in Urdu. The Taming of the Shrew – review 2012-05-30T10:51:48Z

During this election, writing about theatre, pop music, television, and so on, has often felt futile, unserious, even as politics creep in here and there. Election Day in the East Village: Singing Helps 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

It is not difficult to rhapsodize about the oasis-like quality of the movie theatre, especially during high summer, and especially in a place like New York City. How Much Longer Will MoviePass Last? 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

It's always a good sign when a theatre takes its Christmas show sufficiently seriously for the artistic director to get stuck in. This week's new theatre 2012-12-22T00:04:01Z

The section of the theatre in which I was sitting was accessed by entering at stage right, climbing up to a square foot or two of stage, then heading down a small couplet of steps. Nine Hours of Shakespeare 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Much more grave, he added, was the situation for regional theatres, most of which have been hit by "a double blow" – cuts both to their Arts Council England grants and to their local authority funding. National Theatre artistic director calls for government to restore arts funding 2012-10-01T16:48:43Z

The director praised the "brilliant chemistry" of its two lead actors and hinted that the production would exploit its live theatre setting. Jeeves and Wooster head for West End 2013-06-03T06:32:46Z

The researchers looked at whether people who lived close to NT Live screening venues had gone to more or fewer theatre performances. Screenings 'do not harm theatres' 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

Some nice weekend weather will have dented these numbers, but since Friends with Kids and Storage 24 landed in lowly seventh and 12th place, cinemagoers were clearly expressing other preferences at their local theatres. Ice Age 4: Continental Drift floats off UK box office radar 2012-07-03T15:57:44Z

The spectacular costuming, set designs are ruined by gratuitous sleaze masquerading as theatre. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

Theatre Babel's staging, by contrast, seemed laboured; you left the theatre suspecting the play was better than the production. Educating Agnes ? review 2011-04-12T17:29:03Z

Tiger Country will get its premiere at London's Hampstead theatre in January. Nina Raine: a great ear for anger 2010-10-11T21:00:00Z

The venue languished for two years, during which time it fell into disrepair, before theatre impresario Sidney S Cohen took on the lease, renaming it The Apollo, after the Greek God of music. Harlem's Apollo Theater turns 80 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Donald Cooper It took more than 50 years for Britten's masterly chamber , based on , to arrive at Glyndebourne – a theatre and setting for which it could have been written. The Turn of the Screw ? review 2011-08-12T17:01:45Z

"I didn't know a regional theatre of this scale and ambition existed." Chichester 'ready for next 50 years' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

The marquees of Broadway's theatres were dimmed on Wednesday in memory of Robin Williams following the actor and comedian's suicide earlier this week. Broadway lights dimmed for Williams 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

The Oscars themselves take place on 27 February at the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles. Take that! Twice. Scott Pilgrim Vs the World wins two Satellite awards 2010-12-20T11:29:02Z

Next Thursday, the Pulse festival begins in Ipswich and gives a good indication of the health of British theatre. Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-05-24T12:35:00Z

His accolades at the critics' awards for theatre in Scotland say it all. What next for Edinburgh's Traverse theatre? 2011-03-21T16:09:20Z

But still, I am always going to be buying theatre tickets as long as I get to see SRB! Reader reviews: your take on Timon of Athens and Metamorphosis Titian 2012 2012-07-20T14:00:00Z

The new theatre promises a radical revamp of Elisabeth Scott's 1932 original: a vilified, endlessly adapted building which, even when it opened, was described as a jam factory and a tomb. The new Stratford theatre: a jam factory full of treasures 2010-09-02T06:00:00Z

A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. Alan Rickman, giant of British screen and stage, dies at 69 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Five: 15 was Scottish Opera's new-music project, bringing together homegrown composers and writers to create short theatre pieces. The Lady from the Sea – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-30T17:30:01Z

While most theatres are taking a summer break, in Scarborough the main season is in full swing, pulling in visitors who flock to the North Yorkshire seaside town for their annual holidays. Stockton International Riverside Festival, Liolà, King Lear: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z

She made her acting debut aged nine in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids and went to theatre camp and appeared in school productions during her teens. Rising star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Lady Bird opened my eyes to what film can do’ 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z

Being an intern makes a theatre person a better theatre person. Noises off: Theatre of the exploited 2010-04-15T15:00:00Z

This kind of original thinking, painstaking research, emotional honesty and panache in presentation is unusual in British theatre culture. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

Had you strained your ears in New York on Monday night you might just have heard the sound of a thousand theatre critics cracking their knuckles in relish. Arachnophobia 2011-02-09T12:34:58Z

This is serious, intelligent theatre and deserves a serious, intelligent audience with all synapses firing. New Edinburgh act of the day: Curious Directive 2011-08-08T10:41:56Z

In classical theatre, the chorus traditionally knows exactly what's going on. How did Murdoch and company perform on the world stage? 2011-07-20T11:29:00Z

The city was a patchwork of scrappy, mobile theatres. Walking tours are the real fringe theatre 2010-12-20T11:38:27Z

Located on the east side, this classic spot feels like it's an old live theatre, with a dose of vaudeville sparkle. Top 10 live music venues in Portland, Oregon 2013-05-24T23:10:00Z

"Made in …" may be a good marketing tag, but if it is really going to mean anything then it must reflect the real flavour of those theatres and their particular location and community. Why regional theatres should be out and proud in 2011 2011-01-04T13:45:07Z

I wouldn't have followed him out of the theatre. Reader reviews: your take on Gatz, Henry V and The Witness 2012-06-15T09:39:40Z

Wright has another telling story about his parents and their puppet theatre. Director Joe Wright: 'I go nuts if I'm idle' 2013-02-20T19:30:01Z

She would start to try to inhabit me before I even got to the theatre. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z

Conor Mitchell is geeky, Northern Irish, 15 years younger than me and already making a name for himself in music theatre. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z

Broadbent remembers being a young actor, "working in rep, which doesn't exist now, and in rough fringe theatre, which doesn't exist now". Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin: three actors, one man 2010-11-21T06:00:00Z

This year, there were 17 new entries, though the overall number of theatres at risk actually decreased from 56. Seven days on stage: It could be curtains for dozens of theatres 2012-07-06T13:00:31Z

One of the Gate theatre's biggest modern successes was Stephen D at the Dublin Theatre festival of 1962. TP McKenna obituary 2011-02-16T19:05:33Z

There are other reasons for doing theatre, no? 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

I don't see that as a problem either, because anything that makes theatre more talked and written about is fine by me. In the age of blogging, can shows keep critics at bay? 2011-01-26T17:16:56Z

A small crowd has gathered in front of the Fox theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. David Duchovny: ‘I can't play Mulder the way I did. That would be obscene’ 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

Deeply marinated in the arts, Berwin spends several evenings a week at concerts, dance, opera or theatre. Will philanthropists save the arts? 2010-10-21T19:30:00Z

On Thursday, Melania Trump did her part to freshen up this self-evident tragedy by making a costume choice out of the theatre of the absurd. Interrogating Melania Trump’s Statement Jacket and its Fast-Fashion Fascism 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Recently, on Henry Street in Brooklyn, a few blocks from the theatre, Walter cupped her hands, which are large and expressive, with unvarnished nails and without rings, around an americano. Gender-Bending Shakespeare and Rough Magic in “The Tempest” 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Collaboration needn't just be about cost saving though, as two pioneering theatre consortia in London showed us. To survive funding cuts, the arts must build on collective know-how 2011-01-27T14:13:01Z

Our group was invited to take part in the international theatre festival in Berlin. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

The 52-year-old has had a string of plays premiered at the prestigious Steppenwolf theatre in Chicago and he has been given a second home in London at the Royal Court. Bruce Norris: squirm, you hypocrites! 2013-03-05T21:00:01Z

The mezzo-soprano, he said, 'as a rule is the most talented woman singer in the theatre.' Michael Kennedy on Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos 2013-05-30T09:56:31Z

It sounds like a bad idea for a Channel Five documentary, but it's actually a rather bizarre but often engaging 60 minutes in the theatre. Sex Idiot 2010-08-22T15:18:00Z

A theatre and film-maker who enthuses about his love for particle physics, van den Berg says scientists and artists are linked because they are the only people really pondering long-term problems. Scientists invade Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-05T06:56:50Z

Sitting in the theatre watching “Joker,” I felt only despair. The Men Who Still Love “Fight Club” 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

The number of active theatres in early-modern London, nearly all with links to Shakespeare, was amazing considering they were supported by a city with barely 200,000 inhabitants. Love's labour's located: how I plotted Shakespeare's London with an iPhone app 2011-01-19T16:36:39Z

Branagh and Welsh comedian Rob Brydon will appear together in The Painkiller when it is staged at the rebuilt riverside theatre in September. Kenneth Branagh returning to Belfast theatre 2011-01-21T06:37:10Z

Which is great, but there wasn’t anything like theatre or performance art brought to us.” Adam Driver: ‘Compared with the military, acting isn't that difficult’ 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

If British theatre is today a lively, combative place unafraid of big issues, it's partly because of the battles waged by Tynan half a century ago. Young Arts Critics 2010: critical conditions 2010-05-24T20:30:00Z

It says training was still going on when the first patients arrived at the mobile operating theatre at Musgrove Park hospital in Somerset. Leaked report into cataract surgery revealed 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

And so now theatre folk mix – a little more easily, one imagines – with the fashion crowd. Evening Standard theatre awards: the red-carpet report 2012-11-26T17:00:11Z

Yet even he found fault with the Spice Girls' "appalling lyrics", saying the group had not enjoyed "enough memorable hits... to support two hours of theatre". Spice musical leaves critics cold 2012-12-12T10:39:20Z

As is traditional with these awards, which are voted for by the public, it was a good night for the crowd-friendly musical theatre. Sweeney Todd triumphs at Whatsonstage awards 2013-02-18T15:07:26Z

I’ve got a friend who takes me to the theatre three times a week and a girlfriend who takes me to see three movies in a night, sometimes. Jane Birkin: ‘I learned French off a tape recorder’ 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

In the book, the author — once a theatre critic for the Globe and Mail and now a journalism professor at Ryerson University — artfully melded the personal and political into a powerful memoir. What it means to be brown: Cheap labor, scapegoated Muslims and exploited immigrants, from Canada to Qatar 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

Put in a call to the Scottish Society of Playwrights and a very different vision of how the theatre should be run might emerge. What next for Edinburgh's Traverse theatre? 2011-03-21T16:09:20Z

Even if theatre involves a multiplicity of collaborators, that's no barrier to the emergence of a distinctive voice. Are plays proper literature? 2010-05-27T14:13:00Z

Since then, Donal's played all over the world, but at the time he was touring Ireland from town to town, playing teeny little 20- to 30-seat theatres. The best performance I've ever seen: Enda Walsh 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

The touring began in earnest during that winter of 1966-7: around working men's clubs and little theatres in the north of England. The London years 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z

Thanks to a flurry of co-productions between theatres in Scotland, Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum is currently associated with two top-quality ensembles. Time and the Conways – review 2013-03-11T17:48:10Z

She regularly took him and his sisters to the theatre and knew several actors. Daniel Craig: a reluctant Bond who has made the role his own 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

This year, they're back with 14 shows in the Pleasance Courtyard, followed by 13 more at the Garrick theatre in London. Potted Potter: Harry in a hurry 2011-08-01T20:46:01Z

The 37-year-old is one of five acts to be honoured for their achievements in art, music, theatre, technology and business at the ceremony. Kanye and Usher to get BET honours 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

The fact that the writer is generally a music rather than theatre expert is even more bemusing. Opera reviews: why does no one write about the music? 2011-03-01T12:56:43Z

“I was managing the New Players theatre in Charing Cross in London and looking for a front-of-house manager,” Holly says. How we met: ‘I never thought I’d end up with a woman’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

In May that year, Dolby stepped in to sponsor the theatre - beating 10 other bidders for the naming rights. Academy Awards A to Z 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

David Hare, all of 38 when he won for Pravda, was presented with the editor's award, and Lolita Chakrabarti, 43, was named most promising playwright for Red Velvet at the Tricycle theatre. Evening Standard theatre awards honour Danny Boyle's Olympics ceremony 2012-11-26T13:11:00Z

Imagine a parallel story about the Met trying to catch up with the Philharmonic’s blockbuster offerings of avant-garde music theatre. The Met Chooses Yannick Nézet-Séguin 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Yes, it's fair and interesting to ask which direction theatre or live comedy are going in. Edinburgh fringe hecklers should exit stage left and right 2010-09-03T16:03:00Z

This week, we’re bringing you a selection of pieces that explore the lives of dramatists and the world of theatre. Sunday Reading: A Night at the Theatre 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

But this one not only explores the way it takes a crisis to engender community spirit but opens up rich possibilities for musical theatre. London Road – review 2012-08-13T15:25:21Z

It's a history being celebrated during this weekend of dance, theatre, film and community events. This week's new dance 2011-07-22T23:08:21Z

Just as I was about to suture the pulmonary vein, the doors of the operating theatre burst open. David Nott: ‘They told me my chances of leaving Aleppo alive were 50/50’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

After the Mae West debacle, fortuitously, she understudied Siobhan McKenna in Fading Mansion, an adaptation of Anouilh's Romeo and Jeannette, at the Duchess theatre, another experience which fired her resolve to rewrite Anouilh herself. Lucienne Hill obituary 2013-01-17T18:30:51Z

In particular, McKellen is harking back to the days of the regional repertory theatre, saying: "There is no system any more." Response: Fringe theatre provides young actors with an excellent career path 2010-10-07T23:04:00Z

The importance of being a theatre building ... the Royal Court Theatre, London. Noises off: Buildings can be the brains behind theatre 2010-10-07T16:51:00Z

I don't recall the last time I have ever enjoyed anything anywhere near as much at the theatre. Reader reviews: your take on Three Kingdoms, Snow White and Henry IV 2012-05-18T09:56:45Z

Further cuts would almost certainly bring the viability of some theatres and companies into doubt. Making a play: theatre needs risk-takers now more than ever 2013-05-27T15:44:45Z

The program he developed with the N.Y.P.D., “To Protect, Serve, and Understand,” pairs seven officers and seven civilians for improvisational theatre games. Improv for Cops 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z

Since 9/11," adds Eldridge, "theatre has been more literal and utilitarian. A Thousand Stars' end of the world show 2010-05-10T21:00:00Z

In it, she drew on her experiences as an actor in repertory theatre to tell a tale of thwarted ambition and strategic sex, amid dusty stage flats and dustier streets in a pinched 1950s Liverpool. Which is the greatest Beryl Bainbridge book? 2010-07-02T11:24:00Z

Written by James Graham, This House will open in the National's Cottesloe theatre on 18 September and run in repertoire until 1 December. Glenister to make National debut 2012-05-31T16:47:19Z

But the glamorous jewel box of a theatre looks like it was plucked from New Orleans' fetid heyday. New York's most risque cabaret to open in London 2011-01-28T19:52:04Z

Nimax Theatres described the incident as "shocking and upsetting", adding that its "thoughts are with the audience and staff who were in the theatre and their families". Curious Incident cancelled further 2014-01-03T09:42:28Z

But she's already learning to relish the live nature of theatre. A quick curtain call. Then bed: Child actors in adult theatre 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z

After all, that's one of the main things we do with theatre – share our experiences and learn from each other. Bring Australian theatre in from the outback 2010-09-07T09:07:00Z

She also performed regularly at the Players' theatre in London. Pat Ashton obituary 2013-06-23T17:44:54Z

After graduating he taught at the school and did graphic odd-jobs, one of them a theatre poster. Hayden Griffin obituary 2013-04-01T15:43:35Z

It is not unusual for British shows – often generated by the subsidised theatre sector, then seasoned by a West End run – to end up garnering Tonys for their Broadway transfers. Tony awards 2012: Drinks all round for the creators of Once 2012-06-11T17:30:28Z

And on stage he last garnered acclaim as Albert Einstein in a new play at the Finborough theatre in Earl's Court in 2005. Victor Spinetti obituary 2012-06-19T17:31:57Z

I'm not a theatre veteran but I have done a few plays and it may be similar to that, technically, because it's 'big acting'. Pixar's John Lasseter: 'Cars 2 is a spy movie' 2011-07-22T15:10:05Z

Treading the boards ... the Jellyfish theatre in London. Junkitecture and the Jellyfish theatre 2010-08-16T20:30:00Z

The Wyndhams, she went on, was "a beautiful theatre that's been recently refurbished, so there wasn't really a thought in our heads about theatre safety." Stars downplay theatre safety issue 2014-01-22T15:26:16Z

Those who thought that theatre outside purpose-built stages, theatre blending installation art with drama, was just a fad have been proved wrong. Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

I thought I was due a break from theatre, because I’ve been doing a lot, but I was just really gripped by the play. Sophie Okonedo: ‘My body is my barometer – my instincts are physical’ 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

The glowing notices seem set to assure Garfield, who grew up in Surrey and has an English mother and an American father, as one of the hottest acting properties in both theatre and Hollywood. New Spider-Man poised to net Tony for Broadway role 2012-06-09T12:02:13Z

With One Man, Two Guvnors also doing strong business in Theatreland, the National theatre was responsible for an impressive 38% of all theatre tickets sold in the capital last year. War Horse to be led out on UK and Irish tour 2012-10-02T11:49:14Z

Wordlessness can be powerful in the theatre, putting performers and spectators in the same boat. No Quarter; The Silence of the Sea; Not Until We Are Lost – review 2013-01-20T00:06:10Z

East of Egilsstaðir I eventually reach Seyðisfjörður, a thriving port that is home to just 650 people and yet manages to support an art school, a cinema, a theatre, restaurants, and bars. A tale of ice and fire: touring East Iceland 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

I studied drama at Manchester University, and while I was there I decided that I wanted to be a theatre director. Vicky Featherstone: incoming artistic director, Royal Court theatre – profile 2013-02-18T14:23:06Z

Rattigan's Less Than Kind has been admired at the Jermyn Street theatre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-01-28T16:50:48Z

It's partly a response to the provocation of the Royal Court, which is primarily a writer's theatre, and partly because I simply follow my own taste. Young Vic at 40: the Young and the restless: 2010-10-19T20:31:00Z

If the role is one of theatre's most challenging, it is striking how many actors recall playing Medea with real passion. Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z

Not for her a decade of temping in offices and acting in pub theatres to a crowd of six. Florence Pugh: ‘Me, the next Kate Winslet? That’s ridiculous’ 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

But the staging in DC, directed by Howard Shalwitz, the theatre’s artistic director, brings together the original cast, who work wonders with Mr Posner’s tender, profane script. A 21st-century “Seagull” 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

In the late 1970s, Rudy Venz, a playwright and director at a Los Angeles community theatre, wrote a play based on her life called Dreams Deferred, in which Fellows played herself. Edith Fellows obituary 2011-07-07T17:11:50Z

Photograph: Ingo Wagner/EPA Times are going to be tough over the next few years for those employed in the theatre industry. Can cruise ships keep the theatre industry afloat? 2010-08-31T11:08:00Z

A number of theatres, including the National Theatre which stages War Horse, will invite audiences to participate in Lights Out at the end of evening performances on 4 August. Artists to mark lights out for WW1 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

It was Rolls-Royce theatre – but so far away from what my next piece of work was going to be. In at the deep end: the Young Vic's theatre boot camp 2011-01-10T21:31:01Z

As well as playing regular, riotously received club gigs, he's set up his own theatre company, acted opposite Christian Slater in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and staged a series of inventive fringe shows. This week's new live comedy 2012-12-22T00:05:10Z

It's his own and it's just a Detroit theatre that he's brought with him. David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z

But theatres in the regions are not going to be able to afford to invest in the next play like The Pitmen Painters. Arts funding cuts will bring down the curtain on our theatre's golden age 2010-07-28T12:31:00Z

I thought the same thing, for a moment, in the movie theatre, watching dollars fly like starlings under the strobe lights. The Music of “Hustlers” and the Soaring, Stupid National Mood Circa 2008 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

The recent Evening Standard Theatre awards were a reminder, like the Oliviers earlier in the year, that London theatre is almost totally reliant on the subsidised sector. Do theatres have to close down before the government acts on the arts? 2012-12-12T17:38:27Z

Of course, this ineligibility aligns with the movie studios’ protection of their unique domain, the movie theatre. The Cinema Isn’t a Place; It’s An Idea 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Following a "near-unanimous verdict", in which only three people voted against its inclusion, the number was performed as usual at the Victoria Palace theatre. Billy Elliott's Thatcher vote 2013-04-09T14:10:43Z

Photograph: Sam Frost for the Guardian Watching a wonderful TV broadcast of Giorgio Strehler's A Servant of Two Masters from the Piccolo theatre in Milan when I was 12 or 13. Adrian Noble, director – portrait of the artist 2012-07-31T17:46:44Z

Tomorrow at the Traverse, Scrapheap brings together over 50 artists from different disciplines to collaborate on making theatre. Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-04-26T13:42:00Z

Again, this seems to be catching the cultural wave, as 3D now seems to be breathing life into what was for so long a dreary idea – opera, theatre and ballet on screen. The Royal Opera House: Welcome to the new people's palace 2011-03-06T00:16:48Z

He may never have run this country's big theatres, but his influence permeates their award-winning work like no other. In praise of … the flowing Brook 2013-04-30T21:33:30Z

Performed in the former home of the GLC, it's an investigation by the documentary theatre company Look Left Look Right into why people don't vote. Counted? 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z

Architects, academics and doctors – for instance – are every bit as egotistical and competitive as people who work in the theatre. Q&A: Michael Boyd, artistic director of the RSC 2010-07-06T12:42:00Z

Playing with similarities and differences between a theatre and sporting events, Jelinek's text – which bears more resemblance to a musical score than a traditional script – explores issues around sport, nationalism and violence. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-07-06T23:05:28Z

David's first musical season was as assistant director at the St James's theatre in 1951 with Laurence Olivier in Antony and Cleopatra, and Caesar and Cleopatra. David Tod Boyd obituary 2012-11-15T15:25:29Z

On 3 September 1939, all theatres were closed by order of council. Rediscovering Birmingham's movie meccas 2010-03-30T15:38:00Z

"Is it worth," she asked, "getting upset because we will never manage to force this real-life theatre up on to the actual stage?" Playwright Anna Yablonskaya: a tribute 2011-01-25T17:35:41Z

Cumberbatch is widely recognised as a stage actor, covering a repertoire from Ibsen and Shakespeare to the theatre of the absurd. Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z

Higher ticket prices have not dampened the demand for musicals which are often staged at the larger theatres. Musicals strike upbeat theatre note in weak U.S., UK economies 2013-04-10T11:41:35Z

The Little Theatre Guild, founded in 1946 with nine members, today boasts 103; and that only includes theatres that own or lease their own premises. Dear Ian McKellen, I beg to differ ... 2010-09-27T21:01:00Z

Over the past 26 years, 460,000 people have attended the Dukes' promenade plays, making it the UK's biggest outdoor walkabout theatre event. Lancaster's Dukes theatre: the great outdoors 2013-07-04T14:13:02Z

Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Dear Mike Kenny, A few weeks back you wrote on this blog about the state of children's theatre. Enough scare stories about children's theatre, please 2010-12-09T18:50:00Z

I was taken to theatre the next morning at six. Experience: I donated half my liver to my father 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

As theatre director emeritus and honorary archivist of the Victoria theatre collection at Staffordshire University, he continued his involvement with the theatre he loved. Peter Cheeseman obituary 2010-04-29T17:57:00Z

I think that shows what a true art form theatre is – movable, flexible, and capable of dealing with sudden change. London's Cock Tavern may be no more ? but you can't kill the fringe 2011-04-12T14:31:04Z

Why would anyone want to spend 24 hours in a theatre? 24-hour plays 2013-03-05T17:14:35Z

Conti became a ventriloquist after her mentor and lover, Ken Campbell, the maverick theatre person and "truffle pig for other people's talents", snorted out this old-fashioned and unfashionable stagecraft for her. TV review: Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist's Story; Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars 2012-06-10T22:00:01Z

He said: "There's more political theatre than there's ever been." Athol Fugard berates dramatists for failing to confront injustice 2010-08-30T14:59:00Z

Many of those honoured didn't just begin their careers in regional theatre or touring, but are still regularly to be found working there. Do theatres have to close down before the government acts on the arts? 2012-12-12T17:38:27Z

When I sing my songs in public, that's a dramatic act, not just acting as in theatre, but a social act, real action. The Doors: 'You could call us erotic politicians' – a classic interview 2013-05-22T12:46:03Z

"I don't think he's in a good position to be giving interpretations of what the theatre is," his co-star Alec Baldwin remarked tartly. Miley Cyrus has bared her breasts, hoping to break free of Disney 2013-05-02T17:47:50Z

In December last year I sat down at this same laptop, stared vacantly at the same page I'm looking at now, and tried to imagine a theatre show. Let's launch a festival of the impossible 2011-02-04T14:52:39Z

So I was, in my nerdy-tragic way, very excited this month when a brand new screening theatre was opened, in the NBC Universal building near Bloomsbury. Peter Bradshaw on film critics' favourite seats 2013-01-13T19:00:01Z

Max says boldly: "I want every woman who walks into this theatre to feel that a woman can have whatever she wants, whenever she wants." "Magic Mike’s Last Dance" is a film about female desire that never fully grasps "what women want" 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

Photo: Paul Greenwood Brooklyn artists Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark have created a "post-apocalyptic movie theatre experience" with Empire Drive-In, where visitors can watch films including Mad Max and RoboCop in 25 battered cars. In Pictures: Abandon Normal Devices 2012-09-01T09:12:07Z

Ryegold is a surgeon with a pathological disregard for his patients, a misanthropic attitude to the world and a relish for the more physically gross aspects of the operating theatre. This week's new comedy 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

With the non-stop talk of cuts to the arts at the moment it is good to hear that, in some places, theatre is still flourishing. Noises off theatre blog ? give to your theatre this christmas 2010-12-24T11:21:09Z

At the end of the English Civil War, when the restoration of the monarchy reopened the theatres, Shakespeare’s fifty-year-old plays looked, to many, out of date. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

The 2016 Oscars will be held at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood on 28 February. Chris Rock confirmed as host for 2016 Oscars 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

For all that he grew up in one, being back in a theatre hasn't been straightforward. Director Joe Wright: 'I go nuts if I'm idle' 2013-02-20T19:30:01Z

His production company briefly ran the Fortune theatre in the West End, before he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as an assistant director in 1983. Paul Marcus obituary 2011-03-03T18:35:25Z

Possibly not for theatre critics, though, who may squirm in their seats. This week's new theatre 2010-07-09T23:06:00Z

The two theatres are connected by a bridge and performances will be staged at both venues. Russia's new Mariinsky theater divides St Petersburg 2013-05-01T08:39:06Z

Musical theatre fans were smitten long before his Hedwig became the toast of Broadway. Neil Patrick Harris on Gone Girl: ‘I was pinching myself’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

He cites watching “The Little Mermaid” in the movie theatre as his first heightened experience of visual art. The Artist Sam McKinniss on Capturing Lorde in the Twilight 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Almond's voice finally expires – or is it just emotion? – during Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, and the whole theatre rises to sing it for him. Marc Almond ? review 2010-11-23T21:29:00Z

"And I can't thank you enough for letting all your musical theatre out there, rather than on the new album," says Lynch heavily. Scissor Sisters: 'Sexuality is a universal thing' 2010-06-17T20:30:00Z

Former Royal Court boss Ian Rickson, who directed the premiere, will return to the play alongside original designer Ultz, with performances set to begin at the Harold Pinter theatre in late October. Rupert Grint to join Ben Whishaw in West End revival of Mojo 2013-07-26T13:49:28Z

Now she joins forces with Nigel Richards for this new piece of musical theatre which features the songs of Kurt Weill to tell of the doomed love affair between cabaret singer Angelique, and songwriter Dan. This week's new theatre 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z

The London Evening Standard theatre awards and the Olivier awards – once shown on TV – are now ignored or covered by radio. TV and theatre should separate and end this glorified casting couch | Mark Lawson 2010-03-30T20:30:00Z

This vitality is not yet reflected in the repertory of major theatres. My rural escape from election panic and hype 2010-05-03T08:00:00Z

Everyone always talks about film, but theatre's equally important to me. Gemma Arterton: 'Our house was a bit Ab Fab at times' 2013-05-11T23:05:25Z

Now Chris Hannan's new play, The God of Soho – the last in this year's season at Shakespeare's Globe – follows in that tradition with a savage modern city comedy written specially for the theatre. This week's new theatre 2011-08-26T23:06:09Z

The advantage of running the season in the commercial sector rather than in a subsidised theatre was, said Grandage, the freedom from "a building and staff and a whole heap of responsibilities". Michael Grandage brings five star-studded plays to West End 2012-06-15T17:09:14Z

In the three years she said no to Hollywood, Hudgens embraced theatre and TV, sometimes both at once, as when she awed audiences by singing Rizzo on Grease: Live one day after her father died. Vanessa Hudgens: ‘I always wanted to be the indie girl playing a drug addict or stripper’ 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Some facilities such as children’s play areas and theatre shows remain closed. Disney reopens its Shanghai theme park, with many restrictions 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

She was inspired to write this by a debate about theatre criticism, in which she recently took part at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Noises off: Netizens of the world unite 2010-09-17T15:29:00Z

The venue is intended to be the most complete recreation yet of an indoor Jacobean theatre. Globe theatre named after founder 2012-11-27T15:16:39Z

“The avant-garde theatre is fun; it is free-swinging, bold, iconoclastic and often wildly, wildly funny,” he wrote in the Times essay, championing experiment. Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

We learned through conversations with regional theatres how much passion there was for supporting local talent. Dramatic destinations: around Britain in 61 plays 2010-12-13T17:18:00Z

Charles Spencer, the Daily Telegraph's theatre critic, sees it more as a midwinter afternoon's nightmare. The Mousetrap at 60: why is this the world's longest-running play? 2012-11-20T19:15:01Z

The musical episode is wonderful, although some of the songs' time changes and discordant "harmonies" left my partner and I, both with musical theatre training, confused. An abusive reckoning for "Buffy," a badass, occasionally feminist show created by a monstrous man 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

The movie world does not acknowledge the theatre world as a serious entity, on the whole. Sam Mendes: life is sweet 2013-04-19T22:00:00Z

Facing forward … the New York Public theatre production of Neighbours is described as a 'progressive, intellectual drama'. Actors to wear blackface for 'hackle-raising' new play 2013-01-04T16:32:10Z

The old theatre was locally nicknamed "the jam factory" for its industrial appearance, while an unsightly car park ruined its handsome 1930s frontage by architect Elisabeth Scott. Royal Shakespeare Company prepares to open theatre after ?112.8m revamp 2010-09-02T05:00:00Z

This is an evening that is less about the play than about the playwright's life; though it might be hugely interesting to theatre historians and even psychiatrists, it pays smaller dividends for the theatre-goer. I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays ? review 2011-03-10T17:39:15Z

Blending walk, performance and architectural installations, the piece is part of a growing trend to tap into perambulation and creativity and to use the natural landscape as a backdrop for theatre. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-08-17T23:05:38Z

Boyle got his start in the theatre, first with David Hare's Joint Stock theatre company, then with Max Stafford-Clark at the Royal Court. What Danny Boyle did next 2010-12-05T00:04:00Z

Launched a year before the Curtain, this was only the second permanent theatre built in England and hosted the Lord Chamberlain's Men when its proprietor Richard Burbage joined the company. Theatre returns to Shakespeare's Shoreditch 2013-02-13T12:17:56Z

As a performer, once you've understood the genre of musical theatre, you can tire very quickly of the two-dimensional stuff. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z

Following a total rebuild, Liverpool's Everyman Theatre shared the award for theatre building of the year with Paines Plough, whose pop-up Roundabout Theatre tours the UK. Stage awards honour theatre industry 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

But don't forget that first and foremost, Charles Dickens was a man of the theatre, who loved all the life and vitality of London's theatre scene, both on stage and off. Charles Dickens the dramatist: why it should've been an actor's life for Boz 2012-02-08T16:53:08Z

The scholars met last summer, at a conference devoted to Wharton, where both were presenting on Wharton’s writing for the theatre. A Lost Edith Wharton Play Emerges from Scholarly Sleuthing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

This kind of simplistic "humour" that uses women and their bodies would be unacceptable on, say, the BBC, so why is it now being embraced by the theatre? Porn on stage ? take a position 2010-04-16T14:19:00Z

In their report, Deadline noted that "non-industry attendees need to purchase a badge" in order to enter the Colosseum — the theatre that hosts studio presentations and screenings — for CinemaCon. A look at the bizarre legal documents incident between ex-couple Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

But in my heart I know that if you run a theatre, especially one that focuses so much care and resource on directors, you have to direct. August presence: Joe Turner's Come and Gone and back again 2010-06-15T09:32:00Z

The lights at theatre marquees on New York's Broadway, the centre of American theatre, were dimmed on Wednesday in Hoffman's honour, and a candlelight vigil was held outside the Labyrinth Theater Company. Actor Hoffman mourned at funeral 2014-02-07T19:49:41Z

He will be appearing in Tim Crouch's play The Author at the Traverse theatre. Noises off: Don't get blogged down in Edinburgh festival tips 2010-08-05T14:38:00Z

Putting an end to the problem of what to do in half-term, Barbican's free event takes over the building with family-friendly film, theatre, art, dance and spoken word. This week's new events 2011-03-05T00:07:47Z

To add other material is quite legitimate, as Renaissance scholars keep reminding us when discussing the collaborative norms of Shakespearean theatre. Dido and Aeneas; Aurora Percussion Duo, Bartosz Glowacki; Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien – review 2013-01-13T00:06:16Z

The idea of theatres adopting Hollywood production values for their trailers might seem as unlikely as theatre-makers getting access to Hollywood budgets, but a little ambition goes a long way. Trailers trashed 2010-05-10T16:02:00Z

Made redundant from a theatre job, he went to work for a friend in a Calcutta orphanage and "had the old Indian cliché experience, everything changed", he says. Andy Mulligan's school rules 2011-08-05T15:34:00Z

His wonderful voice was well known to viewers and listeners of broadcast drama across Wales, in programmes such as Pobol Y Cwm and High Hopes - as well as in the theatre. Actor, singer Hibbard dies at 65 2012-06-18T15:36:37Z

The open-air Globe theatre - which opened in 1997 - stages productions from April to October. Malfi to open new Jacobean theatre 2013-04-22T13:05:03Z

For the grand finale, the show gets transposed into a glitzy theatre for a gigantic prom celebration, reuniting past and present contestants. RuPaul's Drag Race: from camp curio to the very best reality show there is 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Butler, from a family of seven, saw none as a child, and joined the local youth theatre in Reading just to spend time with her boyfriend. Fevered Sleep's old age playmates 2010-09-07T20:59:00Z

"I let myself be guided. It's as though I was not in the operating theatre at all, I was far away in Senegal," she said. Patient sings through throat surgery 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

It is a real challenge to market new experimental theatre, especially as Duckie's core audience are not really "experimental theatregoers". How can smaller companies do a Punchdrunk with their experimental theatre? 2010-11-22T16:29:00Z

There is an affinity between libraries and theatres, both are places of gathering and connection. From page to stage: should more libraries become theatres? 2011-04-11T11:21:14Z

The Curtain, built in 1577, was only a few hundred yards from another theatre further along Curtain Road, imaginatively named the Theatre, whose foundations were discovered in 2008, also by MoLA. Shakespeare's Curtain theatre unearthed in east London 2012-06-05T23:02:44Z

After retiring in 1984 from the Mercury theatre, he worked in drama schools and colleges in the US and the UK. David Buxton obituary 2011-08-22T15:48:58Z

Does it disappoint her that, for all Britain's reputation as a great theatre culture, little new work from eastern Europe appears in major venues in the UK? Croatian play has female soul 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

One of the pleasures and frustrations of working in theatre is that a piece is never quite finished or definitive. Bed Trick: how we made a short film inspired by The Changeling 2013-05-16T11:21:14Z

Across town, queues form for the €4-a-show tickets on sale at another miniature theatre, housed in a former butcher's shop, which now calls itself Microtheatre for Money. Spain's microtheatres provide lifeline for actors as public subsidies dry up 2013-02-28T17:09:06Z

Smith has invented her own system for making theatre, but at the same time she is keenly aware that her output must fit into the existing one. Anna Deavere Smith Contains Multitudes 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Invasion One of the most enjoyable and relaxed street theatre festivals, Winchester's Hat Fair takes place against the backdrop of the cathedral and the ancient city. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-06-29T23:05:28Z

But he has mostly stuck to theatre and TV and become big in both, just like his parents. 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

The New theatre plays host to the surprisingly good Tina Turner musical, Soul Sister, and the hugely enjoyable Hairspray is at the Wales Millennium Centre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-03-15T16:55:48Z

You see younger actors working for a good theatre that gets good audiences, but being asked to work for £100 a week. David Morrissey: 'Acting gave me a life' 2012-11-09T17:00:01Z

The Running in Heels blog recently published a list of successful female theatre practitioners, designed to demonstrate support to those achieving success within the arts. Women in theatre: let's get rid of the equality myth 2011-07-18T13:17:05Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton Today sees the opening of a pioneering European parliament conference on the state of gender politics in theatre, television and film. Brave new world beckons for female actors 2010-06-09T16:47:00Z

Dafoe, who played Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ, and is also well-known for his experimental theatre work with the New York company The Wooster Group, will narrate. Manchester international festival lines up play on life of Marina Abramovic 2010-09-30T23:33:00Z

There, where most filmmakers would likely offer a few potentially controversial lines from a speech, Lee turns the speech into a grand scene of political theatre. “BlacKkKlansman,” Reviewed: Spike Lee’s Vision of Resistance to White Supremacy 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

As Tokyo, a city of 30 million people, asks the theatre of Wales, a country of three million people, to help it develop their "why?" into a "why not?" National Theatre Wales in Japan: turning a 'why?' into a 'why not?' 2013-04-23T13:33:30Z

"The theatre is a symbol for Turkish cinema that we need to protect," she said. Turkey's historic Emek theatre facing final curtain 2013-04-15T20:00:39Z

The aim of the experiment is to open up the theatre to new, more diverse audiences, but low ticket prices alone won't be enough. Pay what you can: how low and how far can theatres go? 2011-08-17T11:08:11Z

A production of David Mamet's "American Buffalo" in collaboration with the department of music, theatre and dance at California State Los Angeles. Deaf West's 'Spring Awakening' to open at the Wallis in May 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

A sequel is released next month, and an immersive theatre adaptation of the original book runs at The Vaults, London SE1, until 15 January. Irvine Welsh: ‘If I don’t have sex every day, I start to go a bit weird’ 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

Yet the distinction between these films and those that are shown in theatres is maintained—of course, by Hollywood, which earns much from theatrical releases. Pay Attention to Movies Released on Streaming Platforms 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Brantley, the chief theatre critic for the New York Times, had never before reviewed these daring makers of multimedia devised theatre. Why don't playwrights write theatre reviews? | David Cote 2010-03-30T11:38:00Z

Back again after last year's successful debut, York's Takeover Festival hands the Theatre Royal over to under-25s for theatre and comedy created by the young for the young. This week's new theatre 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z

It should be pointed out that understudy casts are an indulgence of commercial theatre and the richer subsidised companies. It's hard not to groan when a star pulls out 2013-03-01T17:39:37Z

The play originated at Sheffield's Lyceum theatre in February 2013 and went on to win the UK Theatre Award for best touring production. West End's Full Monty to close early 2014-03-17T09:46:44Z

Then the rapid rise of moving pictures thoroughly disrupted the vaudeville industry: theatre after theatre closed, since they couldn’t compete with bargain prices at the cinema. So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

I forever more wanted to be a part of both live theatre and film. Your First Theater Crush 2013-08-21T16:24:20Z

A Hackney Empire panto has a very different flavour from one at Theatre Royal Stratford East, even though the two theatres are only a few miles apart. Lyn Gardner on panto season 2012-12-09T19:15:01Z

The other evening, I made a similar point to Jeremy Raison, outgoing director of Glasgow's Citizens theatre, and he suggested Ibsen planted the laughs deliberately. Is it OK to laugh at Ibsen? 2010-10-25T09:57:00Z

Can you blend contemporary circus, for which NoFit is renowned, with theatre? Mundo Paralelo ? review 2011-03-10T17:40:11Z

Aside from writing on cinema, French has worked as an arts producer at the BBC and reviewed theatre for the New Statesman. That's a wrap: Philip French, Observer film critic, steps down after 50 years 2013-05-04T19:52:19Z

Simon Russell Beale, Charles Edwards and Luke Treadaway are all shortlisted for performances at the National theatre, and Adrian Lester, who will play Othello there next year, up for Red Velvet at the Tricycle. Evening Standard theatre awards shortlist embraces young talent 2012-11-12T15:28:45Z

If ever there was an industry that was indigenous to these cloudy islands, where you can't find a spot of sun for the life of you, then it's the theatre. Mark Rylance: 'You have to move into the chaos' 2013-07-01T06:30:01Z

It may sound pretentious, but I believe children's theatre is an art form and should be respected as such. Children's theatre competition proves it's more than child's play 2010-04-21T16:12:00Z

"I suppose the bottom line of all this," says Lan, "is that we are a socialist theatre." Young Vic at 40: the Young and the restless: 2010-10-19T20:31:00Z

Gaga describes Born This Way as a "giant musical-opus theatre piece". Lady Gaga previews Born This Way 2011-02-10T13:23:05Z

“Their work is really steeped in theatre. Our system of creating actors is a lot more commercial.” Samuel L Jackson criticises casting of black British actors in American films 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

There was the breakthrough Cymbeline part, followed by the opportunity to play the devil in an ambitious production of Faustus at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester. Gwendoline Christie: ‘Playing Brienne of Tarth changed my life. I feel emotional’ 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

Anecdotal evidence, particularly from regional theatres, suggests that the practice of booking tickets weeks in advance is becoming outdated. Theatre: wake up to the digital age! 2010-04-20T14:55:00Z

But in its zeal to check nuclear proliferation, America—along with Israel—opened up yet another theatre of war: cyberspace. Turning worm 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

So, in 1973, he began leasing farms in rural getaways like Oregon and Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, paying the bills by touring with a dinner theatre troupe. Tab Hunter: how Hollywood's boy next door became a gay icon 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Armed with his discoveries – the principles of belief based on the use of personal memories, relaxation and action – he triumphantly announced them to the convened actors of the Moscow Art theatre group. Simon Callow: Stanislavski was racked by self-doubt 2013-03-16T08:00:09Z

She turns sex into camp theatre and the end result is challenging and alarming and powerful and exciting. Lady Gaga's sexual revolution sees female stars reach for the leather 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

Scene change ... the RSC's Arabian Nights at the Courtyard theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon last December. Should theatre critics be more diverse? 2010-06-09T16:22:00Z

In the US, politicians and celebrities have been happy to be seen in the theatre. Charm offensive: The Book of Mormon comes to London 2013-03-12T19:30:01Z

Plus, says Butler, both are more interested in visual arts than naturalistic theatre: it shows in the way their shows are equal parts installation and performance. Fevered Sleep's old age playmates 2010-09-07T20:59:00Z

For a little while, I worked with a Yiddish youth theatre group. Young, early, emerging: Daniel Brodie, associate producer, Royal Court 2013-05-21T09:03:58Z

“I was obsessed with film and theatre the way some kids are obsessed with baseball.” Alex Winter: 'I had extreme PTSD for many, many years. That will wreak havoc' 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

Now, football has become something else – something outrageous – but in theatre, ticket prices still exclude a lot of people. Kathryn Hunter, actor – portrait of the artist 2013-02-26T17:00:03Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton Can I open the door to contributions for weird behaviour at the theatre? How a standing ovation led to stage rage | Mark Brown 2010-03-18T16:19:00Z

"To act as if theatre is sacred kills the humanity of the actors and the audience." Noises off: a 'bloody weird' fringe, and killing a sacred cow 2012-08-24T10:43:47Z

Is it time everyone in theatre was more straightforward with each other? Open thread: Should actors criticise each other in public? 2012-07-27T12:11:12Z

Come January, performers from around the globe converge for the Revolutions festival, a three-week extravaganza of surprising, intense and often hilarious live theatre. Top 10 art and cultural venues in Albuquerque, New Mexico 2013-06-21T23:10:00Z

She did appear in HBO’s Angels in America, but that was hardly normal TV – more theatre looking down its nose at a camera. Streep, Clooney ... Cruise? Why no one is 'too big for TV' any more 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

Mixing live theatre with live television sounds ambitious and risky – but then sometimes it's when things go wrong that they become the most interesting. This week's new theatre 2011-07-08T23:09:07Z

Other figures from the world of film and theatre took to Twitter to pay tribute to Thatcher. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z

Four theatre works will be premiered, drawing on interviews with local people, photographs and film, alongside shows about the traditional dances from Europe and Africa that embody the traditions of Wolverhampton's immigrant communities. This week's new dance 2011-07-22T23:08:21Z

"They think they've seen too much theatre to do with the IRA." Max Stafford-Clark: by hook or by crook 2010-09-05T20:30:00Z

It doesn't work entirely, but theatre is a learning process. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-07-16T17:14:00Z

Bringing together two forms of theatre is nothing new, but The Centaur & The Animal is a special collaboration between animals and an uncommon form of Japanese dance. VIDEO: Man and horse in butoh performance 2011-03-03T20:31:05Z

Sally Beamish's Commedia, a music theatre piece based on stock characters and situations of the commedia dell'arte tradition, is a slight work with the pantomime aspect entirely convincingly expressed in the music. Hebrides Ensemble | Classical review 2010-03-16T22:15:00Z

At Usher Hall, 14 August It will always be worth popping in to the Forest Fringe, a superb venue for young and experimental theatre. Dance Marathon aims to exhaust Edinburgh festivalgoers 2011-08-05T17:28:06Z

Beginning her career in theatre and drama, in 1968 she started a decade-long stint as a drama critic for the periodical Tribune. Catherine Itzin obituary 2010-04-12T17:20:00Z

Four of my wives are coming to see “The Fate of the Furious” with me, I think, selecting a block of seats at the theatre. Please, My Wife, She’s Very Online 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

The names of some of the characters in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia sound suspiciously like theatre critics, and in the 1990 TV play Old Flames, Simon Gray playfully gave critics' names to the murder victims. Critics on screen – a YouTube roundup 2013-01-23T09:42:13Z

After the Avignon incident, theatres in Canada also cancelled Cantat's shows. French rock star who killed girlfriend plans comeback 2013-07-24T17:28:19Z

A month on Broadway in a small theatre. All That Fall: the Samuel Beckett stage play that isn't 2012-11-07T19:00:01Z

So who are these children taking on grownup jobs in British theatre? A quick curtain call. Then bed: Child actors in adult theatre 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z

When he and the Nymph first gaze at each other, the shock of their startled desire reverberates across the theatre. Rambert Dance Company ? review 2012-05-16T17:32:04Z

Take a look, for instance, at this post about the parallels between computer games and theatre. Noises off: Don't get blogged down in Edinburgh festival tips 2010-08-05T14:38:00Z

One of the most encouraging developments in recent years is the increased understanding from theatres and companies that education and participatory initiatives must be at the heart of their work. How theatres can make everyone fight for the arts 2013-05-07T15:48:38Z

She returned to the Goodman theatre, designing her debut show in 1950, and teaching in the school. Theoni Aldredge obituary 2011-01-27T17:08:08Z

"The big thing about what's going to change now that I'm taking the theatre over is, from here on in the New Beverly is only showing film," Tarantino said. Quentin Tarantino ditches digital as curator at historic LA cinema 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

But I believe that fringe theatre is one of this country's most important cultural entities. London's Cock Tavern may be no more ? but you can't kill the fringe 2011-04-12T14:31:04Z

The space, an amphitheatre surrounded by overarching trees, he says, "allows me to work in a more installational, unconventional way than in a regular theatre". Singing in the rain: Regent's Park musicals hit the high notes 2012-05-30T09:04:56Z

I also sense that Berlin theatre is stronger in acting, direction and design than it is in new writing. Don't mention the phwoar: the future of German theatre 2011-03-13T21:31:00Z

A wonderful gig sees the once archetypal indie cool band unexpectedly become all-round entertainers, as classical pop nestles alongside comedy, theatre and audience participation. Belle and Sebastian and London Contemporary Orchestra ? review 2010-12-06T21:29:00Z

Ahead of the royal wedding, the theatre is promoting it as an "alternative to a strait-laced love story", with an inner-city setting. This week's new theatre 2011-04-08T23:08:36Z

And the relationship between psychiatry and the theatre has remained fruitful. A new discovery for science and art: the cultural divide is all in the mind 2012-11-24T16:02:57Z

Once inside the theatre, we are plunged into a tactile world of touch, sound and smell. In a Pickle – review 2013-01-16T18:06:40Z

He added: "Commentators sometimes forget that every theatre, gallery, museum, orchestra, dance company is also a business led by clever, ambitious women and men." New chair of Arts Council England warns against cuts to culture budgets 2013-03-19T23:00:02Z

"I sat there thinking, 'Wow, if this is what theatre can do then the power of it is immense.'" Britain's cultural debutantes 2011-01-16T00:04:11Z

"I grew up doing theatre and had designs on writing musicals since I was in my teens," he says. The Decemberists: The changing of the seasons 2011-01-06T21:30:00Z

Es turns each play into an experience, every concert into a piece of theatre – the results are liberating. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

The indoor Jacobean theatre is a vitally important contribution to the Globe project. Speak the speech ... Shakespeare's plays to be performed in 38 languages 2011-01-20T18:26:01Z

What strikes me is how the commercial theatre of yesteryear acquires an archaeological fascination over time. London Wall – review 2013-02-05T17:38:00Z

Britain is in danger of becoming a Disney version of itself, taking historical themes and turning them into banal theatre. Arts head: Neville Brody, president, D&AD 2013-05-14T10:52:00Z

Meanwhile, on the The Arts Desk, Matt Wolf said: "There's no doubt that the instantaneous standing ovation on press night represented a genuine response to the sort of event theatre that audiences increasingly crave." Skylight illuminates West End 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

On the London premiere of Let It Be, the Guardian's theatre critic Michael Billington called the musical "an exercise in faintly necrophiliac nostalgia". Can't Let It Be: Battle of the Beatles tribute musicals 2013-07-17T12:27:45Z

Near Halloween, the film adaptation of one of her best-known novels, “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” came to theatres. I Know What I Read That Summer 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately for the studio a $4m debut in 10th place from 812 theatres is nothing to write home to Pandora about. 'Tis the season of good horror as The Last Exorcism tops US box office 2010-08-30T12:14:00Z

And yet, the theatre hasn't always been a place you dressed up for, particularly if you were sitting in the cheap seats. When did we stop getting dressed up for the theatre? 2011-03-31T14:46:41Z

"I've found that technology is advancing much more quickly in pop than it is in theatre, just because of the budgets involved," she said. Kanye set designer joins the Brits 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

That can be done in rural touring on the back of a bus, or at the Olivier theatre: it's not about scale, it's about leadership and advocacy. The arts cuts: David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace and others give their verdicts 2011-03-30T18:00:01Z

A few months later, she was invited to take part in a workshop at the National to experiment with creating a new piece of musical theatre. London Road: Murder, they sang 2011-04-10T20:46:00Z

Elsewhere in St Matthew's Sally Fortune finds herself on the other side of the operating theatre, and Mona Hammond guests as a patient who really doesn't want to be bumped from the surgery schedule. Tonight's TV highlights: A History Of Celtic Britain 2011-04-06T23:05:01Z

Its state-of-the-art 400-seater playhouse and smaller studio theatre are rarely out of use: it stages around 10 full productions a year. Raising the curtain on the new am-dram 2012-12-15T21:00:00Z

And might the most interesting and passionate discussions be happening not in the West End, but in local communities around regional theatres? Letting the Cat out of the bag: help us reinvent theatre criticism 2012-09-30T19:00:09Z

We await the result of this experiment, but it is clearly a huge financial risk for us that will not be widely replicated by the nation's theatres. Theatre about social issues should be available to poorer people 2011-08-08T11:20:11Z

The two organisations joined forces last year to offer theatre directors their first opportunity to work with film. Jude Law to star in Guardian/Young Vic film collaboration 2013-05-16T11:40:33Z

This means giving youth theatre and new companies better platforms on which to flourish, drawing greater critical media exposure. Response: Fringe theatre provides young actors with an excellent career path 2010-10-07T23:04:00Z

Given the fact that unpaid internships are virtually endemic across the theatre industry, this might seem a futile question. Noises off: Theatre of the exploited 2010-04-15T15:00:00Z

It's been the cry of politicians and now it has become the focus of theatres. This week's new theatre 2011-01-22T00:06:52Z

As with the UK production, the revamped US production of Jesus Christ Superstar will tour arenas and sports halls, rather than local theatres. Sex Pistol Lydon to play King Herod 2014-04-07T09:41:00Z

Plans include The One Show broadcasting live from the Hay Literary Festival as well as showing performances from Glyndebourne, the Edinburgh Festival and Shakespeare's Globe theatre. Channel 4 'supercharges' arts show 2014-04-16T13:01:47Z

However, because they worked in the theatre they were broke all the time, so economically we were possibly worse off than the working class. Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble 2010-07-27T20:31:00Z

All through July, 80 acts perform at 12 venues in Salford and Manchester, showcasing a breadth of styles, for music, theatre, literature and comedy lovers alike. Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2013 2013-07-12T14:06:21Z

I am not advocating stopping any of the great theatre in education opportunities that we currently offer. Theatre in education needs to get back to basics 2011-04-13T16:03:19Z

In other news, Matthew Freeman is asking whether theatre "should embrace how 'disposable' it is". Why sex is better in the theatre 2010-09-29T16:05:00Z

These spaces have their own ghosts and energies, which can either contradict or confirm the instincts of the theatre being made there. The National Theatre goes pop-up 2011-07-27T11:43:27Z

There's no point trying to create the theatre of tomorrow if nobody is around to enjoy it. Let's make arts cuts today mean stronger theatre tomorrow 2013-01-08T16:37:36Z

In a former Woolworths building on Good Hope Road, the Anacostia Arts Centre houses exhibitions, a restaurant, a small theatre and a few boutiques. A tour of a changing capital 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Yet it's hard to make the case for this as site-specific theatre: it is really just a site. The Sunshine Boys; AirHotel; Detroit ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:11Z

This gruesome theatre has been part of the entertainment at family holiday dinners for each of my 24 years because we are all the descendants of cannibals. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

It's hard, Schulenberg admits in a new post, but "as I've been taking more steps towards direct activism, that feeling of connection between making theatre and achieving social justice has grown." Noises off: Hair cuts and Broadway casts 2011-07-19T15:59:04Z

To me, it is more exciting particularly to have a stage version because I love the theatre. Mantel 'excited' by adaptations of her novels 2013-01-07T11:48:10Z

The singer broke the news of his illness himself at the Moon River theatre last November. Andy Williams dies aged 84 2012-09-26T14:36:07Z

Regardless of the rain, Latitude poses something of a conundrum for theatre. Latitude festival roundup: my theatre highs and lows 2011-07-18T15:40:33Z

The story ended with an endearing anecdote about the author spotting Reeves squeezing into a chair in the cheap seats at a local theatre. Keanu Stories: fans share unexpected meetings with 'sweet, quiet, nervous' Reeves 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

Pete Massey, Arts Council England's acting director for the north, praised Hull Truck for producing "high quality theatre reaching diverse audiences in Hull and beyond". Bail-out for troubled Hull theatre 2014-04-23T11:27:04Z

He does, however, care that his work gets performed, which is why he has spent the past 20 years directing his own theatre company, the Wrestling School. Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not' 2012-10-01T18:31:02Z

Perhaps a thousand people saw it in a theatre. Pay Attention to Movies Released on Streaming Platforms 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Chereau also turned his talents to the cinema, producing films while he also worked in theatre and opera. France bows to stage director Patrice Chereau, dead at 68 2013-10-08T15:56:08Z

As a very young child in the early 1960s, I had only seen movies at drive-in theatres until The Sound of Music. 'I was terrified!': you share stories of watching classic films on first release 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

But it's a distinctive piece, full of ideas about how to integrate theatre and circus, which slyly creeps up on you and seizes your heart. The Arrival – review 2013-03-22T18:31:58Z

As a comprehensively swish one-stop-shop to theatre, there's some work to be done. Nosheen Iqbal 2010-08-04T08:55:00Z

She became involved in radical theatre, acting in plays with titles such as Liberty and Other Intoxications, fell in love and had a baby. Penny Woolcock ? runaway success 2010-06-07T21:01:00Z

As well as animation for all ages here, there are "live animation" performances from theatre group Paper Cinema and make-your-own workshops. Film festival picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z

Please Give hits U.S. theatres on April 23. 2010-02-16T15:37:00Z

Leaving aside the difficulties of separating the individual elements of a production for judgement, to beg such questions is to treat theatre as a cleaning product that seeks to guarantee satisfaction. Noises off 2010-05-12T16:47:00Z

So we decided to turn our songs into theatre, linking today's squaddies with their forebears. Songs for squaddies: the war musical Lads in Their Hundreds 2010-05-19T21:30:00Z

Suddenly I thought, "Oh, maybe dance is the way for me to get closer to theatre." Portrait of the artist: Javier de Frutos, choreographer 2010-06-28T21:01:00Z

So asks Michael Wheeler on the Praxis theatre blog this week. Noises off: Michael Billington gets the animation treatment 2010-12-10T14:12:00Z

Coming out of a movie theatre, I find my own perceptions heightened and my ambitions sparked to capture the city streets of my own imagination, my own reveries in dramas of city life. Cinema’s Walking Cure 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

He walked into that theatre with his head full of Lady Edith's misfortunes: he was nervous for her, wishing her well, yet fearful that something would go wrong for her, as it always does. Just when Lady Edith thought her luck couldn't get any worse… 2012-11-11T00:06:14Z

Or is it to produce self-sustaining, independent artists who might help shape the future of theatre and musical theatre itself? What's the point of drama school? 2010-06-10T10:53:00Z

McBurney hosted a preview launch of the event in London this week, declaring he'd wanted to oversee Avignon because it "is not just an international theatre supermarket". Judi Dench heads to West End and cygnets take on Swan Lake 2012-06-15T13:52:09Z

We are required to be at the theatre for every performance – even if we’re just sitting in our dressing rooms. 'Your ego has to be left at the door': the secret life of the understudy 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

There are good Twitter feeds in the theatre world. Drip-fed up: why don't theatres get Twitter? 2011-02-08T15:43:00Z

Arriving in the same theatre a few months later, Forman was horrified to find his hero in disgrace. Sir Denis Forman obituary 2013-02-25T13:46:32Z

He was called "quite simply the most exciting, exhilarating actor of his generation" by Julie Walters, a former girlfriend who first met him at the Everyman theatre in Liverpool, where both perfected their art. Tributes pour in for Pete Postlethwaite 2011-01-03T19:42:21Z

As a child, she trained as a dancer and in 2005 went back to it with a solo performance at a small theatre in New York. Claire Danes's secret diary 2011-04-01T23:03:12Z

“There’s this whole political theatre that they stage,” Ben-Ghiat said of both leaders. A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That’s Familiar with Trump 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

When I got to college, I continued going to the theatre, yet something was wrong – I couldn't name a single young playwright who wasn't the latest novelist-turned-actor-slash-performance artist. Has French theatre lost its va-va-voom? 2011-03-23T15:02:34Z

Boe is a sell-out success in both opera houses and musical theatre, but he says watching opera "is not really his world", as he prefers performing. AUDIO: Alfie Boe: Opera bores me stiff 2011-06-04T23:25:06Z

She escapes the operating theatre and makes it to what can only be described as an abattoir for hosts. Westworld recap: episode two – do androids dream of electric slaughter? 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

Built originally as a variety theatre, it specialises in German-language performance, but has inevitably been overshadowed by its grander neighbour. Berlin on song 2010-04-03T23:06:00Z

I recently heard an academic at a conference describing such theatre as a kind of plundering, in which the place is used as a resource for a spectacle. Walking theatre must look where it's going 2010-09-20T16:21:00Z

We actually get a scene in which Grigris works out some dance moves on the stage of a theatre, but where this theatre is, and what relationship Grigris has with it, is left undeveloped. Cannes 2013: Grigris – first look review 2013-05-22T08:26:08Z

But, if the courage and money can be found, it would be fascinating if Gormley's Godot tree could be the seed for further artistic incursions into theatre. Stage direction: why don't more visual artists do theatre? 2012-07-17T15:01:13Z

The Northern Broadsides theatre company is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an exhibition of photos by Nobby Clark documenting the past two decades. In pictures: Northern Broadsides 2012-06-04T14:54:19Z

It was really formative to see that political theatre from an outsider's perspective. Book Talk: The dark doubts in the heart of a Mormon missionary 2013-06-21T14:18:17Z

The Donmar's just-finished Trafalgar residency, allowing the theatre's resident assistants a shot at national exposure, is also surely to be applauded. Learn direct: can theatre directing be taught? 2011-01-11T13:42:23Z

A must for those working within theatre. @youngertheatre – If @O_L_T and @thestage represent the more traditional bastions of theatre media, then Younger Theatre is the new kid on the block. Seven days on stage 2012-05-18T14:06:15Z

The Take That star toured on his own last year in theatres around the UK as well as headlining an evening at London's Royal Albert Hall in support of the Prince's Trust. Gary Barlow to release solo album 2013-09-18T06:10:55Z

Arriving at the theatre, she told the selectors with precocious self-possession that she had a large repertoire and intended to perform all of it; they of course succumbed. Marina Poplavskaya: 'I am a person of extraordinary ability' 2011-04-09T23:05:35Z

During a tour of the theatre, she felt a “jolt of electricity”. How we met: ‘I never thought I’d end up with a woman’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

As youth took control of its own music, so it rapidly did in other creative spheres – fashion, photography, design, theatre and the cinema. How the Beatles' Love Me Do began the transformation of British music 2012-10-04T15:08:33Z

Such fleeting, old-school courtesies played well yesterday, as a nice counterpoint to the stormy rhetoric of Rock, who repaid the favor, late in the show, when he showed himself interviewing customers outside a movie theatre. The Surreal Achievements of the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

It will lead to the slow attrition of regional theatre, and the creation of cultural deserts across great swaths of the country. National v regional theatre cuts: why all roads should lead to fair funding 2011-03-15T16:49:52Z

Even as a playtext, theatre acknowledges flesh and the kinetic thrum of others, on stage and in the auditorium. Are plays proper literature? 2010-05-27T14:13:00Z

Luckily, revue and cabaret comedy's loss was the serious theatre's gain. Letter: Joe Melia, zany star of the Cambridge Footlights 2012-11-11T12:33:51Z

Few of her colleagues had any idea who the quiet woman was, busy designing a theatre for the pier in the seaside town in which she had been born. A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2011-01-29T00:06:16Z

There, she worked as a window dresser and participated in amateur theatre. Sybil Christopher obituary 2013-03-11T17:56:09Z

We were in a play at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester when we suddenly realised we were falling in love. Andy Serkis: ‘How would I like to be remembered? Not as the guy who played Gollum’ 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Born March 12, 1938, in San Antonio, Dixon's professional compass was set by gospel music legend James Cleveland, who heard Dixon's teen group perform at a theatre in the south Texas city. Songwriter, gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at 73 2011-09-26T20:28:08Z

However, Joker will not be showing at the Century Aurora and XD theatre where the shooting took place. US cinemas ban masks and costumes at Joker screenings 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

These days I can't travel to the theatre, but I sincerely hope the current production does this message justice. Review: ‘“Master Harold” … and the Boys,’ a Searing Indictment of Racism 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Serkis says he did approach theatre companies that work with disabled artists, but, for various reasons, it didn’t happen. Andy Serkis: ‘King Kong was the epiphany. It was like: you can now do anything’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

The most obvious was that theatre in his time would often have been a matter of small travelling troupes moving from town to town. Will Shakespeare survive the apocalypse? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

Behind the bar was a dance hall, which later became a jazz club and is now the theatre. 10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

It's advice he's clearly taken himself, working his way up through theatre and small television and film roles until he landed a part in the hospital drama St Elsewhere in 1982. Smooth operator 2012-02-12T00:04:04Z

Online, you don't have the captive theatre audience – the challenge is to keep them watching, but not just by throwing in easy crude jokes. The new wave of fan films 2010-05-13T15:10:00Z

This year's Theatre Awards, which celebrate regional theatre, will include a best touring production award, voted for by the public - with the Bristol Old Vic production of Swallows and Amazons among those in contention. Theatre honour for acting couple 2012-10-26T13:36:09Z

Tynan taught us that the critic is more than a privileged spectator: he or she can also campaign for a theatre that transcends escapism and embraces the wider world. Young Arts Critics 2010: critical conditions 2010-05-24T20:30:00Z

Shakespeare remained strong in a varied portfolio of the sort which regional theatres need to maintain a general appeal, and Lenny Henry made a memorable Othello. Fond farewell to Ian Brown at the West Yorkshire Playhouse as James Brining's era begins 2012-06-27T17:00:00Z

As theatre, this is not consistently transporting; as a crash course in Afghan politics, it is powerful, immediate and valuable. The Great Game: Afghanistan 2010-08-02T20:31:00Z

The moral is obvious: subsidy, increasingly under threat, is the key to the British theatre's success abroad as well as at home. Tony awards 2013: Matilda and Kinky Boots slug it out 2013-04-30T15:49:52Z

In the middle of it all sits theatre director Rufus Norris – the man responsible for harnessing this hubbub and putting it on stage. Feast: the Young Vic goes Yoruba 2013-01-30T19:30:01Z

Still, the most winning dramatic performance of the weekend wasn't a piece of theatre at all but Australian band Empire of the Sun's Friday-night turn on the Obelisk stage. Latitude festival: Shakespeare, Swan Lake and Empire of the Sun steal the show 2010-07-19T13:19:00Z

Despite an 11% cut for many organisations, regional theatre buildings are going to have to do a great deal more to nurture talent, support companies and present work. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-04-01T14:06:41Z

Some Edinburgh Fringe venues resemble torture chambers more than theatres. Good seat, bad seats – in theatre, surely the play's the thing? 2013-02-04T13:59:45Z

Looking eastwards, the Manipulate Visual Theatre festival begins at Norwich Puppet theatre on Wednesday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-01T16:28:58Z

How have new technologies been good for theatre? Portrait of the artist: Robert Lepage, director 2010-12-06T22:29:00Z

He took a job in a sheet-metal factory to pay his way through Bristol Old Vic theatre school, before starting his career at the Liverpool Everyman theatre. Pete Postlethwaite obituary 2011-01-03T18:27:54Z

The new theatre will seat about 320 and will mean plays such as The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Pericles and Cymbeline can be performed in the type of space they were written for. Speak the speech ... Shakespeare's plays to be performed in 38 languages 2011-01-20T18:26:01Z

No Figgisy humping and gynaecological explorations in the masterly, Ken Russell manner, filmed in a genuine Renaissance setting instead of a boring old theatre? Teenagers won't be shocked by a naked man on the stage 2011-02-27T00:06:05Z

The theatre gets £300,000 a year from the university, but that agreement expires this year. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z

I am going to say Macbeth everywhere, even in the theatre. Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z

It is no accident that Thatcher seized on Lloyd Webber as a symbol of what theatre should be. Thatcher casts a long shadow 2013-04-08T15:44:23Z

Danny Boyle's hotly anticipated production of Frankenstein, in a new version by Nick Dear, opens next week at the National theatre. Frankenstein on stage: a case of double vision? 2011-02-17T14:48:11Z

It was a great moment transferring to the Barbican theatre last week after a month of rehearsals at 3 Mills Studios right by the Olympic stadium in east London. André de Ridder: together in electric dreams 2013-04-11T16:49:29Z

The story of six steelworkers-turned-strippers was adapted for the theatre by the film's writer Simon Beaufoy and has been on a successful UK tour. Full Monty play gets West End run 2013-04-26T11:03:54Z

Now that the weather is almost passable, outdoor theatre is slowly creaking into life. Strange Interlude, Paradise Lost, The Dug Out: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-25T05:00:20Z

O’Toole’s interest in theatre history is well represented, said Colleary, with examples of diligent research into his heroes, the 19th-century actors Edmund Kean and Henry Irving. Peter O'Toole personal archive heads to University of Texas 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The most controversial one involved the high price of tickets for the closed-circuit television broadcasts, in movie theatres, of the fight. The Muhammad Ali Documentary That Gets to the Existential Heart of Boxing 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

Shortlisted for the Booker prize, the novel has had a lusty afterlife in theatre and TV. Sarah Waters: ‘The Handmaiden turns pornography into a spectacle – but it's true to my novel' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

If some people think British theatre is stuck in the past, British TV appears to be one long Hovis advert. Judith Mackrell on cultural detoxing 2011-01-05T22:16:01Z

When we started rehearsals, I was trying to talk in theatre terms, and the actors just thought I was weird. Director Joe Wright: 'I go nuts if I'm idle' 2013-02-20T19:30:01Z

A 1989 graduate of University College Dublin, Linehan began his career in the theatre in Dublin, producing many shows and going on to direct the city's major arts event, The Dublin Theatre Festival. Edinburgh Festival names Irishman Fergus Linehan new director 2013-04-22T16:21:28Z

Male actors in theatre still outweigh the number of women. Women in theatre: how the '2:1 problem' breaks down 2012-12-10T19:30:01Z

If regional theatres need to have a reason to revive classic plays, then the Library has an excellent one. This week's new theatre 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

British theatre faces a tough financial future, but a rising generation of graduate companies flocked to Edinburgh this year. Edinburgh festival 2011: The highs and lows 2011-08-28T21:19:00Z

The brilliant boy of British theatre has somehow become middle-aged. A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z

Artistic director David Lan said: "Trash Cuisine is all we expect from BFT – provocation, daring and unforgettable theatre." Belarus Free Theatre to bring battle against death penalty to UK 2013-03-27T12:40:58Z

Robin's reaction is to stick up for the alternative world of art: it's an argument that is usually a pushover in the theatre. No Quarter; The Silence of the Sea; Not Until We Are Lost – review 2013-01-20T00:06:10Z

Now all it takes, apparently, is something as basic as gender-switched casting, a commonplace of high-school theatre productions across the country. Why Melissa McCarthy Made a Great Sean Spicer 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

It is an amateur theatre with a small professional staff, which presents 12 plays each year. Letters: Women's struggle for equality on stage, screen – and kids' TV 2012-12-14T21:00:03Z

Dell'Olio – who is apparently planning a West End show, The Powder Room, based on her own life story – clearly hadn't been taking any acting tips from former beau, the theatre director, Trevor Nunn. The Vagina Monologues - review 2013-02-17T23:44:36Z

The theatre god is in her heaven and all is right with the world. Find a play. Squat a building. Steal a van. Now make a show 2010-06-28T14:04:00Z

Malcolm served on the drama panel and the touring committee of the Arts Council, helping to promote schemes to support new writing and theatre companies, and campaigning for greater accountability, representation and decision-making. Malcolm Griffiths obituary 2010-12-02T18:18:00Z

In 2005, when she was still only 27, her first and second plays ran simultaneously in London: her debut, Colder Than Here, at the Soho theatre, and her second, Breathing Corpses, at the Royal Court. Laura Wade's posh | Interview 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

"I think what we did was we kind of brought theatre to rock 'n' roll," he added. Hall of Fame honour for Diamond 2010-12-15T09:34:03Z

The books, movies, and music of the era have always woven through the show like symbolic time stamps, but theatre has also popped up from time to time. Cultural Clicks: "Mad Men," the Radical Art of Chris Burden, and the Momofuku Empire 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Near the theatre, I spotted a young woman with curly hair painting a bench with the word “HUMANIDADES.” What “Hamilton” in San Juan Means to Puerto Rico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Warwick Davis, who recently starred in the Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot, introduced the "five legends" at the London's Playhouse theatre, claiming the venue for the reunion had been decided after a series of bids. Pythons reunite for London show 2013-11-21T14:53:17Z

Hardly any wonder he found speech difficult, or kept toppling over in bars, theatres and hotels. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z

Leaving the theatre, we found Derek outside, sitting on a bench. Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Sissy Spacek is the bullied teen with telekinetic powers in this parable of bullying and misogyny, which is also a brilliant satire of high school, particularly the prom as a theatre of cruelty and anxiety. The scariest horror films ever – ranked! 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

Derby theatre's Departure Lounge season continues with plenty of Edinburgh-bound companies showing their wares. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-07-12T16:03:25Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton This week Equity wrote to 43 theatres highlighting the need for better employment opportunities for women. Lyn Gardner's theatre roundup: Why is theatre so male, white and middle-class? 2012-07-02T14:04:57Z

The role marks Wishaw's debut at the theatre, known for being more artistically edgy than venues in the heart of the West End. Whishaw takes on Greek tragedy 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

In the capital, sales of theatre tickets among people with access to NT Live actually rose 6.4% per year, the research found. Screenings 'do not harm theatres' 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

There is something rather elitist about working in TV and the theatre, so we are trying to show what we actually do. A working life: the make-up artist 2012-06-22T22:00:39Z

I tell myself I'm not in a theatre but in an art gallery with a stage. Richard Alston Dance Company – review 2012-10-06T23:05:55Z

In the telecast from the Kodak theatre, it appeared as if the Academy made a point of highlighting the diversity in the room. Oscars 2015: Academy tries to highlight diversity onstage 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

After leaving a theatre where they have seen a bitterly funny play about race, Obama's girlfriend is confused. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

Sola's aim was to create a piece of music theatre inspired by collective memory of the war. Ea Sola: 'I'm not an intellectual, I come from the forest' 2011-08-25T21:15:02Z

Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the film and theatre industries, and known in other fields including politics. Film director Bryan Forbes dies 2013-05-09T11:39:07Z

Miracle theatre are touring the comedy thriller, The Death of Sherlock Holmes, NoFit State Circus are still at the Eden Project in Labyrinth in Cornwall, too. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-12T13:07:17Z

But the real issue is whether any theatre tickets should be subject to such fees in the first place. Should theatre tickets be subject to booking fees? 2013-02-27T12:01:45Z

It's a challenging meditation on form and memory, but performed with such a droll tension that it's also a deliciously entertaining kind of dance theatre. Dance Umbrella – review 2012-10-07T15:21:19Z

In an interview, Lösch defended this decision, arguing that he is more interested in focusing on the authenticity of the writing rather than that of the actors, and suggesting that, anyway, theatre is make-believe. Is Volker L?sch Germany's most controversial director? 2011-03-18T15:50:37Z

Israel's theatre companies should "pursue their prolific activity inside the sovereign territory of the state of Israel within the boundaries of the Green Line". Israeli actors to boycott new West Bank theatre 2010-08-29T15:45:00Z

But Russian theatre – its unswerving dedication, its tradition of lifetime-long acting ensembles – laid the foundations for much of Boyd's subsequent career. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z

"We are very sorry about it," a theatre spokesman said on Monday. Amy Winehouse play cancelled after opposition from her father 2012-11-27T10:40:30Z

The play will premiere at a new 200-seat Edinburgh Fringe venue called Topside, part of the Underbelly group, which will host a programme focused on theatre and cabaret. Stuart: A Life Backwards adaptation to launch new Edinburgh venue at Fringe 2013-05-02T10:14:16Z

It was a freezing-cold night, and, by 6:15 P.M., hundreds of “Baby Shark” fans were swarming the theatre’s red-carpeted lobby. The Mysteries of “Baby Shark” 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Alamy If there's one thing that theatre critics fear, it's theatre bloggers. Noises off: Netizens of the world unite 2010-09-17T15:29:00Z

His new work, The River, opens at London's Royal Court theatre on Friday night. Butterworth defends ticket policy 2012-10-26T15:54:30Z

It was more like a speakeasy or a rave than the kind of bourgeois entertainment we now think of when we say theatre. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z

What does a “Native American consultant” do in musical theatre? “We had to replace the lyrics ‘ugg-a-wugg’”: Meet the “Native American consultant” who worked on NBC’s “Peter Pan” 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

As I pass by Foxwoods theatre later, on a night that's threatening snow, I see a shivering mass of people queuing up, few if any grudging paying full price for what is a work-in-progress. Spider-Man the Musical: The webbed crusader comes out fighting 2011-01-26T17:31:15Z

Country music star Keith Urban performed a surprise live show at a drive-in movie theatre in Nashville, in a test drive for how concerts might look in the era of social distancing. Sydney fans enjoy live concert at COVID-safe drive-in 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

"It's been a great privilege to have lived and worked in a time when theatre has played a huge part in the debate about how society should conduct itself," he says. Max Stafford-Clark: by hook or by crook 2010-09-05T20:30:00Z

The filmmaker’s very subject is the bond of theatre and cinema; his film achieves a profound synthesis of exactly the sort that, say, “Birdman”—remaining dependent on theatre—doesn’t. A Great New Movie, An Overrated Old One 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

With several young Scots in the cast, Mutatis Mutandis is an explosive piece of image theatre that makes up in exuberance what it lacks in subtlety. Mutatis Mutandis 2010-08-02T21:16:00Z

Our grandparents did not accept this logic when they set up the welfare state and provided for municipal theatres and nationalised industries. Arts funding cuts will bring down the curtain on our theatre's golden age 2010-07-28T12:31:00Z

Landing in Chicago at the end of his teens, he founded his own theatre and performed with the Steppenwolf company. Michael Shannon: ‘Actors are just models nowadays. Going to the Oscars is like going to the prom’ 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

He is giving the inaugural speech in a series of six talks, organised by Jericho House theatre group, called What's the Point of Art Now? Chris Smith: 'Arts are vital to well-being of our society' 2011-02-23T07:00:02Z

That's not always the case in theatres, many of which are too concerned with top billing. Arts cuts mean theatres must learn to share the stage 2010-09-30T15:27:00Z

Chichester Festival theatre may be laying on a starry revival of Bingo just up the road. Edward Bond: 'The most obscene thing I've seen recently is Slumdog Millionaire' 2010-04-30T13:43:00Z

And by money, I mean the different economies of producing musical theatre in the West End and on Broadway. Menier Chocolate Factory's model for Broadway success 2010-05-10T11:31:00Z

A couple of big theatre appointments across the UK this week. Seven days on stage: 1 million viewers could bring the Olivier awards back to terrestrial TV 2012-05-25T14:32:48Z

Then, at a point where she could have picked any film, she chose to go to the Gate theatre in Dublin for a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Frances McDormand: two defining roles, two decades apart 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z

Water drips from the ceilings of the operating theatres. Abandoned Budapest hospital offers glimpse into Soviet past 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

And if a recent blog from the Chicago Tribune's theatre critic Chris Jones is anything to go by, "bums on seats" as a measure of theatrical success is swiftly being replaced by "fingers on keys". Would you vote to save your local theatre? 2010-07-08T12:14:00Z

But then again, Korine's observation of spring break and its staples of sun, drinking, drugs and teenage hormones, could be one of the most daring films to make it into theatres in years. Drink, drugs, and the hyper-sexual: the dark heart of 'spring break' 2013-03-24T00:06:16Z

Currently living in London, Lohan will make her London stage debut in a production of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow on 24 September at Playhouse theatre. Lindsay Lohan sues over Grand Theft Auto V character 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

It is incredibly hard to sustain a living as an actor, director or writer by simply working in the subsidised theatre. Arts funding cuts will bring down the curtain on our theatre's golden age 2010-07-28T12:31:00Z

One answer is obvious: because they're theatres, not a digital arts organisation. Drip-fed up: why don't theatres get Twitter? 2011-02-08T15:43:00Z

That week she was gone, I went to a new movie theatre they'd built in my hometown. The film that changed my life: William Fichtner 2011-02-20T00:05:28Z

Unlike in the theatre, a film scene is only done once. Emily Woof 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z

But just because I occasionally play a guitar doesn't mean I'm not a theatre director. Drip-fed up: why don't theatres get Twitter? 2011-02-08T15:43:00Z

Nucky tries to buy him off with the promise of girls and theatre tickets, to no avail: "Tell me, what you do like?" he asks wearily. Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode two 2011-02-02T22:10:00Z

I don’t fault my friend for fleeing the theatre. The Need for Art That Hurts 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Dating from 1933, like On the Rocks, it was about a travelling theatre company who both transform and undermine a small town by offering them by a progressive diet of Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg. Canadian theatre comes into its own 2011-08-01T15:35:18Z

I want to find a new solution to music theatre; if we don't find one, we are dead and our culture is dead. Interview: Salvatore Sciarrino - 'My problem is I want to change the world' 2013-07-15T15:17:00Z

But story in theatre gives us an adrenaline-flecked path through confusion that our own lives cannot offer, and finally a place to stand and review the damage. Why theatre must never lose the plot 2010-10-08T15:37:00Z

This is dining as a theatre experience with each course representing an act in a play: the waiters are de facto actors, presenting each dish with a theatrical flourish; the setting is an old theatre. Lisbon city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

The play had a long run at the Cambridge theatre in 1955 before moving to New York. Anna Massey 2011-07-04T18:30:00Z

"We have really focused attention on the theatre programming and this has been possible because of the success of our comedy shows," Alderson said. Edinburgh fringe: A-listers arrive for a renaissance of live theatre 2011-08-06T18:49:17Z

In theatre, he's had major roles at the RSC, the National and in London's West End, where he is performing in Private Lives at the Gielgud, London. Toby Stephens, actor – portrait of the artist 2013-07-16T17:59:00Z

Nominees for the awards, which honour West End theatre, are announced next month. 2010-01-20T17:21:00Z

It's not often that you hear commuters getting excited about theatre. Lyn Gardner's theatre roundup: David Walliams' Bottom means bums on seats 2012-06-18T15:48:41Z

"The reconciliation of the popular with the intellectually ambitious, from the Elizabethans onwards, is what British theatre is all about," he argues. A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z

But, while times inevitably change, I wonder whether theatre today is slowly losing contact with those who exist below a certain income. Michael Billington on working-class theatre 2013-01-25T21:00:03Z

Returning as a solo act, Adams's performance at the Palace theatre in Kingston, broadcast live on radio, was so impressive that an agent soon obtained cabaret dates for him, opening for the Blues Busters. Glen Adams obituary 2011-01-06T18:30:23Z

Believe it or not, that's what one Orlando theatre teacher and his students put on stage recently in a show called Anne Frank Superstar. Noises off: Theatre that makes us see differently 2012-05-25T08:35:20Z

In 1599 Shakespeare's theatre group, the Chamberlain's Men, abandoned Shoreditch and headed south of the river to establish the Globe theatre. What happened to Shakespeare's theatres? 2014-04-23T06:29:19Z

She would like to do more theatre, but she doesn’t know when she’ll have the time. Transparent's Judith Light: 'Botox doesn't work on me. I'm serious. I've tried it' 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Yet one pleasure denied even the biggest Shakespeare fanatic will be to watch his work in a theatre which he wrote for or acted in. What happened to Shakespeare's theatres? 2014-04-23T06:29:19Z

He recalls rolling up, drunk on vodka, to accept a prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards in 1996 and then swearing at Sean Connery when the actor ordered him to calm down. Three Billboards director Martin McDonagh: 'Little girls don’t have a Marlon Brando to emulate’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Almeida has been a particular champion of Australian theatre, for instance. Bring Australian theatre in from the outback 2010-09-07T09:07:00Z

Perhaps my most moving theatre experience with Corin was in the privacy of his home. Corin Redgrave: a tribute 2010-04-07T15:44:00Z

After all, it is the arts pages of our national newspapers that regularly write about the precarious state of regional theatre, praising those practitioners who are successfully defying the economic odds. Get out more 2010-05-26T15:56:00Z

Church said Amadeus was the "perfect play" to open the new season in the refurbished theatre. Chichester 'ready for next 50 years' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

But the real test of the theatre – at least before audiences have the chance to experience full-scale plays in it from next April – is, perhaps, the response of its actors. RSC shows off ?112m revamp 2010-11-23T20:04:00Z

In plenty of West End theatres, if you arrive an hour before curtain-up, you can get house seats at a fraction of the normal price. The insiders' guide to the arts 2010-10-17T20:31:00Z

I drank a bottle of whiskey and rode my bicycle into the sea, but the water was so cold I staggered back to the theatre and cut my wrist. Bowie and me 2013-02-23T08:00:24Z

And Robert Lepage, because he overcame serious personal difficulties and became our most complete theatre artist. Q&A: Michael Boyd, artistic director of the RSC 2010-07-06T12:42:00Z

Fithian attributed the worldwide numbers in part to improved theatres, replete with better seats and sound, bigger screens and expanded offerings of refreshments. China helps boost global movie earnings to record $38bn 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

It's an interesting question for those of us who put on site-specific theatre. Prison drama 2011-06-23T07:38:19Z

Punk Rock – Harry Potter meets Lord of the Flies meets The Bell Jar – finishes at the Lyric Hammersmith this Saturday before hitting the Sheffield Lyceum next week, and then the King's theatre, Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-09-17T16:05:00Z

This finding suggests that selling candy in movie theatres actually undermines advertising effects, which contradicts present marketing strategies. Eating popcorn 'disrupts adverts' 2013-10-14T09:41:21Z

Perhaps when all our theatres are closed down, the internet will be the only space left in which to perform. Noises off: Is British theatre too arrogant? 2010-07-29T12:03:00Z

Youth theatre is, in the words of Stephens, attracting "professional writers and directors at the top of their game". Edinburgh festival fringe puts young people on centre stage 2012-08-17T14:15:02Z

But we urge the new government to be mindful that arts subsidy is the reason we're able to create outstanding theatre and to develop Beckett's heirs. Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

The Sacred season of contemporary performance continues at Chelsea theatre next week with Dickie Beau's Blackouts, which features audio from Marilyn Monroe's final interview. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-03-22T16:46:17Z

In terms of theatre and dance, the emphasis falls strongly on visiting companies from the far and near east. Das Paradies und die Peri ? review 2011-08-14T17:15:00Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian The Traverse theatre in Edinburgh has a cute name for this year's series of morning play readings: Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Plays beamed into cinemas: is this the future of theatre? 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z

The Edinburgh international festival theatre programme kicks in tomorrow with the Korean Tempest and Wu Hsing-Kuo's one-man King Lear. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-12T13:07:17Z

In Wilson's theatre, Dafoe argues, there's little risk of distraction from purely aesthetic, formal moves. Willem Dafoe: 'Don't make this into a crackpot profile, please' 2013-06-16T18:00:06Z

If This Is My Family does well in the studio, it may graduate to larger theatres. Tim Firth unveils musical This Is My Family 2013-06-18T05:41:05Z

Their father was a musician, too, and Allison would often watch him perform from the theatre's wings. Sister act 2011-05-24T07:08:40Z

The New York Times's chief theatre critic, Ben Brantley, described it as "the most remarkable achievement in theatre not only of this year but the decade". Gatz to deliver every word of The Great Gatsby on West End stage 2012-02-08T15:43:41Z

He was called to the bar but, being more interested in theatre, studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and directing at the Old Vic School. Michael Cacoyannis obituary 2011-07-25T17:31:46Z

Here are my 10 top survival tips I love my job, but theatre is a tough business to break into. Want to be a theatre director? Here are my 10 top survival tips | John Caird 2010-03-23T12:12:00Z

If things go on as they are "regional theatres will be in real trouble". Puppets in Dreamland from the man behind War Horse 2012-10-07T18:04:51Z

Will Young in Cabaret at the Savoy theatre. Cabaret – review 2012-10-10T17:27:59Z

But I don't think of theatre as a text. Tom Stoppard, beneficiary of the subconscious 2012-02-02T10:54:07Z

It is precisely this kind of support that many theatres are cutting. Arts cuts prompt 'shrivelling' theatre industry, report says 2013-02-22T12:21:17Z

Sitcoms were experimenting with the idea in the 90s – there are episodes of Seinfeld and One Foot in the Grave set entirely in traffic jams – while theatre has used vehicular confines to claustrophobic effect. Wheel life: the strange power of films set inside cars 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian It's your last chance at the in Glasgow for the ambitious multi-media music and theatre performance, Whatever Gets You Through the Night, which finishes tonight. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-29T15:43:54Z

In the operating theatres we observed, it was usually the senior medics of the team who made the decision about background music. Background music in operating theatres not very beneficial, warn experts 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

So where is the underground theatre to be found? Spirit of the underground: theatre 2011-01-30T23:00:00Z

London theatres attracted record ticket sales in 2013, boosted in part by musicals such as The Book of Mormon and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. London theatres report record sales 2014-01-29T16:22:45Z

In a nutshell, regional theatre is vital for artistic, economic and social reasons. The Evening Standard awards prove regional theatre is vital 2012-11-26T18:22:17Z

The small-scale production ran for two nights at a student theatre in LA. Jennifer Jason Leigh: ‘I've been at this precipice so many times' 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z

The Hook will open at Northampton's Royal and Derngate theatre next June. Miller drama set for world premiere 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

The other is schools theatre, an art form that was overlooked and underrated long before The League of Gentlemen subjected it to a character assassination in the form of the painfully right-on troupe Legz Akimbo. Schools theatre: the case for the defence 2010-06-16T15:26:00Z

No two theatre scenes enjoy the same level of commercial and artistic interdependence as Britain's and America's. The Tonys' battle for Broadway 2010-06-14T21:00:00Z

If this year's Edinburgh festival fringe is characterised by one thing, it is undoubtedly theatre's attempts to engage playfully with technology. This week's new theatre 2011-08-19T23:09:21Z

What advice would you give a young theatre designer? Tom Piper, theatre designer – portrait of the artist 2013-01-22T17:30:01Z

It says something about the robust state of London theatre in these straitened times that new venues are still opening. These Shining Lives, Knee Deep, Mayfest: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-11T05:00:24Z

Hide in my wine cellar or my theatre? Circa Now: Bah, Humblebrag: The (Unfortunate) Rise of False Humility 2012-11-30T20:49:55Z

The latest is a new theatre under the arches of Waterloo East station, run by Gerald Armin. This week's new theatre 2010-08-28T11:07:00Z

The show tells the story of several notorious Australian murders through theatre, puppetry and Cave's music. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cry murder Adelaide 2013-03-04T09:53:05Z

In case anyone has forgotten, the economic impact of theatre on the economy is £2.6bn, with every public pound invested earning a return of £2. Culture Capital: how arts funding became a live issue | Lyn Gardner 2010-03-25T17:41:00Z

Here, Hoyland tried to get back to the piece's roots in 1960s theatre and dance, recreating the atmosphere and chaos of a happening. Carr?/Laborintus II | Classical review 2010-03-22T22:15:00Z

Rehearsals have moved from the studio into the theatre. Glyndebourne's odd double 2012-08-09T19:00:12Z

Noel Coward's Tonight at Eight is a reminder that the time theatre starts is open to fluctuation and social trends. Edinburgh festival: day 11 on the fringe 2012-08-16T14:16:18Z

In its fast-paced, total theatre mix of music, film and literally explosive performance, not everything was always comprehensible, but that didn't really matter. Pierrot Bidon's Archaos: the circus that shot society in the head 2010-03-24T10:41:00Z

Out of the picture ... cuts will mean theatres are less able to invest in new plays like The Pitmen Painters, above, starring Michael Hodgson. Arts funding cuts will bring down the curtain on our theatre's golden age 2010-07-28T12:31:00Z

So successful has Mike Leigh been as a film director, with international hits such as Secrets And Lies and the most recent, Another Year, that it's easy to forget he started out in theatre. This week's new theatre 2011-03-05T00:07:36Z

Juliano was killed by a masked gunman outside the Freedom theatre – an end he had predicted three years ago on Israeli television. Juliano Mer-Khamis obituary 2011-04-11T18:02:15Z

More recently, Ward had "worked tirelessly" in the theatre, touring the country with The Madness of George III and An Ideal Husband. Simon Ward, actor, dies aged 70 2012-07-22T16:38:16Z

The concentration of interesting, surprising, funny and anarchic people who choose to work in the theatre here. Laurie Sansom: incoming artistic director, National Theatre of Scotland – profile 2013-02-19T10:31:29Z

It has become increasingly fashionable for regional theatres to offer some kind of installation of mildly immersive experiences for audiences. This week's new theatre 2010-07-02T23:06:00Z

Music, comedy, art, film, theatre and workshops celebrating disability and deaf artists, including Bionic People, with disabled artists creating short features about bioethics and prosthetics. This week's new events 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z

The Freedom theatre's daring adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland brought criticism from sectors of Palestinian society. Juliano Mer-Khamis obituary 2011-04-11T18:02:15Z

We wander around the bowels of the theatre. Willem Dafoe: 'Don't make this into a crackpot profile, please' 2013-06-16T18:00:06Z

Early reaction from people inside the theatre was just as positive. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey overcomes setbacks for premiere 2012-11-28T20:06:36Z

We then upped the ante by inviting the writers to perform the plays themselves as monologues in their local theatre. Dramatic destinations: around Britain in 61 plays 2010-12-13T17:18:00Z

This film started life as a theatre production in which you played Macbeth. Ian McKellen’s favourite Shakespeare roles on film 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

In the 1960s, Pitt worked with the Berliner Ensemble theatre company under Helene Weigel, widow of Brecht, and secured a few small film roles in pictures including Doctor Zhivago and Where Eagles Dare. Ingrid Pitt: a career in bitesize clips 2010-11-24T16:02:00Z

“Only rich people play golf. French theatre is even worse.” Houda Benyamina, the French Filmmaker Who Brought the Banlieues to Hollywood 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

This is Sheppard's first year of running a large-scale professional theatre venue. Why Stewart Lee is wrong about the death of the Edinburgh fringe 2012-08-16T07:00:05Z

The Fringe also allows theatre-holics the chance to immerse themselves in unseen theatre. Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2013 2013-07-12T14:06:21Z

His latest job though, offers the nationwide challenges of a "theatre without walls". Theatre director 'up for challenge' 2013-06-28T13:51:46Z

Yet in VAT on the West End alone the government makes more than the entire subsidy to theatre. Arts funding cuts will bring down the curtain on our theatre's golden age 2010-07-28T12:31:00Z

"We feel it would be odd not to embrace the fact that theatre is completely live," says Allen. Bright new things 2011-02-13T00:02:02Z

The theatre was mostly empty, with maybe twenty other people distributed like arbitrary commas in the semi-darkness. Going to the Movies with Jackie Kennedy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

A Dubliner, he was educated at the Synge Street Catholic boys' school and acted from the age of eight at the Gaiety theatre. David Kelly obituary 2012-02-13T17:30:28Z

Its conception of Arden is of a small, makeshift stage – theatre within theatre. As You Like It – review 2012-05-22T09:51:51Z

You go to theatre to be entertained, not put in a tailspin. ‘Constellations,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Opens on Broadway 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

But what in the book is sly and intriguing becomes heavy and calculating: one after another, the tropes of international theatre come on to the stage. One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:19Z

Used for productions of Shakespeare's more intimate plays, and those of his contemporaries, the Swan has been the model for the reconstructed Royal Shakespeare theatre. Royal Shakespeare Theatre: All's well ? 2010-11-23T18:43:00Z

Because in the theatre, you're so free to do whatever you want, there are no repercussions. Gemma Arterton: 'Our house was a bit Ab Fab at times' 2013-05-11T23:05:25Z

Both The History Boys and The Habit of Art premiered at the National theatre, and were directed by long-term collaborator Nicholas Hytner, who also directed Bennett's The Madness of King George III. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z

He also attended a local acting school and joined theatre troupes, where he was cast in roles that fit his age and distinctly ethnic appearance. Remembering Charles Aznavour, the Last and Greatest Troubadour 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

Somewhere during the third act, he and his comrades conspicuously departed the theatre. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

And children's theatre is still perceived by many, inside and outside the theatre, as being second division and less important than theatre for grown-ups. Children's theatre competition proves it's more than child's play 2010-04-21T16:12:00Z

Daniel Evans Sheffield theatres There were no surprises in Hunt's speech. Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

I imagine the cast and/or theatre weren’t available in time to have rehearsed, previewed, and opened by the deadline. 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

When she walked on stage the whole theatre gasped. Alison Steadman 2011-01-16T00:05:18Z

Sitting in the theatre's vibrant cafe on a Saturday evening, surrounded by people chatting, reading or surfing the web, I felt I might have been in the Royal Court's downstairs bar. Don't mention the phwoar: the future of German theatre 2011-03-13T21:31:00Z

Moving to Edinburgh, he began performing his poems, appearing at the Traverse theatre as part of the Edinburgh festival in 1965. Pete Morgan obituary 2010-07-15T16:54:00Z

There is the economic challenge, both for audiences and theatres. Theatres make drama out of a crisis 2013-10-21T08:32:20Z

Later, when the stage had darkened except for the light pouring through the window, Young peered up into the theatre and chirped “Bee-weep! Bee-weep!” Whole Selves Becoming Visible 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

It's now our seventh year and theatre is one of the biggest things we do at Latitude. Theatre in spotlight at music festivals 2012-07-09T07:25:57Z

During his tenure he directed and acted in plays every season and became known for exploring Elizabethan theatre practices. Rylance plays to move to West End 2012-02-27T16:27:38Z

In other words, these producing theatres are almost functioning like funding bodies. Edinburgh fringe 2013: are the big names stealing the show again? 2013-07-29T12:06:00Z

The theatre sold out for the whole year and the spin-offs were lucrative, as recordings and arrangements of the hit numbers kept coming, and GW Pabst made it into a film. The Rest is Noise festival: Berlin in the 20s 2013-03-18T15:12:00Z

“Mako was nominated for an Oscar, a Tony; he opened up the first American Asian theatre in the US.” 'I've seen grown men cry' – why Avatar: The Last Airbender still touches millions 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Despite the dismal roll call of London theatres that have burned to the ground over centuries, including the original Globe, Drumgoole is unshakably confident in the experiment. Shakespeare's Globe opens indoor theatre to stage winter's tales 2013-04-22T17:39:37Z

Rob Drummond's remarkable Bullet Catch, a show about danger, depression, illusion and theatre, is at the Shed at the National Theatre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-05-17T14:35:33Z

Crucially, we must continue to take risks so that theatre doesn't just survive, but thrives. Let's make arts cuts today mean stronger theatre tomorrow 2013-01-08T16:37:36Z

It boils down to an ideological choice about how a theatre should be run. Noises off: High ticket prices raise questions about theatre's values 2010-10-13T14:19:00Z

I wasn't dead keen on the set designs, and the choreography and 'look' of the hounds in the final ballet seemed rather teenage theatre school-ish. Reader reviews: your take on Timon of Athens and Metamorphosis Titian 2012 2012-07-20T14:00:00Z

Here are some of the other companies and shows that are leading the way in interactive theatre: Digital theatre: 'A new sort of artform' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

I started telling the story and, before I knew it, it was in movie theatres. 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

The film opened at the Cocteau theatre in early May and was a huge success. The Classic Vietnam-Era Documentary “The War at Home” and Its Lessons of Nonviolence 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

This is important for Roman archaeology because this is the first theatre of its type found in Britain. Roman theatre discovered in Kent 2013-01-07T13:42:59Z

Although Gough's mannered elegance was hardly suited to the social misfits erupting in the new wave of British drama or the theatre of the absurd, he did not ignore either movement. Michael Gough obituary 2011-03-17T19:38:43Z

The risk worked, and she got good reviews – something she puts down less to her talent than to theatre critics slowly warming to TV stars. Diana Vickers: 'Have fun with me!' 2010-03-30T20:30:00Z

This week, Noises Off is all about theatre that prefers microscopes and looking glasses, which makes real life look strange and interesting once again. Noises off: Theatre that makes us see differently 2012-05-25T08:35:20Z

I've learned from her journey something very important about a shared objective between supposedly high-brow theatre and pop culture, in that design for theatre should be about the transmission of energy from stage to auditorium. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

The young dancer Jesús Carmona, capable of careening across the stage on legs that seem to shoot in all directions at once, sat in the darkened theatre, answering messages on his iPhone. The Anarchic Side of Flamenco 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Not long after the audition for the sleepy director, she was in New York, about to go the theatre with her visiting mother, when she got a call. Naomi Watts: ‘My soul was being destroyed’ 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

Now that he's been fired, perhaps it would be appropriate to replace Edelstein with one of any number of supremely qualified female theatre... Long Wharf Theater Leader Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

Howe points out that this is more each day than the National theatre could manage in a year, even if all three of its stages were sold out every single night. Don't touch that dial: the threat to radio drama 2010-06-20T20:45:00Z

Jessica Swale's revival would not have looked out of place on the stage of any regional theatre at any time over the last 40 years. The School for Scandal – review 2013-06-14T17:23:34Z

Macbeth has attracted superstition in theatrical circles and it's deemed bad luck to name the play in a theatre. Curse of Macbeth? Actor taken to hospital after Branagh battle 2013-07-15T12:29:23Z

"The cunning theatre of the sea," as Sail describes it another poem. Poem of the week: Stowaways by Lawrence Sail 2011-01-31T10:20:36Z

Rarely granting interviews, the playwright now seems to view himself as a lone and besieged voice in US theatre. Has David Mamet lost the plot? 2013-06-12T19:00:03Z

Merseyside-born Stephen Graham, 46, discovered acting aged eight, before joining Liverpool’s Everyman youth theatre in his teens. Stephen Graham: ‘The Irishman was my Champions League final’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

But turning unwieldy prose into living, breathing works of theatre is the kind of problem that has animated ERS for nearly 25 years. Signifying something 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Some academics and theatre lovers down the years have long contended that the greatest works in literature could not have been penned solely by the son of a gentlemen glover from Stratford. In search of Shakespeare's ghosts 2011-07-14T07:42:46Z

Emma Earle directs a show which makes use of the magic of puppetry and physical theatre along with songs to delight a family audience. This week's new theatre 2011-01-08T00:06:25Z

Located in the new rehearsal complex behind the Edinburgh Festival theatre, it will be the 15th venue in the Underbelly empire. Stuart: A Life Backwards adaptation to launch new Edinburgh venue at Fringe 2013-05-02T10:14:16Z

At the Met, the stage will be adorned with a Mediterranean Sea of fifty thousand L.E.D. lights, designed by the Québécois theatre impresario Robert Lepage. The Troubadour and the Lady 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Covent Garden's new staging by David McVicar, done in one evening, as Berlioz intended, instead of the more manageable two, was a valiant effort, and the first in that theatre since 1972. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z

And it added 4,000 young people from 300 schools and youth theatres took part in NT Learning's nationwide youth programme, Connections. Record year for National Theatre 2012-10-01T16:32:16Z

A new production by Canada's Robert Lepage is always a cause for celebration: his originality of thought and vision stretch the boundaries of theatre. This week's new theatre 2013-02-02T06:00:18Z

In 1969, she appeared in a lengthy tour of Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow before opening at the Cambridge theatre in London. Lizbeth Webb 2013-01-27T15:49:10Z

Inside are bars, a club, a theatre and a good restaurant, Sous le Pont , where you’re as likely to see businessmen in suits as anarchists. A local’s guide to Berne, Switzerland: 10 top tips 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

Costumed actors from the Sundial theatre will recreate scenes from the novel twice daily. Historic Britain: days out and short breaks 2012-08-17T21:45:06Z

Few people outside theatre, film and TV know who they are. 'Next!': the secretive world of casting directors 2013-05-21T18:30:01Z

Exotic book shelves, quidditch world cup posters and the bookshop inside an old theatre. Internet picks of the week 2011-08-05T23:08:37Z

But a weekend visit to this year's Ulster Bank Dublin theatre festival offers a surprising answer. Dublin theatre festival takes the recession seriously 2010-10-11T15:44:00Z

It was a crucial moment in movie history—the studios had been forced, in antitrust actions, to divest themselves of their movie theatres and to work with independent producers. Judy Garland’s Hollywood Unravelling, Through the Eyes of Her Husband and Producer Sid Luft 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

But I still feel that I haven't reached the holy grail – the thrilling, experimental work that makes me believe that French theatre still has its va-va-voom. Has French theatre lost its va-va-voom? 2011-03-23T15:02:34Z

Far better to have focused on current students or sample answers to fathom what an A* might be, rather than the efforts of A-list theatre stars. How to get an A-Star: Radio review 2010-08-17T07:00:00Z

“When the curtain came down,” wrote its critic Vincent Canby, “Glenn Close had suddenly become a big, exciting new star of the American musical theatre of the 1990s.” Glenn Close: critical acclaim built on strength of character 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

The festival takes place every two years and specialises in world premieres in theatre, music and art. Depot gig opens Manchester festival 2013-07-05T05:52:27Z

Tells you something about the state of American theatre. In a Slim Season, the Tonys Show Love to Brits, Classics and Sponges 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

In the sense that we have accompanied the performers on a long journey, this piece of narrative theatre acquires dramatic power. One Thousand and One Nights ? review 2011-08-22T12:34:36Z

It's a theatre that doesn't try to own but to facilitate. Arts cuts mean theatres must learn to share the stage 2010-09-30T15:27:00Z

By this time she had given up theatre performances, partly because of Beckett's death and also because of her failure to conquer her stage fright. Obituary: Billie Whitelaw 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

The question is whether London, or anywhere else in the UK, really needs another theatre? Does Britain need any more theatres? – open thread 2013-05-16T16:00:21Z

Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans described Friel as "a true poet of the theatre". Dancers to tell Kes story on stage 2013-10-30T16:23:56Z

Monday's sold-out theatre, if not quite the hard evidence needed to back up that figure, at least proved that many people are curious. Cracking up: can mental health make good comedy? 2010-04-22T14:14:00Z

We've presented a huge range of theatre, comedy, music, work for children, and so on. Arts Council rejects: where did we go wrong? 2011-04-05T14:09:44Z

The production, originally scheduled for this year, will be unveiled at the Lyric theatre in early 2014. Baz Luhrmann to unveil Strictly Ballroom musical early next year 2013-06-28T16:41:07Z

Earlier this year, their skills won recognition from the serious end of the theatre trade, with a best entertainment Oliver award nomination for one of their two other "Potted" shows – Potted Panto. Potted Potter: Harry in a hurry 2011-08-01T20:46:01Z

Epstein signed the biggest band of all time, the Beatles, and discovered Cilla Black and Billy J Kramer, opening his own theatre to promote and launch the likes of Jimi Hendrix and the Who. Top director to shoot biopic about Beatles manager Brian Epstein 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

There will only be the odd bands who have the knowledge to master their theatre. David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z

Briers's career ranged from television, to theatre, to film and radio. British actor Richard Briers dies, aged 79 2013-02-18T13:25:40Z

I went to the Prince Edward theatre to be seen. And ... emote! How to succeed at auditions 2013-02-24T18:00:02Z

After college, Williams subsidised himself with a job as a theatre usher. Roy Williams: Confessions of an uncool kid 2010-06-07T20:31:00Z

The couple married in Calcutta and held a large reception at the theatre there, at which Berta wore a borrowed gown and met most of Ben’s colleagues for the first time. Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

The tax relief will be available to both commercial and subsidised theatres, and the government predicted that it would be worth £15m in 2015/16. UK theatres welcome tax breaks 2014-03-20T11:02:04Z

As it happens, the party that cares most about the common good also happens to be the one that is least likely to slash museum budgets and close theatres. Don't vote for "arts" policy in the 2010 general election 2010-04-06T12:17:00Z

A few weeks ago, after I'd written about the opener of Don't Stop Believing, a very nice head of a music theatre, whose contestants hadn't made it through, wrote to me. Last week's TV 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

But she always had in mind that she wanted to run a theatre, one that could combine her love of art, music, poetry – and objects. 'This building gives me so many ideas': creatives on the spaces that inspire them 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

But live theatre can frequently turn brother against brother, particularly if the two stars in question aren't getting the respect they believe they merit, or the laughs they crave. Where egos dare: Patrick Stewart v James Corden and other on-stage spats 2010-06-11T10:36:00Z

After graduating from De Paul's theatre school in 1997 she moved to LA and hasn't been out of work since. Judy Greer on Arrested Development: 'I get flashed all the time. It's mostly men' 2012-12-27T19:00:00Z

Often to be found reviewing theatre around London and interviewing big names from the theatre world – most recently casting director David Grindrod. Seven days on stage: It could be curtains for dozens of theatres 2012-07-06T13:00:31Z

Still, his language is often beautiful: “How helpless desire is outside its little theatre of heat.” Come as you are 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

"But eventually I had to leave because I was becoming more and more involved in the theatre and the SAS demands most of your weekends and several nights a week." Jon Finch 2013-01-13T11:27:40Z

You come to understand the novel's construction and the process of reading it, and learn about the mechanics of theatre. Gatsby gives theatre a novel twist 2010-12-02T17:21:00Z

Scott Thomas initially envisaged a career in heavyweight theatre, or avant-garde French pictures. Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘For me, Brexit is a disaster – talk about not knowing where you belong’ 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

The President and the Pakistani is at the Waterloo East theatre, London SE1, until 4 November. Barack Obama and his wild, drug-taking roomie 2012-10-03T15:08:57Z

The circus and theatre company Ockham's Razor play with that intensity in their latest show. Not Until We Are Lost – review 2012-09-25T17:02:41Z

Artistic director Dominic Dromgoole and executive director Tom Bird, who orchestrated the season, picked up the award at a ceremony at the Prince of Wales theatre in London. Shakespeare's Globe reaps 'rare' reward at Critics' Circle awards 2013-01-15T13:01:06Z

The day she went into theatre was very stressful. Experience: my dog underwent gender reassignment surgery 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

So political theatre tends to be all over the place. Howard Brenton, playwright – portrait of the artist 2013-07-02T18:00:00Z

My mum in 2007 was invited by some Australian friends in London to a fringe theatre play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called The King's Speech. 'I'd like to thank...' 2011-02-28T10:32:48Z

But how do you go from a New Zealand university theatre group to an HBO hit show in a decade? Flight of the Conchords: ‘We're retired sex symbols' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

The festival also incorporates spoken word, circus performers, poetry, cabaret, theatre and comedy. Glastonbury opens as rain predicted 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Its best things are its least pretentious features: narrative range and, far too unusual in the theatre, thriller drive. Chimerica; Race – review 2013-06-01T23:06:18Z

"Phantom" premiered in 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, racking up "every major British theatre award," according to the Broadway League. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

Stark, who was born in Wallesey, Merseyside, made his professional debut at the Lyceum theatre in London in a pantomime aged 13. Pink Panther actor Stark dies at 91 2013-10-30T15:55:09Z

I am more hopeful than Lyn that the next generation of young theatre directors will be both diverse in their backgrounds and in their way of working, and I believe that one supports the other. Directors and the question of diversity 2010-05-19T15:49:00Z

He came out of the theatre, and the first thing he said to me was, “Thank you for making my mother a star.” “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

He was back in England by the late 1930s, studying at Rada, appearing in rep and at the Stratford-on-Avon Festival theatre. John McCallum obituary 2010-04-07T18:14:00Z

The Hull Truck theatre has received £400,000 in emergency grants to help it out of financial crisis. Bail-out for troubled Hull theatre 2014-04-23T11:27:04Z

He was a consummate professional, a courteous and cultured individual destined by upbringing and intelligence to enter the theatre. Sidney Lumet obituary 2011-04-10T16:59:14Z

"The idea that we're this flagship theatre, as if cut the funding and look at the Print Room succeed, is horrific," says Bailey. Director Lucy Bailey: Thinking small 2011-02-15T14:43:22Z

As a student, Leo spent almost three years in the UK and studied drama at Mountview theatre school in London. Knockout performance 2011-02-04T08:44:26Z

Musical theatre has always been my first love - it's where I began my career - so I'm hugely excited to be joining the panel. Church to judge Lloyd-Webber show 2010-02-18T15:53:00Z

The point isn't just to attract new audiences, says Power: it's to encourage more movement between the National's three theatres. Meet Ben Power – the National theatre's secret weapon 2013-07-24T15:34:58Z

The cast of “The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise,” by Toshiki Okada introduced a new way of making theatre and performing. Theatre, Film, and Culture of 2014 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

President Vladimir Putin called his death "a huge, irreplaceable loss for Russian culture and for the theatre that he created and devoted his life to serving". Russian director Fomenko dies, 80 2012-08-09T16:44:41Z

The critical assessments of his writing for theatre and television far outweigh those of his art. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

Cooke will direct Choir Boy in the upstairs space from September, before helming Crimp's In The Republic of Happiness in the main theatre over the Christmas period. London's Royal Court leads new season with Churchill and Butterworth 2012-06-12T14:03:09Z

The stage show opened in 1977 at the Alvin in New York and ran for what was then a record-breaking six years at the theatre. Quvenzhané Wallis to play Annie in musical remake 2013-02-25T11:44:43Z

One day she will have a theatre of her own. Timon of Athens; Peace Camp; The Only True History of Lizzie Finn – review 2012-07-21T23:05:46Z

And is the Walk the Plank theatre company really the most important thing to invest in at a time like this? The arts cuts: David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace and others give their verdicts 2011-03-30T18:00:01Z

Haworth Tompkins have made theatres more welcoming, more continuous with life outside. Table; Children of the Sun – review 2013-04-20T23:08:26Z

The Turner prize is about testing the limits of art: is Sehgal's work dance, is it theatre, is it art? Turner prize 2013: a shortlist strong on wit and charm 2013-04-25T15:27:55Z

Some years, the Tonys affirm the primacy of American mainstream theatre on its own shores; other seasons, we take our lessons from the British. The Tonys' battle for Broadway 2010-06-14T21:00:00Z

“But that’s what art, theatre and what we do is all about. It’s actually provoking that debate and that discussion. It will be really interesting to see how that unfolds at the festival.” Donald Trump Takes Center Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

But, while both are very good, there is a visceral violence to Shepard's play that gets slightly lost in a big theatre, where we feel comfortably remote from the action. Review 2010-05-19T00:01:00Z

His father, however, found a new footing in the New York theatre world. James Cromwell: 'In jail, everyone recognises my face' 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

But even here, there seems to be a new anger in the air: theatre fuelled by satire of the coalition and calling for solidarity against Tory cuts. Latitude theatre roundup: forest sets, bankers' debts … and getting wet 2012-07-16T16:27:04Z

My media escort tells me that she saw a Broadway show in New York once, but the theatre wasn’t as ornate as the ones back in Cleveland. On the Road with “Little Failure” 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

If pop and film are the rowdy, popular older brothers, visual art is the flashy uncle and theatre the overbearingly articulate dad, then dance is the fey little sister, easily overlooked, easily misunderstood. Judith Mackrell on dance 2010-07-14T20:45:00Z

A production of "Corpus Christi" in Athens was canceled this month after weeks of almost daily protests outside the theatre by priests and right-wing groups, including deputies from the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party. Blasphemy charges filed over gay Jesus play in Greece 2012-11-16T11:24:23Z

“I’ve been taking musical theatre for seven years now,” he said, shaking. What “Hamilton” in San Juan Means to Puerto Rico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

It will be a whopper What to See next week, and the week after, as theatres all over the country start opening shows. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-26T15:02:48Z

For Alderson the next challenge is to allow the profile of festival fringe theatre to help actors and producers right across Britain. Edinburgh fringe: A-listers arrive for a renaissance of live theatre 2011-08-06T18:49:17Z

At one stage, someone says to Rembrandt of his painting: "You have made a frozen moment of theatre!" Film review: Nightwatching 2010-03-25T14:45:00Z

The theatre closed at the end of January, the lease not renewed. The Shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Is a Cultural Crime Scene 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

I asked Lane whether he thought that this kind of work could thrive in a storied midtown theatre. In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

An Israeli actor and peace activist who ran a drama project in a Palestinian refugee camp has been shot dead by masked men, metres from the theatre he founded. Israeli peace activist Juliano Mer Khamis shot dead in Jenin 2011-04-04T17:38:52Z

Most tickets for Shakespeare in the Park are handed out for free in an attempt to create "theatre for all", often sparking large queues for its star-studded productions. Bening joins King Lear in the park 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

It was an explosion of my psyche, my aesthetic and my beliefs about theatre; it was then I became a director, a storyteller and an artist. Portrait of the artist: Emma Rice, artistic director 2012-05-29T17:30:01Z

“Back then, there were subsidized theatre structures and the underbelly that was challenging people from a creative or political standpoint,” he says. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z

Young people don't have that prejudice against the theatre, which perhaps did exist in the 1980s, when every young person seemed to be in love with music and television and film. David Hare: 'Working in theatre, you're less at the whim of stupid people' 2013-01-20T00:06:22Z

More and more do, perhaps spurred by the growing popularity of A-levels such as theatre studies. What's the point of drama school? 2010-06-10T10:53:00Z

They have been working together through the Rolex mentoring scheme, which operates across music, literature, film, dance, theatre, art and architecture. Gilberto Gil: from 60s activism to Womad 2013 2013-07-17T18:00:00Z

Yet regardless of who produces the best theatre, one thing seems certain – both America and Europe are capable of producing some really spectacularly bad work. Noises off: Is British theatre too arrogant? 2010-07-29T12:03:00Z

The Hull Truck theatre, which got £1.5m, was among the main recipients. Troubled arts venues get £14m rescue 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

"We value working with dancers, musicians and actors in our galleries, and artists in our theatres." Alison Goldfrapp exhibition to open 2013-09-06T12:56:21Z

Guy Yedwab of the Culture Future blog summarises this piece by Stephen Fry saying: "As usual, liking theatre is apparently on par with the worst opinions of bigots towards black community members." Noises off: What do Nick Clegg and Samuel Beckett have in common? 2010-05-13T10:16:00Z

Maybe you're wondering what her views are on the gender balance in theatre. Josie Rourke live q&a – post your questions! 2013-06-17T14:29:54Z

Peake began her career in the venue's youth theatre before going on to star in such TV shows as Shameless and Silk. Maxine Peake to play Hamlet on stage 2013-09-11T12:40:02Z

My teacher opened up that there were endless possibilities on stage, and imagination could never be tempered or diluted in theatre. Playwright Alistair McDowall: Anything can happen 2013-06-05T07:53:11Z

I agree it wasn't a great night at the theatre. Review: In ‘A Life,’ Lonely and Looking to the Stars for Answers 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

But the theatre world has its own share of Twitter parodists, who may soon be banging on the doors of Broadway producers. Cultural Clicks: Tweets from God, the Songs of Summer, and Soccer Art 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Pouffer argues that it's primarily the critics and theatre programmers who exacerbate those divisions: the audience mostly just care about the work in front of them. Cedar Lake ballet's great leap forward 2012-10-09T16:04:05Z

The haunting tale of Jack Frost is told with pop-up theatre simplicity and dash of festive magic. The House Where Winter Lives – review 2012-12-12T18:22:45Z

I am disproportionately opposed to “library bars”, believing they will eventually be seen as the conceptual precursors to such repurposed spaces as operating theatre restaurants and hospice spas. What Donald Trump’s butler saw: behind the scenes of a real-life Xanadu 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

How boring theatre would be if we were obilged to stick rigidly to historical facts. Joan of Arc, Superstar? Not to the Woman Playing Her 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

The theatre's Christmas show will be a departure. Tori Amos, Mike Leigh and Stalin: the National Theatre's new programme 2011-01-26T21:31:43Z

The arts generate growth: for a minuscule budget of £1bn, Britain gains its international reputation as a great cultural centre, drawing people to music, theatre, galleries and museums. Arts for everyone is cheap considering its rich returns 2010-07-27T19:36:00Z

Which brings me to today's hero: a well-known theatre actor who also fancies himself as a bit of an expert on Shakespeare. The secret actor on the proper way to recite Shakespeare 2013-06-23T19:43:01Z

Just as Wright can look back to a family background in puppeteering – his parents founded the Little Angel theatre – and forward to an illustrious movie career. Fences; Trelawny of the Wells; Richard III – review 2013-03-03T00:05:30Z

I'm reminded of my high school theatre teacher, Raymond Gerrell, who advised: If you start yelling at the highest level, there's nowhere for you to go. Don't just laugh at "Hillbilly Elegy" — its damaging myths still need to be countered 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

The season aims to have the feel if not the financial model of subsidised theatre with, Grandage hopes, patrons returning to see all five shows. Michael Grandage brings five star-studded plays to West End 2012-06-15T17:09:14Z

They were beautifully finished," remembered Mailer's friend, the theatre producer Lewis Allen, "and there was a big one that opened like an Easter egg. Wilhelm Reich: the man who invented free love 2011-07-07T12:15:01Z

So how to translate theatre to the cinema without losing its immediacy? The surprise success of NT Live 2013-06-09T19:30:01Z

The cavernous lobby will join the library to its neighbour, the Birmingham Rep theatre, with a single box office and reception desk for both. Super library arrives as hundreds of others face closure 2011-02-06T20:13:20Z

Our problem is financial support because our actors can't work in any other theatres; in Belarus, we have only state theatres. Natalia Kaliada: 'In Belarus it's very simple – everything's repressed' 2012-06-02T23:05:29Z

Production values have increased since Hull Truck moved in to its swish new theatre. Acting married: thespian relationships in the spotlight | Alfred Hickling 2010-03-23T14:04:00Z

Back-up provision should have been made on the surgical assessment unit in case all the experienced staff had to rush into theatre to deal with an emergency. Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

English regional theatre in the late 1950s was still dominated by the Edwardian values of the West End, the star system and the cosy conventions of the French-windows farce. Peter Cheeseman obituary 2010-04-29T17:57:00Z

Surely this could not work in the theatre? Chariots of Fire; Posh; Children's Children – review 2012-05-26T23:10:02Z

But many of the medium-size London theatres also now house tune-and-toe shows. Snooty? Us? 2010-03-16T16:51:00Z

I never tire from the excitement and generosity of children enjoying the theatre. Australia excels at theatre for young people 2013-07-19T05:02:07Z

Es has an unflinching desire to approach theatre in an almost musical fashion beyond the restrictions of naturalism. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

Usually, there is a lot of banter in the operating theatre but today we were silent. David Nott: ‘They told me my chances of leaving Aleppo alive were 50/50’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

"None of the theatres which do fall into the county council's area receive any grant support from the council." Theatre cuts 'equal to five jobs' 2013-11-07T17:16:23Z

Over the next week, they will be performed across the world, from Scotland to Canada, Bristol to Brazil, in big theatres, people's front rooms and on the street. Theatre Uncut 2012 – review 2012-11-14T18:25:22Z

Set up late last year, this site aims to provide a social networking hub for theatre professionals and, crucially, allows writers to upload and share their plays with potential producers. Noises off: About The Author 2010-08-18T15:27:00Z

Photograph: Robert Workman Imagine Noah's ark sitting in a school playground in London and you get some idea of what Britain's first recycled theatre looks like. Oikos 2010-09-01T20:30:00Z

Perhaps one feels, upon leaving a theatre, not just like a patient but also an analyst after a session. The Shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Is a Cultural Crime Scene 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Kid Rock and his band joined Romney at a theatre in Royal Oak to play a song that is the signature anthem of Romney's campaign events, "Born Free." In Michigan, Mitt Romney faces day of reckoning 2012-02-28T10:36:07Z

The award is given to a play "which displays an original voice in theatre". Cannibals wins Edinburgh drama prize 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

Ortega merges his movie with the theatre that frames its narrative, and Cox comes to perform onstage; at the end, the mansion-castle and the theatre, now falling apart, are revealed to be one. A “Rocky Horror” for the “High School Musical” Generation 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

The Victorian theatre of spectacle is alive and well, and residing at the London Palladium. The Wizard of Oz - review 2011-03-02T00:53:18Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian The only Shakespeare at the Open Air theatre this summer is this late play, "reimagined for everyone aged six and over". The Winter's Tale – review 2013-07-08T17:12:47Z

I bow to no man in my admiration of the Irishman's talents and charm, but a neurosurgeon's operating theatre didn't seem the appropriate venue for his full-blown shtick. Rewind TV: Hunted; Monroe; Arena: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour; Best Possible Taste: the Kenny Everett Story; Exposure: the Other Side of Jimmy Savile; Welcome to India – review 2012-10-06T23:05:46Z

Previous anthologies have focussed on theatre, crime and punishment, New York City, and the small screen. The Supreme Court in the New Yorker Archives 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

In short, what people crave, in time of recession, is theatre with a life-enhancing capacity. Dublin theatre festival takes the recession seriously 2010-10-11T15:44:00Z

Children enjoy the attendant things with theatre: the ice-cream, lights going down, the magic of it. The insiders' guide to the arts 2010-10-17T20:31:00Z

When the job was done, Altman flicked his green surgical glove into a bin and left the theatre for a coffee break while the anaesthetist moved the breathing tube from Drake’s nose to her mouth. 'I just want to see the person I always saw in my head': the story of a face 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

Nor is it just this summer that Shakespeare dominates: he is a staple in the repertoires of many subsidised theatres. Lyn Gardner on funding Shakespeare 2012-07-22T19:00:03Z

Legislation was originally aimed at children performing in the theatre and is limited to an average of around three and a half hours a day. Child worker laws 'need relaxing' 2010-03-19T17:05:00Z

Today the various court buildings host exhibitions, theatre, poetry reading and live music, as well as a fashion boutique, cafe and restaurant. Kuching, Malaysia: what to see plus the best restaurants, hotels and bars 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton Many theatre professionals like to keep their distance from critics. Critical distance is a far-off fantasy 2010-12-01T12:46:00Z

Is it this that makes of the theatre a real laboratory? Frankenstein on stage: a case of double vision? 2011-02-17T14:48:11Z

We teach literature, music and theatre at school, and we believe it is essential that cinema be taught as well. France's pupils to view cinema classics in the classroom 2010-05-18T16:55:00Z

Photo: T McGrillis This year, the fringe's St Stephen's venue will be a showcase for the best of northern theatre, hosted by Newcastle's Northern Stage. This week's new theatre & dance 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z

The Last Days of Troy will open at Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre on 8 May before transferring to Shakespeare's Globe in London on 10 June. Lily Cole to play Helen of Troy 2014-02-11T15:50:05Z

Others included the Hollywood Reporter, who said the show was "a tremendously exciting demonstration of the power of theatre". Curious Incident opens on Broadway 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

The Curtain theatre was built in 1577 and used by Shakespeare's company from 1597 for around two years, while the players were in between more permanent homes at the theatre and the Globe. Seven days on stage: from Shakespeare in Shoreditch to Zarganar in Soho 2012-06-08T16:13:51Z

A prison stands in for the city: a walled theatre of meaningless degradation and punishment, where the only language left is violence. 'A pas de deux of sex and violence': a poet's guide to film noir 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

Gordon, who was born and grew up in Chicago, began producing radical theatre shows as a student, setting up a company in 1968 called Screw Theater. Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon dies aged 72 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

Of course, there's a hefty price tag attached, but once you're through the gates, Latitude makes the dream of theatre for all into a brief, sun-scorched reality. Latitude theatre review: marquees and mash-ups 2013-07-22T16:41:20Z

Sarah Benson, the artistic director of the Soho Rep, saw an early concert and knew it belonged in a theatre. Human nature 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

I heard the other day that a major London theatre can't even afford to photocopy at the moment. Portrait of the artist: Tanika Gupta, playwright 2011-02-14T21:59:00Z

Two years later he appeared on stage professionally for the first time, in The Universal Legacy at the Barn theatre in Shere, Surrey. Alfred Burke obituary 2011-02-18T19:32:19Z

I was interested to hear that Shirky comes from a radical theatre background. Interns need a fairer deal 2012-07-09T14:19:00Z

That's a lot of theatre, opera and orchestra music for a very smart fee. How to save money at Edinburgh festival 2010-07-27T12:21:00Z

Andrea Lewis Then: Singer with the Darling Buds Now: Runs children's theatre schools The music thing all happened so quickly. From pop star to chiropractor: musicians' post-musical careers 2010-09-23T21:29:00Z

I got an Olivier award – but, more importantly, it felt like the coming together of the traditional training I got at Rada with a more physical, visual form of theatre. Kathryn Hunter, actor – portrait of the artist 2013-02-26T17:00:03Z

Now, though we see improvement in TV, theatre has got worse. Letters: Halt this savage attack on the arts 2012-12-16T17:59:02Z

In the nineteen-fifties, he put on a weekly, one-man show, based on “Hamlet” and featuring Freudian analysis, anti-capitalist rants, a tin can in place of Yorick’s skull, and sound effects borrowed from Chinese theatre. The Remarkable Forgotten Life of H. T. Tsiang 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Summerhall was a thrilling addition to the Edinburgh fringe last year and has another intriguing programme of performance and theatre. Edinburgh fringe 2013: my top tips 2013-06-06T15:18:28Z

Wailing sirens and a haunting loop of Vera Lynn's voice ricochet around the theatre, while a screen shows apocalyptic newsreel of burning buildings. Cinderella ? review 2010-12-10T17:26:00Z

Groups including the Bristol Old Vic's Young Company, the Glasgow-based Junction 25, and Homegrown, the young performers' group at BAC in London, are producing increasingly ambitious work that rivals professional theatre in quality. Edinburgh festival fringe puts young people on centre stage 2012-08-17T14:15:02Z

Dan Canham's Ours Was the Fen Country, a dance theatre piece inspired by conversations with Fenland natives, is at Salisbury Arts Centre on Tuesday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-06-07T16:06:29Z

Once premiered this side of the Atlantic at the Dublin's Gaiety theatre two weeks ago. Once the Musical: how I fell for its honesty 2013-03-17T17:00:01Z

It would be a cruel irony if, just as the national theatres blossomed so exceptionally, their roots were being starved again. Arts funding: cultural capital 2013-04-10T20:58:46Z

He saw “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” several times in theatres; he held up his wrist to show me a tattoo of the words “be good,” which is a quote from the movie. Building the Worlds of His Dark Materials 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

“He absolutely understood the theatre of killing kids,” Greengrass says, when I meet him on an autumn morning in London. From The Hunger Games to Utøya and The Hate U Give: how cinema declared war on the young 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Of course, not all youth groups and young people's theatres are like this, but there still seems to be a belief that theatre work with young people has a primarily educative role. Children's theatre: top marks for entertainment | Andy Field 2010-03-25T16:42:00Z

The Children's Touring Partnership is a new outfit aiming to tour high-quality children's theatre nationwide. Goodnight Mister Tom - review 2011-02-06T18:06:26Z

Such a theatre would probably look much like the West End. Adam Smith Institute's proposals could mean curtains for UK theatre | Lyn Gardner 2010-03-17T16:51:00Z

He's quietly become a grand old man of British theatre. Versailles play not a history lesson 2014-02-28T12:16:20Z

And there are moments of ridiculous theatre – Billy's spasm of desire for "a hair product" in Tesco's – that nail consumerism more effectively than any singalong. Reverend Billy ? review 2011-07-19T18:00:04Z

While it's not an altogether profound play, it is still very good theatre and certainly merits a recommendation. Review: ‘Dry Powder,’ a High-Finance Comedy Drama 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

Last week, I was having a conversation about theatre with a friend from Belgium. Has French theatre lost its va-va-voom? 2011-03-23T15:02:34Z

These drawings create a perfumed theatre of life that is constantly haunted by dark realities. Watteau at the Royal Academy: the theatre of life 2011-03-14T17:11:09Z

After an hour of intense, expertly disturbing theatre, we spectators were left alone on a cobbled street. Edinburgh fringe theatre: Sub Rosa; Of Women and Horses I Have Known; Long Live the King; The Author; My Romantic History; Speechless 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

Between 1966 and 1974, over 200 itinerant alternative theatre companies sprang up all over Britain, presenting entertaining, provocative and incendiary new work throughout the country. Find a play. Squat a building. Steal a van. Now make a show 2010-06-28T14:04:00Z

Don’t get me wrong: it was genuinely delightful to be in the Dolby theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night, watching Parasite bulldoze its way through the awards. Self-flagellation and stuffed goodie bags: my night at the tacky, endearing Oscars 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

In a story that constantly highlights the gap between appearance and reality, the power of illusion and the importance of dreams, there's more than a hint of fairytale and theatre about it. Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner – review 2012-12-28T22:55:01Z

Until 1988 membership was a condition of paid work in the theatre but this ended with new employment legislation. Ian McKellen warns theatre is at risk from fall in acting standards 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z

"The conventions of going to the theatre are set so that all it does is switch you off," said Barrett. Punchdrunk theatre company returns with show shrouded in secrecy 2013-03-21T00:01:01Z

Another problem, which is perhaps more challenging for theatres usedto competing with each other for audiences, is how to be open with their online content. Trailers trashed 2010-05-10T16:02:00Z

Nosocomephobics will shudder on entering this surgical theatre, the oldest in Europe, which predates anaesthetics and antiseptics. 20 of the world’s creepiest museums 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

Some really exciting, engaged writing here that takes theatre criticism well beyond the generic confines of the newspaper review. Culture coach: the week's essential arts stories 2012-07-20T09:40:00Z

When we meet, Newman has been in Bolton for just over a year, courtesy of the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme, one of the hottest prizes in British theatre. In at the deep end: the Young Vic's theatre boot camp 2011-01-10T21:31:01Z

In the letter, Paddington tells of a theatre visit to watch Hamlet and a trip to a Michelin star restaurant - both of which meet sticky ends. Bond writes new Paddington story 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

In the darkened theatre, this time with an audience of 3,000, the story unfolded. The real life people behind Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carrell’s film Beautiful Boy 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

A show that combines David Lynch mystery with comic mayhem, it's likely to be an offbeat evening, and totally disrespectful of the boundaries between comedy and theatre, high and low art. This week's new theatre 2011-03-12T00:07:43Z

But this year, among the programme of highbrow theatre and installations lies the MIF's events for "children, young people and families" – Once Upon a Story. Manchester International Festival's children's shows: a teenager's view 2013-07-17T14:57:15Z

Specifically to a few months ago, when we were both late for the theatre and waited in the wings together for five minutes doing polite solidarity smiles to each other and performative eyerolls. ‘I crashed Timothée Chalamet on the red carpet’: my night at the Baftas 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

But it is not just their courage that sets the Belarusian Free Theatre apart from other theatre groups. Free expression 2011-04-21T12:16:07Z

In words that still haunt British drama, he declared: "Ours is not to be a producer's theatre, nor an actor's theatre . . . but a writer's theatre." Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre 2011-01-31T00:05:02Z

Unlimited A Leeds theatre group chronicles the production of space travel show for kids. Internet picks of the week 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

But because if you tell a story in the theatre, and tell it well and clearly, the audience will empathise; and if the audience empathises, they are implicated and involved. Verbatim theatre: the people's voice? 2010-07-15T16:02:00Z

She has had basically the best and longest career imaginable, becoming a movie star, then a musical theatre star, then a television star, then a fun old lady. Game of Thrones: is Angela Lansbury heading for Westeros? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

The problem with live pigs in the theatre," adds Eyre with professorial solemnity, "is that they squeal like scalded babies. Betty Blue Eyes: can Cameron Mackintosh make this pig musical fly? 2011-04-12T14:45:08Z

Combatants for Peace is not the only group working for peace in the Middle East, but they are the only organisation that use theatre to spread this message. Israelis and Palestinians unite for peace - and theatre 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z

Lane wasn't a national name, but her outstanding talent and commitment throughout her long working life placed her in the heart and soul of our theatre. Pamela Lane obituary 2010-11-21T18:54:00Z

"One of theatre's roles is to be a conversation with the world," she said – but added: "In the end you're really looking for dead good stuff to do." Tom Hiddleston to play Coriolanus at Donmar Warehouse 2013-05-20T13:53:58Z

For one thing, his roots are in experimental theatre, and for another, the relationship between rock and pop and performance art appears to be blossoming as never before. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z

There is, however, some cause for hope: 41% of the plays commissioned by our theatres, but yet to reach the stage, are by women. Exit the women, stage left 2012-12-10T19:30:42Z

Generally, verbatim theatre requires actors to convey what's been recorded or transcribed with their own voices. Clio Barnard's The Arbor is out of lip-synch with reality 2010-10-25T10:06:00Z

Photograph: Julieta Cervantes This year's pared-down festival lasts for just 10 days and is focused around a single venue, the fine new theatre spaces at the new Central Saint Martins campus. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-09-28T23:06:25Z

Cromwell is always there onstage, but we’re watching him from the outside—especially in an enormous theatre like the Winter Garden. Bringing “Wolf Hall” to the Stage 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Cora Bissett in last year's critically acclaimed Edinburgh production of Midsummer at the Traverse theatre. Edinburgh Q&A: Cora Bissett, Scottish director and actor 2010-08-27T11:15:00Z

Grandage also announced plans to buy an office, education and rehearsal space for the company, having already bought the lease of the theatre, a converted warehouse in the heart of Covent Garden. Jude Law returns to London stage in Eugene O'Neill's play Anna Christie 2011-01-14T13:15:02Z

If student theatre is your thing, then the place to be is the Noises off blog. Local heroes 2010-06-04T15:11:00Z

So when THE most amazing theatre competition rolls round, she realises this might be her one chance to do something with her gift. The Secret Henhouse Theatre by Helen Peters - review 2013-05-23T17:00:00Z

British Youth Opera's annual season at the Peacock theatre in early September always feels like a last rose of summer. In the Penal Colony; Don Pasquale; La boh?me/Euridice; Chilingirian Quartet 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

The Barbican programme will include theatre, art, architecture, design, film, music, opera and dance. Blanchett leads Barbican line up 2011-05-24T11:25:19Z

Recent research suggested that taking live shows into the cinema did not have a negative impact on ticket sales in the theatres themselves. NT to screen first Broadway show 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

We tried to show it to people in theatres, not on DVD. Harvey Weinstein: my mistakes scuppered Tarantino's Oscar chances 2013-01-30T12:59:39Z

Is theatre much different from working in television or film? Zoë Wanamaker: 'Acting is a vicious business' 2013-05-05T08:00:02Z

I was in my mid-20s, really disillusioned with theatre, and it was Donal's performance that persuaded me to carry on working. The best performance I've ever seen: Enda Walsh 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

She enjoyed variety, always hankering for a stint in the theatre after a run on television. Mary Tamm obituary 2012-07-26T17:10:33Z

Last month Ambassador Theatre Group, the UK's biggest theatre operator, announced that it will be upgrading each and every one of its 49,000 seats, 11,000 of them in the . Are you sitting comfortably in the theatre? 2011-07-14T13:27:45Z

The dressing-room table with its surround of light bulbs becomes a miniature theatre for the play within a play; the drawers tiny coffins for the dead. My Hamlet 2010-08-20T14:55:00Z

So, as the Rep sets off on a two-year, cross-city adventure while its current home is rebuilt, this one-off show created by the people of Birmingham celebrates the current theatre and people's memories of it. This week's new theatre 2011-01-08T00:06:25Z

They started to highlight the arts and around that time the subsidised theatre scene started to flourish, so every state had a theatre company. Geoffrey Rush: 'I still think I'm 37' 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

It was 20 years before we met again, and I was enjoying a run of Art at Wyndham’s theatre. 'This is the best moment of my life,' he said, lying in the bath: Ian Holm remembered 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

The play will be directed by Jamie Lloyd, director of the theatre's production last year of Macbeth that starred James McAvoy. Shakespeare role for Martin Freeman 2014-04-04T12:42:13Z

A long and illustrious career in serious theatre. Mel Giedroyc, comedian and broadcaster – portrait of the artist 2012-11-06T16:59:01Z

However, the operating theatre had a most welcome radio on, set to power ballads. Family life 2013-01-05T00:06:02Z

Impressively, despite minimal TV exposure, they're touring sizable theatres regularly, and playing to a devoted audience that laps up their dazzlingly inventive subversions of pop favourites. This week's new live comedy 2012-11-10T00:06:18Z

The effect is part-recital, part-immersive theatre – even if, at times, as we shuffled politely around, it felt weirdly like something organised by the National Trust. A ghost in the library 2011-07-04T20:45:01Z

The fashion which sees theatre meet opera has spread beyond London to Exeter, where The Bike Shed is premiering a new take on Mozart's The Magic Flute set in a 1920s jazz club. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-10-08T16:27:00Z

As with all jukebox theatre, it asked us to believe that creativity is no sweat; that, once inspiration descends, you strap on your ready-tuned guitar, step up to the mike, and unleash. Anthony Lane: “Jersey Boys” and “Venus in Fur” Reviews 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

Over the weekend I'm going to On the 20th Century at the Union theatre, which is great. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-12-17T15:49:42Z

This year, when the Dukes theatre company stages Robin Hood, the memorial will be home to the Sheriff of Nottingham, who will be wearing a coat made from lino, in homage to the building's commissioner. Lancaster's Dukes theatre: the great outdoors 2013-07-04T14:13:02Z

In real life Heti had just divorced her husband of three years, and was trying to write a play for a feminist theatre company – which instead became . Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books' 2013-01-19T17:30:01Z

"Earache came first, then deafness, and this deafness increased until at the theatre I could only hear a few words now and then," Edison wrote. 11 Surprising facts about Thomas Edison 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

Chris Moyles, the disc jockey, is to make his musical theatre debut in the forthcoming arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. Seven days on stage 2012-05-18T14:06:15Z

It transferred to the Arts theatre in the West End, and then to Broadway. Clive Donner obituary 2010-09-07T17:44:00Z

The company is among the pioneers trying to make theatre truly interactive. Digital theatre: 'A new sort of artform' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

While mechanisms did not exist in 1972 to track the returns of a film that largely played in adult theatres, the movie is reputed to have taken a staggering $600m worldwide. Deep Throat production company fails in Lovelace copyright claim 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

It was once a byword for the finest in Russian culture – the "big" theatre, grand not just in scale but in reputation. Bolshoi rocked by scandal and intrigue 2011-03-22T19:52:49Z

The show was visually stunning, though – whoever designed it should be in charge of design for all the theatres in Britain. Another view on Dr Dee 2011-07-10T21:45:00Z

In the early 1970s he decided to give acting a concerted shot after several years of community theatre in Long Island. Brian Dennehy obituary 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

"I'm a saxophonist who got known for being a tuba player," Malkovich once said of the way film had supplanted theatre in his life. Homage to Harold Pinter 2011-08-07T20:31:01Z

"The Teatro Real wishes to express its enormous regret for the great Madrid tenor's illness and to send him its best wishes for a quick recovery," the Spanish theatre said in a statement. Domingo treated for blood clot 2013-07-10T08:10:10Z

But to kiss goodbye to 10 years of the theatre? Jonathan Miller: I'd rather be at Marks and Spencer than the theatre 2010-08-03T10:42:00Z

Fletcher accused the council of giving preferential treatment to other venues in the area, saying the Alhambra was "one of only two theatres in Scotland to receive no council funding". Theatre staff arrested in Nazi-themed protest 2012-10-12T12:21:58Z

The theatre closed just days after the production completed its run, and is still looking for a new home. Miss Saigon dominates theatre awards 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

This week: Two local theatre companies — Sacred Fools and Rogue Machine — each move into new digs with, respectively, a world premiere from Padraic Duffy and a West Coast premiere by Samuel D. Hunter. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 14-21: 'Past Time,' 'Pocatello' and more 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

So why would any self-respecting writer want to waste good words on musical theatre? Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z

It is compelling theatre that deserves to be staged in a more sympathetic space. Review 2010-07-09T00:58:00Z

Meanwhile, after the success of its multilingual Globe to Globe season and its first West End transfer, Shakespeare's Globe was named theatre of the year in the Stage awards. National Theatre steals a march on theatre power list 2013-01-03T15:35:51Z

But this is one of those areas in which cinema has the edge over theatre or literature; close-ups without dialogue are a demonstration of the maxim "Show, don't tell". Anne Bilson 2010-08-26T21:00:00Z

The awards span different art forms – theatre, opera, orchestral music – and will lead to different types of approach, informed by the local context the organisations are working in and their community partners. Culture enriches lives, yes, but it should enrich all lives 2013-05-30T10:30:42Z

The clueless and nearly silent white people at the Dolby theatre didn’t know whether to laugh, clap or hide from the revolution. OscarsSoWhite: Chris Rock exposed the depths of the industry's race problem 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Butler has obviously had some bad experiences with British or European theatre practitioners who, he feels, are frequently dismissive of American theatre. Noises off: Is British theatre too arrogant? 2010-07-29T12:03:00Z

The Shakespeare theatre in downtown Washington came to our rescue, offering to host the plays for two days last month. How The Great Game emptied the Pentagon 2011-03-01T21:29:00Z

Blogging plays an increasingly welcome and important part of the debate around theatre. Noises off: What's the rush to review theatre? 2011-02-17T17:27:56Z

Most of these theatres are in need of repair, but they can't afford the cost. London councils should consider creating 'culture quarters' 2013-07-30T06:30:06Z

A Horrible Histories theatre tour is doing the rounds, though be warned: it is based on Deary's mildly amusing original books, not the side-splitting TV series. Prom 20: Horrible Histories ? review 2011-07-31T17:06:00Z

As well as challenging theatre schedules, Churchill's plays have a long record of testing production possibilities. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z

"The challenge was excruciating, but each scene was a little bit like a theatre stage and we could act within that," he said. Film on radical Catholics, racy von Trier film, paired in Berlin 2014-02-09T13:31:18Z

Ironically, Wertenbaker's play preaches the power of theatre and art to transform lives, focusing on a group of 18th-century convicts in Australia rehearsing a production of George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Recruiting Officer. Max Stafford-Clark calls ministers 'philistines' over arts funding cuts 2013-02-05T14:16:16Z

One of her most famous performances was in Beckett's monologue, Not I, in which only her mouth was visible to the theatre audience. Obituary: Billie Whitelaw 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

After graduation he worked in 1973 at the Royal Court theatre in London, as assistant director, and at the Bristol Old Vic, before becoming assistant director at the Sheffield Crucible in 1975. Mel Smith 2013-07-21T16:12:44Z

A theatre graduate from Pennsylvania State University, Mr. Aniston served in the United States Navy as an intelligence officer. John Aniston, Veteran Television Actor, Dies at 89 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

She managed to join the Operetta theatre as a chorus member and bit-part singer, and in time-honoured fashion was given her big chance when the soubrette broke her leg. Galina Vishnevskaya obituary 2012-12-11T18:32:40Z

When we emerge, he believes, people will still want to go to the cinema and to the theatre. Domhnall Gleeson: ‘As far as I can remember Phoebe Waller-Bridge smelt lovely’ 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

A few years ago, the theatre establishment mobilised stars from Danny Boyle to Dame Helen Mirren to warn about funding cuts. The state of UK theatre: Boom or bust? 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Robert is one of theatre's great actors and for him to have accepted this challenge at his age speaks of his courage and commitment to the theatre. Robert Hardy pulls out of Gielgud theatre's production of The Audience 2013-02-26T16:36:16Z

When I started, I always tried to do theatre, so I never thought about the career of a film actress, what that entailed. Gemma Arterton: 'Our house was a bit Ab Fab at times' 2013-05-11T23:05:25Z

Martin Amis phoned to ask if I ever go to the theatre. David Harsent: A life in writing 2011-02-21T08:00:00Z

Ian was a star actor while I was still working in regional theatre. Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart to reprise Godot roles on Broadway 2013-01-25T14:46:37Z

This week, the actors' union Equity wrote to 43 theatres highlighting the need for better employment opportunities for women in the theatre. Actors' union rallies theatres to enable more parts for women 2012-06-29T16:44:14Z

“So have you!!!” a few women in the theatre shouted back. “The Princess Bride,” the Movie that Won the Internet 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

Tales of the Night is due in French theatres in July. French animator brings 3D magic to Berlin festival 2011-02-13T13:58:13Z

I'm also puzzled by McKellen's claim that amateur theatre no longer offers young people the outlets it once did. Dear Ian McKellen, I beg to differ ... 2010-09-27T21:01:00Z

Some months ago, the staging of two all-male Shakespeare productions at the Hampstead theatre in London uncorked an explosion of frustration from women actors, writers and directors. Exit the women, stage left 2012-12-10T19:30:42Z

Events are taking place in theatres, museums and other venues across the UK. 'Fun Palaces' pop up after 50 years 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

The Bush theatre's Schools season has just opened with a double bill of new plays. Playwrights should learn the benefits of staying in education 2011-01-25T14:18:06Z

Between now and then Mosse, who for several years ran Chichester Festival Theatre and enjoys theatre much more than cinema, is writing her first full-length play. Kate Mosse: a life in writing 2012-10-12T21:55:18Z

She practically grew up in a theatre rehearsal room, because of her parents, but she thought she would be a biologist, like David Attenborough. Dafne Keen of His Dark Materials: 'Lyra taught me to not follow rules' 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

The Lion King's success was notable given that there are five bigger theatres on Broadway than the Minskoff Theatre, the show's New York home since 2006. Lion King is top Broadway show of 2013 2013-12-31T08:51:24Z

In 2008 she took the decision to limit her film roles in order to join her husband as co-artistic directors of the Sydney theatre company. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Now the Civic is being replaced by a new theatre called Cast . From slappers to Hedda Gabler: the irresistible rise of Sheridan Smith 2013-03-18T18:12:48Z

Today, a new 235-seat theatre is proposed as part of the site's redevelopment. What happened to Shakespeare's theatres? 2014-04-23T06:29:19Z

Until then, paper companies will be most vocal about hygiene – the one theatre of war they feel they can still rule. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

He’s already heard from someone who was interested in combining the store with a cabaret and from a theatre company that might want to house the bookstore in its lobby. Is It Curtains for the Drama Book Shop? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

He'd go home for an hour's nap, then go straight to work in the operating theatre. Why doctors hide their own illnesses 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Let's begin with the Playgoer, who is discussing the role of theatre in the age of mass production. Noises off: commodification, chess and Foolishness 2010-04-08T10:17:00Z

The new shows will air from March, with seasons planned on dance, film, theatre and poetry across the BBC. BBC unveils boost to arts content 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

Regardless of what applies in other areas of life, length definitely does matter in theatre. Endurance performances: Why length matters in the theatre 2012-06-19T07:23:01Z

You and Rattigan both left Oxford before graduating to pursue careers in theatre. Q&A Thea Sharrock, director 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

This week Cardiff offers David Mamet's early play of bedroom politics, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, at the Sherman and Driving Miss Daisy at the New theatre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-01T16:28:58Z

Daldry is one of Britain's most respected film and theatre directors and has been nominated for an Oscar for each of his three movies – Billy Elliot, The Hours and The Reader. Billy Elliot boys return to the stage for an emotional reunion 2010-03-30T21:37:00Z

“I think this would be great in the theatre. Twelve women on stage would be amazing,” added Evaristo, a former actor who co-founded a theatre company in the 1980s. Booker Prize winner Evaristo hopes to build ties with African and British readers 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

They were joined by other protesters seated throughout the theatre. Protests for Michael Brown interrupt St. Louis Symphony 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Edgar, who famously adapted Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980, recently wrote If Only, a play about the future of the coalition government, for the Minerva theatre in Chichester. Silk wins Writers' Guild drama award 2013-11-14T12:46:31Z

Her poem, The Fun Palace, which celebrates the life and work of theatre director Joan Littlewood, is on display in the Olympic Park. Trojan tragedy goes modern 2012-11-15T06:55:18Z

Of course, Britain's theatre culture has its own problems, faced with a government that seems determined to turn the arts into a glossy pastime through a mix of condescension, "philanthropic giving" and sheer stupidity. Subversion on stage: can theatre change the world? 2011-01-06T12:13:12Z

However, while back in England in the 1950s he worked in the theatre there, and became a regular at the Montague Jeffery shop. Errol Flynn's 50-year-old 'debt' 2013-06-21T13:37:44Z

Odd Blood stalled in the mid-60s in the charts in the UK and the US, and they are playing theatres not arenas – they are surprised to learn Bon Iver is headlining Wembley Arena this autumn. Yeasayer: men versus mammon 2012-07-26T19:30:03Z

"My role models were my parents, who had an independent theatre group," she says. Robyn: Soundtrack of my life 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

Before the show began, Arquette, gazing out at the theatre, said, “I’m weirdly not nervous. I did wake up this morning and want to run into Laurel Canyon and chew on bark and run away.” Oscar Night: Hollywood’s Truest Self 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

The theatre has the power—more like the prerogative—to warp reality to suit its own ends, exiting the literal world through whatever trapdoors it creates. Theatre’s Superpower 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

When we entered the theatre I was amazed. 'I was terrified!': you share stories of watching classic films on first release 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

After winning big at the 2010 Oliviers, the Royal Court was crowned London theatre of the year by the Stage newspaper. Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre 2011-01-31T00:05:02Z

The Conservatives are frightened of anything that educates and enlightens people – such as theatre. The arts cuts: David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace and others give their verdicts 2011-03-30T18:00:01Z

As the audience filed into the theatre at New York Live Arts recently for Cynthia Oliver’s new duet, “BOOM!,” songs featuring women singers played: early Supremes; “Grapevyne,” by Brownstone. Dance of the Everywoman 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter that an overwhelming majority of viewers may never find many of the best movies in their local theatres—because they can find many of them streaming at home. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

For him, a dance could occur anywhere: in a theatre, an art gallery, or a rock quarry. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

He also enjoyed a career in theatre, acting and directing in numerous off-Broadway and regional productions. Cool Runnings writer Goldberg dies 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Central to the whole piece is a stage within a stage, a vast, fully operational 18th-century theatre, all pulleys, ropes and deus ex machina. Adriana Lecouvreur; Tansy Davies ? review 2010-11-21T00:09:00Z

A blog published by theatre company Stan's Cafe contains a detailed account of what is described as a "chilling" ACE briefing in the West Midlands. Arts groups warned they face total loss of funding 2013-06-12T19:41:41Z

“I could go to the theatre and feel I have some place where I belong.” ‘Of course I smoked marijuana!’ Elliott Gould on stardom, Streisand and Elvis Presley 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

In the 1970s his play The Slab Boys was acknowledged as a groundbreaking moment in Scottish theatre. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

When I heard about Lincoln Plaza Cinemas’ closing, I rushed to the theatre as often as I could, as though to visit a loved one in ill health. The Shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Is a Cultural Crime Scene 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

As Shenton says, "The first job of a theatre community is to address its own people; if the plays travel beyond, that's great, but it shouldn't be their primary aim." Noises off: Canadian playwrights and jukebox musicals 2012-07-06T15:15:36Z

A very young actor pal was invited to a get-to-know-each-other lunch before the start of a West End theatre job featuring a mammoth TV star. The Secret Actor on 'look at me' syndrome 2013-05-19T19:00:02Z

“My progress in was remarkably smooth – it always looked like chaos on TV, but the red carpet was fine,” the nominee Jonathan Pryce told me in the theatre’s atrium. Self-flagellation and stuffed goodie bags: my night at the tacky, endearing Oscars 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

The musical will open on Broadway in November 2012 at a theatre to be announced later. Linda Lavin to lead 'Prince of Broadway' cast 2012-03-20T17:32:12Z

Less starry fans, meanwhile, often fill 3,000-seater theatres in the United States for the cast’s Up Close & Personal tours. Terrible name, terrific sitcom: how Schitt's Creek became a surprise hit 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

What saved him was his first love: theatre. Ethan Hawke: 'Nothing went the way I thought it would' 2012-02-08T19:00:00Z

Privately, TV executives use the excuse that the screen is a more literal and realistic medium than theatre. Sophie Okonedo interview: 'I have to go across the Atlantic to get work' 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

Neither of them was particularly keen on the theatre. Pamela Lane obituary 2010-11-21T18:54:00Z

I'm not brave, foolhardy or arrogant enough to be among those offering London's fringe theatre the last rites. London's fringe theatre ? is it dead already? 2010-05-25T12:18:00Z

"Bankers" are to the theatre what "knickers" used to be: they elicit an instant roar. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

It’s not a traditional theatre company; it’s a finder, developer, and nurturer of unconventional artists working in hybrid forms. Ars Nova’s Brilliant Career 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Instead Bullseye is being revived as a touring regional theatre show. Bullseye: which other gameshows deserve a live comeback? 2011-08-03T13:34:28Z

He had no theatre: he rented out halls and funded his noncommercial, nonprofit venture by basing it on subscriptions. The Limits of American Cinephilia 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

Watch: What happens when independent theatres are forced to abandon film for digital projection? Jonas Mekas, Champion of the “Poetic” Cinema 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

When Lyndsey Marshal told her mum she was going to be in a play about at the National theatre, she wasn't impressed. Lyndsey Marshal: 'Clint? Such a sweet man' 2011-01-26T21:31:00Z

Panto's pure pleasure factor deserves to be taken seriously by critics as well as theatres. Lyn Gardner on panto season 2012-12-09T19:15:01Z

At the end of the year she won a prestigious theatre award. Teen drama 2010-12-22T08:36:06Z

The quieter elements of storytelling, of delineating a world, which theatre relies on, feel rather less developed – and for this piece to be both astonishing and gripping, it needs those, too. Mundo Paralelo ? review 2011-03-10T17:40:11Z

The theatre is not life; it is our escape from life, the supreme escape. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

A new small theatre in Exeter is, meanwhile, providing a note of optimism. Exeter's Northcott Theatre staves off extinction 2010-04-06T22:30:00Z

Some fans have been queuing to be among the first to see the film , at the Chinese theatre since early December. Carrie Fisher turns red carpet blue and George Lucas gets standing ovation at Star Wars premiere 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

Broadway producer Mr de Levita added: "The theatre is a fantastic medium to bring the many meaningful layers of Suzanne Collins' writing to life." Hunger Games to become stage show 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

“The purpose of theatre is to bring into public that which is kept offstage,” she said. With Her Eerily Timely “Indecent,” Paula Vogel Unsettles American Theatre Again 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere there are some excellent songs in this score that challenge what musical theatre is about: broken beats, samples, chord progressions far from your average ballad. King Kong - review 2013-06-16T20:43:38Z

It was a unique bonding experience for the community that it served and a perfect example of how vital the theatre – whether professional or amateur – is for our society. In praise of the people behind youth theatre 2011-01-17T15:16:12Z

We said: OK, a condition is that it may only be shown in the theatre for one week. Martin Scorsese: ‘Maybe The Irishman is the last picture I'll make’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

Perhaps that explains why theatre bloggers align so neatly this week on the subject of money's impact on theatre. Noises off: From Salesman to selling out 2012-06-08T11:20:39Z

Her father had been posted to the Pacific theatre, and she didn’t see him until she was two. An Anthropologist Investigates How We Think About How We Think 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

The theatre has a history of reviving Sondheim's works, having previously presented Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music and Merrily We Roll Along to critical acclaim. Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

When she arrived before me, I would find her inside the movie theatre by going to the ladies’ room, where she would be waiting in one of the stalls. Going to the Movies with Jackie Kennedy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

But the opportunity that gives us in theatre is huge: it's the ace in our pack. John Tiffany: from Black Watch to Peter Pan 2010-04-05T20:35:00Z

The shift in power to the Ambassador Theatre Group, which operates more theatres in both London and the regions than anyone else, represents a new world order for the theatre industry. Lloyd Webber slips in power list 2011-01-06T12:58:08Z

The composer's theatre, the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, was designed with a covered orchestra pit so the music appeared miraculously to emanate from nowhere. Opera North tackles Wagner's Ring Cycle – minus the financial dramas 2012-06-12T16:15:28Z

Co-producer Scott Bloom of Argonaut Pictures underlined how small films found it hard to get to movie theatres. 2010-02-15T18:08:00Z

Since then, Everett has rebuilt a reputation as an unpredictable but inspired elder statesman of the theatre, and in 2006 surprised everyone again with his recklessly indiscreet memoir, Red Carpets And Other Banana Skins. Rupert Everett: the queen of mean 2012-09-28T22:01:28Z

One theatre critic described the play as "a 90-minute evening that makes The Breakfast Club look like Ingmar Bergman". Zach Braff to star in Bullets over Broadway musical 2013-07-01T14:50:58Z

"He was the gentleman of our profession," said Michael Colgan, the Gate theatre director. David Kelly obituary 2012-02-13T17:30:28Z

The Lyric under Sean Holmes is forming all kinds of relationships – not just with other theatres but also, through its participatory work with young people. Arts cuts mean theatres must learn to share the stage 2010-09-30T15:27:00Z

It may be that ACE has decided, with hindsight, that the theatre has been over-funded. The arts cuts: David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace and others give their verdicts 2011-03-30T18:00:01Z

But, like the illegal rave, most UK underground theatre isn't subversive or experimental: it's merely out to give people a good time, while bypassing licensing laws. Spirit of the underground: theatre 2011-01-30T23:00:00Z

We used to think the ultimate success was someone seeing an NT Live, then coming to the theatre. The surprise success of NT Live 2013-06-09T19:30:01Z

Callow was drawn into the theatre by actors such as Paul Scofield, who seemed not so much bigger than the rest of us as more tantalising and more unknowable. Stop treating actors with contempt 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z

You can sometimes hear complaints about English National Opera – they just grab the most fashionable names from the theatre, say the company's critics, and stick them in and hope for the best. Terry Gilliam, Mike Figgis make opera debuts at ENO 2010-04-15T15:39:00Z

That their efforts to clean up its sock puppet theatre haven't gone far enough is made clear by the latest scandal, in which hostile postings are back with a vengeance. Why Amazon can't win when it comes to book reviews 2013-01-25T10:00:04Z

I left the theatre with a glimpse of what faith meant, having been lifted and carried out of my sadness, and wanting to make my own films one day. 'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

But stage management reported that only half of theatres provided a clean area for preparing food and drink, with a clear lack of cooking facilities. West End theatres 'are infested' 2010-03-04T09:25:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian This peripatetic theatre finds its third home in a converted warehouse near Elephant and Castle. Tanzi Libre – review 2013-05-22T17:29:00Z

But this is Sam Holcroft's Edgar and Annabel: not just a drama of political resistance set in some parallel British dystopia, but also a cute sendup of theatre acting and writing. Double Feature 1 ? review 2011-08-04T21:30:05Z

It commemorates the late theatre critic Sheridan Morley and is presented by his wife Ruth Leon, also a critic, in conjunction with the Garrick Club. Rupert Everett scoops Sheridan Morley prize for memoir Vanished Years 2013-02-27T12:07:41Z

The film theatre is run purely by volunteers, which keeps prices low – £5 for normal showings, £4 concessions. Cine-files: Stoke Film Theatre 2013-07-16T12:25:25Z

Sister theatre the Egg plays host to the heartbreaking animated show Something Very Far Away this weekend. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-05-17T14:35:33Z

Being given the lead in David Hare's Racing Demon at the National theatre in 1990. Oliver Ford Davies, actor – portrait of the artist 2012-12-18T19:30:01Z

"We may moan about how hard it is to make theatre," says Jon Spooner of Unlimited Theatre, "but nobody has to be an artist in secret." Spirit of the underground: theatre 2011-01-30T23:00:00Z

"They don't own this city. We go rent a theatre, show the movie, people come. If no one was interested, no one would come." Abel Ferrara at Cannes: 'You gotta be careful what you say … but I'm not' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

All very heartfelt, of course, but inevitably these shows always feels as if they belong in the book tent, or possibly a clever student's A-level folder, rather than the theatre. Edinburgh festival: day 14 on the fringe 2012-08-20T16:11:32Z

Lost In Theatre is a treasure hunt in which 10 new plays are "hidden" around the theatre. Things I Forgot I Remembered, The Cripple Of Inishmaan, If Only: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-06-08T05:00:18Z

“I come from theatre,” he says, referring to Defiant Theater, the experimental Chicago company he co-founded in the early 1990s, winning rave reviews for productions that included everything from Shakespeare to Stephen King. Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill' 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

One of the major formalist coups de theatre in "Contagion" drives home the point mercilessly, as we watch a major Hollywood star playing a corpse, with her skull being sawed open for autopsy. Pick of the week: A pandemic from which even Gwyneth isn't safe 2011-09-09T00:39:00Z

It is the morning after the opening of a new theatre in Cape Town, the Fugard, named after the great South African playwright, Athol Fugard. District Six revisited 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

No nostalgia—right outside the theatre there were sailors on leave looking for girls, just like the three sailors up on the stage. An “On the Town” for Our Time 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

The addition of Foxwoods to its portfolio brings its total theatre ownership to 40. Ambassador buys top Broadway venue 2013-05-21T10:26:58Z

It's good to see theatres responding to audience needs rather than just their own needs. Why do theatres stubbornly refuse to put on their Sunday best? 2010-10-12T12:37:00Z

Until this week, the one and only Lloyd Webber musical I'd seen in a theatre was Evita, more than 30 years ago. Why are we snooty about musicals? 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

Sinclair joined Equity in the 1970s, but only became politically active four years ago, when he led a successful campaign to halt the closure of the Bristol Old Vic theatre. Ask Equity 2010-09-15T21:01:00Z

The prolific African American Tyler Perry, one of the 12 producers of , should have left it on the wall and in the theatre. For Colored Girls ? review 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Last week, Daniel Day Lewis denied that he had ever seen his late father's ghost when he was playing Hamlet at the National theatre in 1989. Haunted Hamlets 2012-11-08T18:00:28Z

Members run the theatre, work the bar, steward, perform, design, direct, the list goes on. Unrestricted views: The Crescent theatre, Birmingham 2012-07-09T16:40:04Z

Kelly also sits on the board of the 2012 cultural Olympiad, runs Metal, which she describes as an artists' "laboratory" for people to nurture ideas, and still finds time to get back to directing theatre. Jude Kelly: the ideal host for the first Women of the World festival 2011-03-04T07:00:03Z

Power of the web … Charlotte's Web at Derby theatre. Charlotte's Web – review 2013-01-09T18:24:37Z

Former Formula One commentator Murray Walker is to come out of retirement to feature in a theatre production based on a children's TV show. Murray Walker to feature in Roary stage show 2011-01-30T13:13:56Z

She spoke to BBC Breakfast about why she loves performing in the theatre. VIDEO: Ruth on her passion for the stage 2011-07-26T09:18:33Z

A return to the old-style resident repertory companies across the country, which produced a particular kind of actor for a particular kind of theatre practice, is not the answer for 21st century needs. Will the decline of rep kill British acting? 2012-11-20T12:25:58Z

Eight years ago, the then chairman of the board of the RSC declared Camden too dodgy a place for a Shakespeare theatre. Amphibians; A Doll's House; Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-16T00:06:01Z

The result was unforgettable in the theatre when the English National Opera staged it at the Young Vic in London, and it's impressive on CD, too. A guide to Olga Neuwirth's music 2012-08-07T13:53:21Z

The sense is of being on the edge of the known world artistically, too, waiting to see a most exciting and unconventional event – a collaboration between ENO and radical theatre company . The Duchess of Malfi; La traviata 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

But this brick-walled space directly beneath Waterloo Station strikes me as an ill-chosen venue for a piece of verbatim theatre comprising interviews with Iraqis driven to seek refuge in Jordan. Review 2010-07-09T00:58:00Z

Shakespeare in Love continues at the Noel Coward theatre until 18 April. Brush up your Shakespeare (in Love) 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

Price's work was chosen from a list of 180 plays submitted from around the world by a panel, which included academics and students from the University of Edinburgh, as well as theatre professionals. Bradley Manning play scoops British drama award 2013-08-06T12:43:17Z

But Hytner's achievement has been colossal, not just in expanding the National's audience and providing high-quality work, but in his readiness to act as spokesman for a British theatre threatened by insanely myopic government cuts. Hytner was a palpable hit 2013-04-10T12:03:43Z

A young Welsh critic asked me how I, as someone based in London, reacted to the theatre company. National Theatre Wales puts Cymru centre-stage 2010-06-01T14:36:00Z

When I saw it in the theatre, I recall wanting to race up the aisle as folks inanely rushed to the airport. The top five Valentine’s Day romance films 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

"But all the theatres want it. People are enjoying the movie so much. I'll have the plate of asparagus please." John Turturro interview – 'I had a threesome back in the 70s. I was young. It was awkward' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Director Rupert Goold and his Headlong theatre company have put together a theatrical experience that reflects on the aftermath and legacy of the al-Qaida attack on New York's twin towers. This week's new theatre 2011-08-26T23:06:09Z

She sounds like the most withering theatre critic ever. Meryl Streep has hit on star-struck Trump’s big weakness 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

To judge from theatre, we appear to be experiencing a national identity crisis. This is England ? on stage 2010-04-16T11:31:00Z

Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Archive For many people working in theatre, bullying is a fact of life. Bullying in the arts: let's raise the curtain on theatreland's thugs 2013-05-15T11:28:36Z

Her father, Christopher, is a theatre and TV director who was running the Lyttelton theatre when Plenty first opened there, in 1978; Morahan is just a few months younger than the play. Hattie Morahan: unhealthy obsessions 2011-02-01T22:00:03Z

“This is punishing someone for attempting to forge a theatre concerned with creating dialogue and healing.” Ari Roth’s swift departure from Theater J follows a tumultuous tenure 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

The shows that we never see because they never got past the grant application stage may have been the ones that would have changed the way we think about theatre. Artists are doing it for themselves | Lyn Gardner 2010-03-31T11:44:00Z

It isn't a dead form, quite, as is sometimes said, but it is dominated by museum pieces, often decorated or desecrated for our amusement, in ways that the spoken theatre never could be. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z

Physically, Doolittle looks like she'd be at home in a moderately cool girl band; musically, the jaunty melody and guileless lyrics are straight out of early-1960s musical theatre. Eliza Doolittle: stage-school tyke of a bygone era, or postmodern prankster? 2010-06-24T21:29:00Z

The pair have been appointed creative associates at the Tricycle theatre, alongside producer Rosa Maggiora. Adrian Lester to reprise role of Ira Aldridge in Red Velvet at the Tricycle 2013-07-02T14:12:12Z

Concert Review | Latin rock guitarist Carlos Santana, who kicked off a long stint on the road Thursday at White River Amphi- theatre, in Auburn, is calling his current tour S.O.C.C. — the Sound of Collective Consciousness. Santana plays classics at White River 2011-08-27T03:12:27Z

In his book The Necessity of Theater, American aesthetician Nick Woodruff defines theatre as a combination of two practices: the art of making human action worth watching and the art of watching. Snooze and you lose: the dangers of falling asleep at the theatre 2010-10-05T13:38:00Z

I'm in a bar chatting with an arty young couple about underground theatre. Spirit of the underground: theatre 2011-01-30T23:00:00Z

They discover a great deal about themselves – and about theatre – in the process. Timberlake Wertenbaker: 'I'd love to write for Holby City' 2013-01-14T18:45:02Z

Now, more than seven years later, they will finally have the chance to see the show one theatre critic dubbed "the worst musical in the world, ever". Play it again, Mike Read: DJ's Oscar Wilde musical given another spin 2012-02-08T15:39:02Z

From the age of 14 I was in a youth theatre that toured obscure works by Brecht adapted to be searing commentaries on the miners' strike that was going on around us. 100% arts funding cut? This Newcastle budget is an act of vandalism 2012-12-18T15:45:01Z

The attack on Sergei Filin in January stunned Russians and exposed the bitter rivalries and behind-the-scenes power struggles at the theatre, a symbol of Russian culture since the 18th century. Fans rally for Bolshoi dancer fired in acid attack aftermath 2013-06-15T17:21:26Z

"There is a huge gulf between the weighty, ponderous way that buildings are made and the way the theatre works," says Dillon. Is this the future of the South Bank? 2013-04-16T09:31:45Z

The event will combine Polly's latest picture book, Arthur's Dream Boat, with puppet theatre and is suitable for children aged 4-7. Polly Dunbar's top 10 books that would make great puppet shows 2013-04-18T13:24:46Z

She went to university, studied theatre, then moved to New York and joined the Phoenix Theatre company in the mid-1970s. Glenn Close: critical acclaim built on strength of character 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

Hamlet Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Until 28 September David Farr's direction, though overly fixated on fencing equipment, is very fine on the spiritual aspects of the play. Hamlet – review 2013-03-31T00:05:19Z

Election fever, it seems, is everywhere – even among theatre bloggers. Noises off: Politics casts the die on theatre's fate 2010-04-22T16:53:00Z

In the past month, three rather serious things have happened to what could loosely be called "the world's theatre community". Subversion on stage: can theatre change the world? 2011-01-06T12:13:12Z

But a recession actually tends to send people to the theatre. Portrait of the artist: Richard Wilson, actor 2010-07-19T20:30:00Z

Dame Judi Dench’s interview in the new issue of Vogue is a lovely thing, touching on everything from her early career in the theatre to her thoughts on the outbreak. 'I was overwhelmed with joy': match the Cats cast member to their quote 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

He started in theatre in Málaga after an injury put paid to hopes of a football career, then he moved to Madrid and was spotted in the street by Pedro Almodóvar. Antonio Banderas: ‘I don’t want to live my life like I’m already dead’ 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

Today, the elegant theatre, with its soaring ceilings, exposed brick walls, and red velvet curtains ,hosts largely local line-ups spanning genres from acoustic Americana to hip-hop, as well as the occasional burlesque revue.• Top 10 live music venues in Seattle 2013-05-24T23:10:00Z

Reviewers and theatre owners were encouraged to receive it as tawdry entertainment, and most did. “Native Son” and the Cinematic Aspirations of Richard Wright 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

The giant billboard advertising the show is still up on the darkened theatre’s facade, but no one knows when or even if it will finally open. The show can't go on - bleak times for London's theater people 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

Really, for years all I knew about my father was that he worked at a theatre far, far away but I hardly ever saw him and had never visited. Helene Hegemann: 'There's no such thing as originality, just authenticity' 2012-06-23T23:05:24Z

He talks about his love of theatre, recites the Ballad of Reading Gaol, quiffs his wonderful hair throughout, worries that we might be bored as he drifts from story to story, and is utterly lovable. An Evening With Al Pacino – review 2013-06-03T00:08:35Z

No artistic director of a theatre could survive such a plummeting loss of income and popularity without being sacked by their board. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z

In the opening bit, Homer Simpson fell through the stage, which caused Anthony Anderson, of ABC’s “black-ish,” to scurry around the theatre in search of a replacement host. The Joyous, Fragmented, and Slightly Anxious 2019 Emmy Awards 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

And yes, she attended that reception held at 11 Downing Street celebrating British theatre. Miller's tale 2012-11-26T12:28:00Z

This is not a museum, this is not a gallery, this not a theatre. London gallery opens space dedicated to live art 2012-07-16T16:02:29Z

It will run at London's Duchess theatre for eight weeks over Christmas. The Wind in the Willows to transfer from Royal Opera House to West End 2013-07-08T23:01:01Z

And the gatekeepers of the theatre world – artistic directors and literary managers – tend to pick people from that small pool. Noises off: Is theatre run by posh people for posh people? 2011-03-03T17:05:39Z

The tour of the Refshaleøen island industrial site takes visitors around the creative hubs emerging in the otherwise derelict area, including the world’s only civilian spacecraft laboratory, a trendy restaurant and a children’s theatre. Top 10 cool city tours around the world: guided walks with a twist 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

As it turned out, The Prisoner's Dilemma provided an early prototype for the dominant strand in political theatre now. In the line of fire: theatre and Afghanistan 2010-07-21T22:00:00Z

Sometimes, though, even bad theatre—like the majority of musicals that went up on Broadway last season, or the recent revival of “The Maids,” starring Isabelle Huppert—can be inspiring. Theatre, Film, and Culture of 2014 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

"To be a performance artist, you have to hate theatre," she replied. Marina Abramovic 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z

Turn the musty pages and I'm suddenly transported back to a theatre experience that I thought I'd forgotten. What's the point of theatre programmes? 2012-10-10T16:07:27Z

Even if, like Enron shares themselves, you think this show has been over-hyped, nobody can deny that it's a genuinely swaggering and stylish piece of theatre and a morality tale for our times. This week's new theatre 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z

The marquees of Broadway theatres will be dimmed in his memory Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Broadway, film producer Martin Richards dies at 80 2012-11-27T16:57:08Z

Members of influential New York theatre company The Wooster Group discuss their production of Hamlet for the Edinburgh International Festival. VIDEO: The ghost of Richard Burton's Hamlet 2013-08-19T17:14:35Z

Yet it's precisely this money that the government wants to cut in order to bring our model of theatre funding closer to the US one. Noises off: High ticket prices raise questions about theatre's values 2010-10-13T14:19:00Z

If you're a theatre critic you are guided to the Lotus pod, hung about five metres high in the trees. The Sunshine Boys; AirHotel; Detroit ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:11Z

Godber is steeped in the techniques of European expressionist theatre, yet the big surprise is how literal his vision becomes. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2010-06-02T21:01:00Z

In October, the theatre is due to reopen its doors for a grand gala after closing for renovation in 2005. Bolshoi rocked by scandal and intrigue 2011-03-22T19:52:49Z

Most importantly, has ACE's strategic thinking been as robust as it needs to be to ensure that theatre continues to thrive and audiences grow both in numbers and diversity? What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-04-01T14:06:41Z

The short-term interests of stars are not always in the long-term interests of playwrights and theatre. When Hollywood stars call the shots on Broadway 2013-02-11T14:54:30Z

But Joseph defined theatre as "two actors, a plank and a passion". Peter Cheeseman obituary 2010-04-29T17:57:00Z

A fantastic place – the staff are friendly & informed, the theatres are comfortable & modern, the film selection is varied and interesting and they run consistently great events. Cine-files: Cinema City, Norwich 2012-06-12T15:44:00Z

Neil Bartlett and Paule Constable devise a dramatic framework for Benjamin Britten's series of five intensely beautiful vocal settings, involving dance, physical theatre and the visual arts. The best classical concerts and operas for spring 2013 2013-04-01T06:00:00Z

Photograph: Huw Evans / Rex Features The Doctor's sidekick is to make her theatre debut with a leading role. Doctor Who star to take lead in West End show 2011-07-22T22:37:37Z

This is theatre utterly lacking sanctimony and without many moments of quiet. Getting Close to Fascism with Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here” 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Writers Sam Holcroft and DC Moore are among those who have plays in the National Theatre's Double Feature season in the Paintframe; it's good to see the theatre using its space in a different way. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-07-15T16:05:12Z

And the reason they were due to be going down two flights of stairs to the 60-seat lounge of the Leicester Square theatre? This week's arts diary 2011-08-02T21:30:01Z

Today, we are continually accompanied by a conduit to an endless theatre of women committing the raw act of watching themselves. The Double Vision of Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z

He explains that he has an arrangement with a theatre in Vienna that allows him to road-test his material on stage with its actors; seeing what works and seeing what doesn't. Thomas Vinterberg – back in The Hunt 2012-11-22T20:00:01Z

This shows an intelligent architectural balance, between urban theatre and practical planning, that mirrors the V&A itself. The V&A goes underground with shortlisted designs for new gallery 2011-03-03T16:50:41Z

The influence of French grand opera, the tradition that Meyerbeer kickstarted, went far beyond the world of theatre, and Johnson has selected songs that show how seminal it was. This week's new live music 2012-12-29T00:06:11Z

Each of my Shakespeare pieces is different to the other, but each espouses a set of philosophies common to all my theatre work. I, Malvolio: bringing Shakespeare to life for young audiences 2011-08-16T09:15:01Z

The Curtain theatre in Shoreditch, once home turf for the Lord Chamberlain's Men, was discovered last year after an extensive archeological dig. Theatre returns to Shakespeare's Shoreditch 2013-02-13T12:17:56Z

Shows are brought in largely from New York during September to May, otherwise the theatre is buzzing with shows developed by local young people, demonstrating the theatre's strong connection to the community. Unrestricted views: New Hampshire's Palace theatre 2012-06-14T14:28:16Z

Drive-in movie theatres are seeing a revival in other parts of the world as the leisure industry figures navigate the constraints of the outbreak. Post-lockdown cinema trip in Portugal is blast from the past 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

I just popped back down to our studio theatre, where a solo performer is taking the first steps towards a new dance theatre piece. For theatres, experimentation is a necessity, not a luxury 2011-01-21T11:47:02Z

There was a memorial for the theatre, a kind of closing ceremony, held at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, on January 28th. The Shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Is a Cultural Crime Scene 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

I had this crush on, or love for, this actor at the theatre in Vermont. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

At one point while we were skating, I asked Anderson-Lopez if there was a connection between her love of theatre and her interest in psychology. How to Follow Your Dreams and Burst Into Song 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Undaunted by a tiny budget, he created roller-blind designs, adaptable to any theatre, for the plays Mrs Warren's Profession and You Never Can Tell, staged by Michael Friend's touring company. David Myerscough-Jones obituary 2010-05-04T18:01:00Z

Mademoiselle Julie is her first theatre production in more than a decade. Being Juliette Binoche 2011-07-31T20:31:10Z

This restaurant, at the Nalaga'at theatre centre, serves all its meals in complete darkness. Nalaga'at theatre: Blind man's loaf 2010-06-21T21:00:00Z

His summers were spent performing theatre and touring. Stephen Cheng Recorded a Cult Classic in Jamaica. Then What Happened? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

He said the National was not questioning the ability of the musicians but theatre management believed its live music budget would be better used elsewhere. War Horse musicians contest sacking 2014-04-11T11:09:26Z

He was also always fascinated with the theatre and theatrical illusion. Jacques Rivette: a subtle master of slow-burn cinema 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

Since then the number of cinemas showing broadcasts from the National's stage, and from other theatres that have signed on board, has doubled every year. Live opera, stage broadcasts - warts and all - win viewers 2013-12-22T12:26:29Z

Danish Dance Theatre, UK tour dates Rambert Dance Company premiere Monolith at Edinburgh Festival theatre, 16 Feb The fact that Britain remains relatively unaware of Rushton is a serious anomaly. Tim Rushton: ballet's boy from the Midlands is back 2011-01-27T13:33:06Z

Fusing speech and sound into an indivisible unit, it ranks among the greatest passages in all music theatre, and proved extraordinarily moving. BBCSO/Minkowski – review 2012-12-18T20:00:25Z

When, on 12 April, he steps through the door into London's Sloane Square, it will mark the end of a remarkable chapter in the theatre's history. Royal Court theatre prepares to bid farewell to King Dominic 2013-03-10T07:00:00Z

In a final moment of theatre, the horns rose to their feet for the concluding fanfare. Philharmonia/Maazel ? review 2011-04-13T16:21:18Z

He was born in Philadelphia and raised in New York, the son of parents who worked in the Yiddish theatre. Sidney Lumet, giant of American cinema, dies at 86 2011-04-09T23:07:05Z

His opening number informed us that theatre is live, unlike television, with “actual people in an actual space,” which is both inarguable and a strange thing to hear during a live television broadcast. The 2019 Tony Awards: “Hadestown” Triumphs, Elaine May Sparkles, and Billy Porter Wins the Red Carpet 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

Having seen Song of the Goat's Songs of Lear, he takes aim at theatre that aims to be sacred. Noises off: a 'bloody weird' fringe, and killing a sacred cow 2012-08-24T10:43:47Z

The theatre was putting "bureaucratic interests before artistic ones," he said at the time. Bolshoi rocked by scandal and intrigue 2011-03-22T19:52:49Z

This means that in effect, museums have competed with scientists, theatres with universities. The arts will survive cuts. Some people will struggle to 2010-10-20T11:35:00Z

Artistic director Jonathan Church said the theatre had been "future-proofed" for audiences for the next 50 years. Chichester 'ready for next 50 years' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Perhaps amateur theatre's best hope is this renewed relationship with its professional cousin. Raising the curtain on the new am-dram 2012-12-15T21:00:00Z

Belgium, Greece and others have multiple national theatres to represent different identities. National Theatre Wales at one ? too young to master Welsh? 2010-10-20T15:44:00Z

In fact, looking through recent listings, this sort of what you might call active political theatre outweighs the representational sort. How political theatre changed its tune 2012-06-06T14:53:19Z

“The theatre grew quieter than a hens’ roost at sunset as the audience settled back, confident that now the curtain would rise and reveal what it had paid its rubles to see—‘Porgy and Bess.’ Sunday Reading: A Night at the Theatre 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

An acclaimed theatre actress and director, Shaw is perhaps best known for her turn as Aunt Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films and as Marnie Stonebrook in TV series True Blood. Potter actress Shaw steps in at Met 2013-08-07T14:28:07Z

A year later, it moved to the Lyric Hammersmith and finally to the West End, where it has played at the Fortune theatre since 1989. The Woman in Black's reign of terror 2012-10-28T17:59:01Z

It probably wouldn’t live up to my expectations unless I was rich and able to do fun things such as go to the Savoy theatre and go out dancing. Modern life is rubbish! The people whose homes are portals to the past 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

And I didn't quite see the point of messing with a work that is included as one of the 1,000 most significant plays in the history of theatre in the Oxford Dictionary of Plays. Just add tunes 2010-04-15T13:07:00Z

"The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" opens in theatres Friday, April 22. Movie Review: Give in to Nic Cage's "Massive Talent" 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

We have reached the point where what's interesting about Shakespeare isn't Shakespeare at all – it's the themes and innovations that theatre artists bring to the texts. Shakespeare, universal? No, it's cultural imperialism 2012-05-21T13:00:03Z

By 1971, he was back in France, this time in Lyon, where his "violent, virulent and sumptuous theatre" presentations, as the Paris daily Liberation put it, built his reputation further. France bows to stage director Patrice Chereau, dead at 68 2013-10-08T15:56:08Z

Broccoli has produced plenty of theatre, such as last summer's hit Chariots of Fire and current musical Once, but never really ventured away from Bond on the big screen. Trailer Trash Cannes 2013-05-25T11:00:03Z

There were some really strange experimental theatres – it was wonderful to see how diverse theatre could be – and that's being cut. David Morrissey: 'Acting gave me a life' 2012-11-09T17:00:01Z

Likewise, a theatre ecology that presents only local works rather than showing them alongside the very best of world drama simply endorses narrow-mindedness: we're the only people who matter; outsiders are not worth listening to. Vernacular spectacular: why theatre speaks louder with regional accents 2010-10-06T14:08:00Z

Proceeds of the sellout performance will go to Mousetrap Theatre Projects, a theatre education charity that receives funding from the play. Mousetrap celebrates 60th birthday with star-studded cast 2012-11-16T09:56:01Z

Last week, Arts Admin's Judith Knight gave a moving speech about the history of radical touring theatre that included an anecdote about 7:84. Lyn Gardner's theatre roundup: Three Kingdoms and the fourth estate 2012-05-21T11:23:37Z

They used a computer-generated floorplan of the new theatre and laser measuring devices to locate the exact spot with pinpoint accuracy. Sir Ian Richardson has final resting place in row A 2010-11-22T00:05:00Z

It's good for the actors, good for audiences and good for theatres. Will the decline of rep kill British acting? 2012-11-20T12:25:58Z

Yet Chinese resistance did not collapse and the Chinese theatre of war played an important role by tying down large numbers of Japanese troops. China's War With Japan by Rana Mitter – review 2013-06-30T13:00:01Z

Long-lasting marriages are not completely unknown in the theatre, but theirs was one of the most famously enduring. Joy Parker 2012-11-30T14:26:32Z

Beaumont, though, came from a tradition of realistic theatre, in which, if the script asked for a drawing room or living room, the designer created exactly that. 'Now cross the Andes.' In praise of the impossible stage direction 2012-06-12T11:56:16Z

But it can more rightly be seen as the culmination of her forty-year campaign to transform American theatre. With Her Eerily Timely “Indecent,” Paula Vogel Unsettles American Theatre Again 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

This matters, because theatre criticism has a role above and beyond the star rating that tells potential audiences whether or not to purchase a ticket. Three Kingdoms: the shape of British theatre to come? 2012-05-16T13:35:29Z

Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Eileen Atkins is trying to eat a fruit salad while explaining why women in the theatre find it difficult to eat properly when they are working. All That Fall: the Samuel Beckett stage play that isn't 2012-11-07T19:00:01Z

He plans to reopen his Austin theatre in May. US drive-in cinemas offer safety in numbers amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

The theatre has become vastly political in my lifetime. David Mamet and the battle for Broadway 2010-04-11T20:30:00Z

But Silver Street, like the theatres of Shoreditch, has effectively disappeared. What happened to Shakespeare's theatres? 2014-04-23T06:29:19Z

Design, in fact, seems to be a major part of German theatre. Don't mention the phwoar: the future of German theatre 2011-03-13T21:31:00Z

Many actors slept in her apartment or in the theatre itself. Ellen Stewart obituary 2011-01-26T18:02:52Z

Raised in Dallas, he studied in Santa Fe then came to New York City 15 years ago to build a career, principally in theatre. William Jackson Harper on the end of the Good Place 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

The Emek theatre protests are a symbol for the right to decide over the fate of the city whose cultural and historical heritage is increasingly at stake. Turkey's historic Emek theatre facing final curtain 2013-04-15T20:00:39Z

Cut to two years later when Yûsuke is doing a theatre residency in Hiroshima. "Drive My Car" director says conversing in vehicles "makes it easier to reveal parts of yourself" 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Or that the Holden Theatre awards subscribe to the view that musical theatre doesn't matter? And the award for most awards goes to ... the Edinburgh festival 2010-09-07T13:42:00Z

Cross-casting enables us to hear echoes of Euripides in Lorca's Blood Wedding staged in Northampton's Victorian theatre. The Bacchae/Blood Wedding – review 2012-06-04T11:25:27Z

I don't believe in directors' theatre in the old-fashioned sense. Mark Rylance: 'It's all about the attitude' 2010-06-15T20:30:00Z

One of my mates was in a little theatre group. Britain's cultural debutantes 2011-01-16T00:04:11Z

Someone close to the process tells me that "around 50" people in theatre have already been sounded out, either because they would be a likely candidate or might recommend one. Hytner's National Theatre: who should run it next? 2013-04-11T10:39:49Z

They were all — theatre director, video artist, playwright, film maker, dress designer — people of real achievement with a lot to say about what they'd done and what they were doing now. What I'm thinking about ... men turning 40 2013-03-11T04:46:40Z

“The book is a comprehensive account of his life, both personal and professional, and describes his work in films, theatre, television, nightclubs and print,” according to Grand Central. Woody Allen autobiography to be published next month 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

Is Billy Elliot as strong a musical as the British theatre has produced? Billy Elliot boys return to the stage for an emotional reunion 2010-03-30T21:37:00Z

Perhaps more so, as the festival's theatre bill this year is surprisingly slight on star names. En Route; Fair Trade; Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford; Up 'N' Under; Odyssey; Poland 3 Iran 2; Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

When Warren brought Weatherfield to the screen half a century ago, it was shaped by the backstreet Salford of his childhood and the theatre of places such as Cross Lane market. Coronation Street: 50 years on and still the pride of the north-west 2010-12-09T15:34:00Z

Dame Angela hopes that theatre fans who only know her from Murder, She Wrote will accept her in another role. Angela Lansbury follows in mother's footsteps 2014-01-23T10:49:10Z

So, you're with the movie now as it open tomorrow in theatres in LA and New York. Kelly Macdonald talks to Salon about stepping into a starring role with “Puzzle” 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

A former bookbinder, he was classically trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and performed in theatre before his big film break came in the form of "The Lord of Rings." "The Lord of the Rings" star Billy Boyd has advice for "The Rings of Power" 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

A Dangerous Method is one of 22 movies in the main competition at this year's Venice film festival, and is due to hit U.S. theatres in November. Knightley stars in film on birth of psychoanalysis 2011-09-02T14:29:06Z

Chelton appeared regularly on the Paris stage for more than 50 years, rarely venturing into commercial theatre, though she won acclaim in the title role in Driving Miss Daisy, staged in 1991. Tsilla Chelton obituary 2012-07-22T16:24:34Z

Like the National Theatre of Wales, many theatre-makers who have moved in this direction have found that the technology liberates them from the traditional theatre venue. Digital theatre: 'A new sort of artform' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

There is, of course, plenty of theatre around for babies and young children, much of it excellent, notably the groundbreaking work produced by Oily Cart. Theatre trips for parents should be child's play 2013-03-21T10:21:36Z

Using both professional performers and local dancers, Bourne's adaption of Golding's classic morality tale transfers the action from a desert island to a deserted theatre. The best dance in 2011 2011-01-03T11:42:33Z

Also, a lot of the traditions of Hollywood and of British theatre have gone. Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter: being Burton and Taylor 2013-07-13T08:00:00Z

It recognises that Hair was a product of its time, yet it also presents it as a vibrant, joyous piece of living theatre. Hair 2010-04-14T16:56:00Z

These technical problems are exacerbated by the evidence that theatre and TV drama are going in different directions. TV and theatre should separate and end this glorified casting couch | Mark Lawson 2010-03-30T20:30:00Z

It involved a major regional theatre with an annual government subsidy of £1.5m turning its facilities and artists over for the sake and service of its constituents. How political theatre changed its tune 2012-06-06T14:53:19Z

As such, the new theatre is intended as "an archetype of a Jacobean theatre, rather than a reconstruction of a particular theatre," Karim-Cooper explained. Shakespeare's indoor Globe to glow 2012-11-27T16:25:00Z

Alongside this, American theatre companies such as the Team and the Riot Group have benefited hugely from their relationships with companies like the National Theatre of Scotland and the Soho theatre. Noises off: Is British theatre too arrogant? 2010-07-29T12:03:00Z

One side was misused to create a German national consciousness: in this theatre, in the 1930s, they held up SS banners in the third act of Die Meistersinger. What's Wagner's secret? Love, actually 2013-04-25T16:00:01Z

Like its work at the BAC, the Shed is the result of their increasing desire to operate more like theatres do themselves. Is this the future of the South Bank? 2013-04-16T09:31:45Z

And Scottish theatre company Grid Iron will present a site-specific work in an unusual venue: the "lunar landscape" of Edinburgh's indoor climbing arena, the largest in Europe. Edinburgh international festival 2013 lineup announced 2013-03-12T12:27:16Z

The British theatre scene is, she says, richer and more diverse than Australia's. Jane Turner: 'It's a love story ? with no kangaroos' 2010-05-02T21:00:00Z

Guardian theatre critic Lyn Gardner is tweeting from the State of the Arts conference today – see all her tweets about events as they happen, and retweets from the Culture Cuts blog, here. Follow our tweets from the State of the Arts conference 2011-02-10T14:08:00Z

The new 340-seat theatre will enable the Globe to offer live theatre throughout the year. Malfi to open new Jacobean theatre 2013-04-22T13:05:03Z

This is the price of the ultimate luxury package on offer from the Stephen Joseph theatre in Scarborough; there are others on offer for £750. Theatre tickets: when did they become so expensive? 2013-07-29T18:00:02Z

Kinnear's down-to-earth attitude to theatre comes from growing up with actors for parents. Rory Kinnear as Hamlet: A palpable hit 2010-09-19T17:33:00Z

So when I had my first approach from the professional theatre, I leapt. War Horse: adapt and survive 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

The theatre's chair Paul Lee endorses this, talking of: An ambitious step change for the theatre. New season, new leaders, new youth company: a fresh look at Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre 2012-12-06T11:46:53Z

Dominic Cook‎e, the former artistic director of the Royal Court theatre in London, will direct the films. Roses reteams Cumberbatch and Scott 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Coppola was a young, untested director, Pacino was an unknown theatre actor whom the studio, Paramount, was loathe to cast, and few thought the source material — Mario Puzo’s bestseller — was the stuff of great cinema. An offer they couldn't refuse: The Godfather cast reunite, 45 years on 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

They feel the heat of the sun on their skin and the cool dark of a movie theatre. Escape from Childhood 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

It was my favourite bit of the show, and probably the best bit of theatre I’d ever seen. 'Succession made me glad I was born poor': Susan Wokoma's lockdown TV 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

Add another film to the list: Lynn Shelton’s “Sword of Trust,” which opens in New York theatres on Friday, and both elsewhere and on digital platforms next week. “Sword of Trust,” Reviewed: A Mumblecore Comedy That Takes on the Pro-Confederate Right 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

Rix, who came from a wealthy family, was running his own theatre company when, aged 25, he auditioned her. Elspet Gray 2013-02-19T19:30:21Z

Watching a movie in the theatre isn’t the same as watching at home. Eight Tales of Art and Sex in Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

This is one of the few theatres in New York that offers discounts. Cine-files: Cinema Village, New York 2013-02-05T14:46:30Z

In the theatre lobby, paper signs labelled “All-Gender Restroom” were taped over the usual bathroom placards. “Man Made,” a Film About Transgender Bodybuilders, Upends the Traditional Documentary Gaze 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

"We're talking Lincoln and Red Tails – we barely got them into theatres," he said. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict film industry 'implosion' 2013-06-13T12:24:40Z

Must our reaction to theatre – and indeed any art form – always bear traces of the prejudices and expectations of our nationality? National theatre: do audience responses play out along country lines? 2013-07-12T15:15:34Z

Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian You wait ages for a top job in British theatre – and then 11 come along at once. Meet the new guard running British theatre 2013-02-17T20:30:01Z

England's national theatres are in the midst of a dazzling era. Arts funding: cultural capital 2013-04-10T20:58:46Z

This weekend, he'll perform at the Soho theatre for a recording of comedy podcast No Pressure to be Funny. Seven days on stage: from Shakespeare in Shoreditch to Zarganar in Soho 2012-06-08T16:13:51Z

But making the film – which is in the Dari language – involved overcoming huge challenges in a country where theatre and film were banned by the Taliban and even today are still considered unIslamic by many. Buzkashi Boys shoots for Oscar with tale of Afghan child dreamers 2013-02-15T18:28:28Z

Demonstrations also took place before the show involving about 100 people who sang and burned tickets outside the theatre. Increased security for dance show 2012-11-19T13:37:14Z

A new form of a pop group who play their dance music live as a combination of DJ set, theatre, party, psycho-commotion, demonstration and personal appearance? Paul Morley meets Swedish House Mafia 2010-05-28T12:20:00Z

When she goes to the theatre, which she does a lot, she says, it deepens her sense of inadequacy. Olivia Colman: 'It's slightly scary … it could all go wrong' 2013-07-07T17:30:00Z

The theatre is not, of course, the first to do such a thing. Plays beamed into cinemas: is this the future of theatre? 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z

This atmosphere of absurdity in public life may be one reason why British theatre is currently so fascinated by farce. Farce is everywhere on stage – but why? 2012-06-10T17:30:01Z

Now 51, Krakowski grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey where her parents’ hobby was community theatre. Jane Krakowski: ‘I still have a face bra at home’ 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

And in 20th-century revivals of the toy theatre, the visual verve of their very British art was admired but the text seemed to retreat into inverted commas, the words almost an embarassment. Projections of puppet theatre 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

"I must show to those who are younger," he said to me in 2005, "how live theatre is supposed to be." Pl?cido Domingo: 'I am a very happy man, but I love to suffer on stage' 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

I've heard of producers throwing their weight about, and directors who treat theatre buildings as personal fiefdoms. Bullying in the arts: let's raise the curtain on theatreland's thugs 2013-05-15T11:28:36Z

Stoppard's play was "above all, a play about the theatre", according to the Independent's Michael Coveney. What to say about ... The Real Thing 2010-04-23T14:48:00Z

Sometimes interactive theatre is fantastic, and inquisitive artists will always explore new territory. The arch and its nemesis 2010-07-29T14:29:00Z

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the third film to chronicle the adventures of Bella Swan and her supernatural lovers, vampire Edward Cullen and werewolf Jacob Black, will open in a record 4,416 theatres. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse breaks US release record 2010-06-30T14:47:00Z

Rebecca Brando: The first time I saw it, I had to walk out of the theatre. Marlon on Marlon… the Brando tapes 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

With it we were saying to the huge Asian audience in London, who are rarely catered for by large arts organisations: "Come to our theatre". Why Will Gompertz was wrong about dance 2012-11-22T17:39:06Z

I enjoyed it and as a director I may learn from it, but I don't think it's likely to have a lasting influence on British theatre.Nor should it. Reader reviews: your take on Three Kingdoms, Snow White and Henry IV 2012-05-18T09:56:45Z

Visitors will also be bombarded by live performances, with actors from the theatre company WildWorks providing interactive theatre. Princess Diana's former home becomes the Enchanted Palace 2010-03-25T17:25:00Z

He acknowledges now that "it was a campaign – we were trying to liberalise things in theatre". Michael Codron - six decades in the West End 2010-03-30T21:00:00Z

Lindsay Seers presents a "memory theatre" on the trauma of memory loss, while Melik Ohanian's video installation shows a film projected into a desert landscape. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z

"People are beginning to wake up to the fact that the fringe is probably where some of the most important things are happening in theatre." Edinburgh fringe: A-listers arrive for a renaissance of live theatre 2011-08-06T18:49:17Z

But it's an ironic choice, since the theatre itself is part of the gentrification of the area that has swept the unsavoury from view. The Tiger Lillies ? review 2011-07-21T17:17:28Z

He took over from Alan Bates in Simon Gray's Butley in 1972 and proceeded, he said genially, to empty theatres all over Britain in the leading role of Richard III on tour. Richard Briers: the sweetest of men 2013-02-18T14:31:30Z

"Fist of the Condor" opens April 4 in select theatres prior to its debut as a Hi-YAH! "That was an epic moment":"John Wick 4" martial artist on that traffic battle and honoring Bruce Lee 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

The Wellcome has been a terrific supporter of some really interesting theatre in recent years. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-04-16T14:56:00Z

Details about casting and the theatre will be announced at a later date. South Park duo pen Broadway show 2010-04-15T10:35:00Z

It's very interesting because it doesn't conform to any standards or rules or structures of theatre. David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z

At 93, she still goes to the theatre “most nights”, and writes thorough reviews which she publishes at blanchemarvin.com. Blanche Marvin, 93: ‘I’m never lonely in this house, because I have my life with me’ 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

His 75th play, Neighbourhood Watch, will be premiered at the theatre in September. Ayckbourn's archive to go online 2011-06-27T09:59:35Z

Being in the theatre is like being in a little family: you get really close. Sophie Okonedo: ‘My body is my barometer – my instincts are physical’ 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

Just as people go to the theatre because they want to witness change, that's exactly what Vegas is about. Director Robert Lepage: risking it all 2012-10-08T17:31:23Z

With lots of those original and revelatory turns of phrase prized by readers of Clapp's Observer theatre reviews. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z

One of the country's leading touring theatre companies is launching an to find the nation's favourite play. Hunt on for nation's favourite play 2013-09-16T07:43:45Z

They are both West End productions which appeal to teenage girls and young women and they were both crowned big winners at the only major theatre awards voted on exclusively by the public. Legally Blonde and Wicked dominate Whatsonstage.com awards 2011-02-20T19:00:01Z

Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian It's in the nature of this sort of one-on-one theatre that everyone experiences it differently. The Smile off Your Face - review 2013-03-04T01:16:13Z

But for all its inequalities, this is intelligent, fascinating music theatre and well worth seeing. Carmen 2012-11-22T12:19:00Z

Mills has spent nearly £500,000 constructing three temporary theatre spaces in an exhibition hall next to Edinburgh airport. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z

However, at its best it's as funny and unself-regarding as you'd expect from Bennett, while offering a touching love letter to theatre and the creative process of writing. This week's new theatre 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

We thought it was a terrific, very funny evening of theatre. ‘Dying for It,’ Adapted From a Banned Soviet-Era Satire 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

“It’s like being a theatre director, right?” he says. Ruben Östlund: ‘All my films are about people trying to avoid losing face’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

Brutal ritual … the public birth scene from a 2000 theatre production of The Handmaid’s Tale. Why doesn't fiction deliver birth scenes? 2012-08-05T18:00:01Z

The finished product is considered the finest piece of musical theatre ever written, a sweeping artistic expression of a period in which the world was swiftly moving towards modernity. Getting into Valhalla 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

No longer are young people "ghettoised into theatre that is not intellectually demanding". Edinburgh festival fringe puts young people on centre stage 2012-08-17T14:15:02Z

But I am fairly sure that men who vocally expressed their appreciation of female flesh during any mainstream piece of theatre would meet hostility from women around them. Naked appeal: is it OK to find actors attractive? 2012-12-12T17:04:54Z

I wanted to major in theatre but ended up taking African-American studies and creative writing. Katori Hall: 'I've had two hours sleep!' 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z

Actor and director Barrie Rutter founded theatre company in Hull in 1992 with the aim of performing classic plays with a northern voice. A beginner's guide to culture in Hull 2013-11-20T16:20:25Z

I'm off to Chichester tonight for David Wood's adaptation of Goodnight Mister Tom, which then sets off on a nationwide tour – part of what seems like an increasing trend towards family-friendly theatre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-02-04T17:25:21Z

And 200 tickets for each performance, in all parts of the theatre, will be offered for £10. Michael Grandage brings five star-studded plays to West End 2012-06-15T17:09:14Z

On stage, there's been the revival of political theatre, not to mention the spectacular success of plays such as Frost/Nixon and Enron. Why fact-based stories are destroying the art of fiction 2011-01-23T00:04:25Z

Over the years, I've been to seasons of plays by Harold Pinter at the Gate theatre in Dublin, by Sarah Kane at Berlin's Schaubühne and, most recently, by Christopher Hampton at the Guthrie in Minneapolis. Michael Billington on playwrights' seasons 2012-11-11T18:30:01Z

Keepers Pleasance, Plasticine Men's two-hander is a beautifully crafted piece of no-frills physical theatre. Keepers 2010-08-12T15:02:00Z

The theatre will reopen with the National theatre's tour of People by Alan Bennett. The Birmingham Rep: the star machine 2013-02-12T19:00:02Z

James Lapine’s adaptation of “Act One,” Moss Hart’s beloved memoir about coming of age in the theatre, is a wistful and well-crafted ode to the alchemy of the stage. Michael Schulman: Who Should Win at This Year’s Tony Awards? 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

Empirically it's clear to see that theatre can, and does, successfully represent the thrilling discoveries and experiments of science. Stage chemistry: the marriage of science and theatre is going strong 2011-03-09T14:13:20Z

It is this – the combination of the classical theatre training and the military experience – that gives Driver an unusual ruggedness. Adam Driver: ‘Compared with the military, acting isn't that difficult’ 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

“In three minutes,” he writes in his memoir, she “would run on stage as a cat caught in a car headlight and instigate one of the great moments of bathos in theatre history.” The Improbable Insanity of “Cats” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

The tax credit will be available to both commercial and subsidised theatres, and the government predicted that it would be worth £15m in 2015/16. UK theatres welcome tax breaks 2014-03-20T14:41:38Z

"They are an imaginative and considered response to the challenges of theatre production." UK theatres welcome tax breaks 2014-03-20T14:41:38Z

I like the theatre and I liked the concert. Russia's new Mariinsky theatre woos the doubters 2013-05-02T20:36:35Z

They are also interfering with theatres and museums that don’t toe their ideological line. Poland's world-beating new film-makers: 'We have a common enemy' 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

Building of the theatre and arts centre has yet to be started and questions are already being asked about whether there will be money to fill galleries with art or attract audiences. Spain's extravagant City of Culture opens amid criticism 2011-01-11T19:53:11Z

There is, for example, Pelham Crescent, a Regency curve poised before an unruly cascade of rock, which faces the spectacle of the sea like a theatre balcony. The tragic battle for Hastings 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z

The houses, restaurant and a small theatre form the Hogeweyk’s perimeter wall. ‘Eventually I knew she was no longer safe alone’: how do we care for family with dementia? 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Associated Newspapers/Rex Lizbeth Webb, one of the great forgotten stars of British musical theatre in the 1940s and 1950s, has died aged 86. Lizbeth Webb 2013-01-27T15:49:10Z

The Dublin theatre festival gets the mix right. Dublin theatre festival – best of the bunch? 2012-10-09T12:04:00Z

Four months later, masked Israeli soldiers attacked the theatre in the middle of the night. West Bank Freedom theatre director on hunger strike 2012-07-11T12:49:57Z

These are home to Bartabas's Zingaro troupe: the 50 trainers, riders, technicians and their children who share this site, which boasts its own wooden theatre, with 45 performing horses. Bartabas: dances with horses 2011-02-21T21:31:00Z

"There ought to be a series of trails for live theatre." Screenings 'do not harm theatres' 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

The book opens with “An Actor Prepares,” in which a college theatre professor’s sexual preoccupations and relational dysfunctions are revealed through a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Books to Watch Out For: September 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Quotes from the Academy's executive director suggested there had been some talk of Banksy appearing at the Kodak theatre in a monkey mask. Close up: Sunday night fever 2011-02-24T16:05:54Z

In June, pioneering theatre company Coney brought together a small audience to watch and take part in a show about a bloke called Gavin who could draw the future. Digital theatre: 'A new sort of artform' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

We meet in her dressing room at the Duke of York's theatre with trains rumbling into London's Charing Cross station beneath us. Zoë Wanamaker: 'Acting is a vicious business' 2013-05-05T08:00:02Z

She has one movie, Before You Know It, out in theatres now, and has been filming a miniseries, flying back and forth to Pittsburgh. Transparent's Judith Light: 'Botox doesn't work on me. I'm serious. I've tried it' 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

A group of musical theatre producers on Tuesday announced their plan to inject new life into local musical theatre. Defying gravity? Producers stage a musical theatre revival 2013-07-23T23:54:58Z

Maybe not; but this show, which started its life at the Public theatre in New York in 1975, enjoyed a record-breaking 15-year spell on Broadway. A Chorus Line – review 2013-02-20T14:59:00Z

Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian Up in his office on the sixth floor of the Palace theatre, in the heart of London's theatreland, Stephen Crockett is letting me in on a secretive world. 'Next!': the secretive world of casting directors 2013-05-21T18:30:01Z

Elsewhere, it was a bad Olivier night for Shakespeare, the National Theatre and the English National Opera but a good one for Tennessee Williams, the Royal Opera and the Royal Court theatre. The Mountaintop is surprise winner at Olivier awards 2010-03-21T22:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember my lines in theatre class. We’ve been children together, my daughter and me 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

There's plenty of great theatre around this week, but the question after this week's cuts is whether the same will be true in five years' time – or even a year. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-04-01T14:06:41Z

But if political theatre doesn't produce some kind of action, what's the point? Why can't playwrights feel free to be political? 2010-09-02T15:32:00Z

He'd always been interested in theatre: his first foray was at the precocious age of nine, with a piece he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z

As a Latino working in the Broadway theatre, he knows the importance of who tells the story, and how. The Women of “Hamilton” 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Can theatre place humans in danger from anything but themselves? Disasters on stage: why can't theatre hit mankind where it hurts? 2011-02-03T15:08:08Z

Overall numbers, compiled by the Broadway League, were boosted by increased ticket prices, high demand, reconfigured seating in some theatres and the use of premium-priced seats. Lion King is top Broadway show of 2013 2013-12-31T08:51:24Z

Nijinsky several times failed to turn up at the Kensington studio and finally, in despair, Hoppé went backstage at the theatre for the last performance. National Portrait Gallery to put EO Hopp? back in the frame 2010-10-07T12:55:00Z

Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian When the renovation of the Royal Shakespeare theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon was first announced, someone asked why the number of seats was to fall by 400. Royal Shakespeare Theatre: All's well ? 2010-11-23T18:43:00Z

But you can't even get away from football in the theatre this week. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-06-11T15:48:00Z

Part of my job was to sit at the back of the theatre during every performance, waiting for latecomers or showing out the "escapees". Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z

He asked Stephens to adapt Curious Incident for the stage, not because a theatre had commissioned it, but to satisfy his own curiosity. A Curious Incident on stage: the National does Mark Haddon's novel 2012-07-25T18:01:00Z

I didn't see her award-winning Howie the Rookie at the Bush theatre but the thought of that spark, emanating from such a small space, is immensely exciting. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

He began his career in theatre in Dublin, and was director of the Dublin Theatre festival from 1999-2004. A new flavour for Edinburgh festival as Fergus Linehan is appointed director 2013-04-22T10:55:54Z

As that theatre celebrates its centenary with a production of Philip Pullman's I Was a Rat!, one hopes funding cuts won't mean regional theatre will once again be forced to depend on private philanthropy. The Birmingham Rep: the star machine 2013-02-12T19:00:02Z

Broadway theatres were shut down two weeks ago due to the coronavirus epidemic. Tony Awards for Broadway theatre postponed indefinitely, organizers say 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

The 88th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on 28 February at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles. Oscars 2016: expect five minute diversity speech as Quincy Jones confirmed as presenter 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Shaw and Magliozzi sifted through thousands of film posters and lobby cards, film stills displayed in theatre lobbies to entice moviegoers. 'It's not about nostalgia': re-examining gender roles in film posters 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

According to the Havana Times, the couple also visited the singer Haila Mompié, a children's theatre company, students and teachers at Havana's Superior Art Institute, and the country's national contemporary dance troupe. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuba trip licensed by US Treasury, say sources 2013-04-09T11:07:24Z

In theatre circles, the award-winning Wade is known for the precision of her writing and you feel her deadly accuracy in every sentence, every phrase, of Posh. Laura Wade's posh | Interview 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

The biggest thanks goes to the staff at the theatre and at the show, especially the researchers - who work in a “subterranean pit”. David Letterman live: the final Late Show - as it happened 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Ichikawa, known as the prince of kabuki, must wait before attempting to regain his place in the affections of the entertainment establishment, after the theatre company Shochiku suspended his performances indefinitely. Japanese actor's drunken brawl shocks kabuki theatre world 2010-12-08T12:21:00Z

Two recent productions, The Tempest and a staging of Shakespeare's epic poem Venus and Adonis, have been collaborations with London's Little Angel puppet theatre. Revenge of the Muppets 2012-02-12T20:00:19Z

Mainstone describes her work as “avant-garde theatre with this strange digital thing going on,” and it combines fashion, in which she was trained at Central Saint Martins, with technology and the conceptual-art-style “happening.” Turning Bridges Into Music 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Lloyd described the production as "the theatre of our childhood – of rhymes and sticks and a rope – a world where small things carry vast meaning". Fiona Shaw to perform Rime of the Ancient Mariner in London 2012-11-30T13:27:58Z

But we, at Cannes, care dearly about these old Parisian theatres,” Frémaux told Variety. As Cannes turns 70, must cinema adapt to survive in new digital era? 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

In Yorkshire, the delicious adult fairytale The Girl with Iron Claws moves from Harrogate theatre after this weekend to Hull Truck on Wednesday 20 June. Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-15T10:58:30Z

Like many theatre companies across the country, Shakespeare @ knew in April that they'd likely lose their summer season. Who needs TV and movies? Audio dramas are booming when our minds need them most 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

And I was hearing it where it belonged, not on LPs and through hi-fi speakers, however exciting that had been at first, but live and in the theatre. Wagner: beauty in the eye of the beholder 2011-07-14T15:01:01Z

The theatre streamed the first act on Monday, and is planning to stream the second act on Tuesday night, after the government closed all cinemas, theatres and entertainment facilities. Hungary's first 'quarantine theatre' streams post-nuclear attack play 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

Social media commenters in Russia, meanwhile, were quick to liken the tale to the big screen reboot of Stephen King's 1983 "Pet Sematary," which premiered in American theatres on April 5. 'Dead' dog escapes grave, shocks owners, after being accidentally buried alive 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

This physicality has always been part of Lanthimos’s work, including occasional forays into theatre. Yorgos Lanthimos, ​director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

The character, who’s unnamed, is an actor who shows up in a theatre in the afternoon to do some extra rehearsing, alone. Anne-Marie Miéville and the Perils of Collaborations 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

It must be awful being a theatre critic. Noises off: The fringe finds its Banksy, and where all the money really goes 2012-08-16T10:45:22Z

Hall is upbeat about the wider theatre scene in the US. Katori Hall: 'I've had two hours sleep!' 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z

She's so good in the kitchen that I daren't, but when I was a young actor in the theatre, I used to bake bread for everyone. Trailer Trash 2013-04-13T23:05:38Z

In Amarcord, Fellini turns the theatre into a church, introducing the other institution which, alongside fascism, shaped his 1930s upbringing. Inspired by Rimini: a tour of Fellini’s magical home town 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

One of those cities was Seattle and I had to commit to a certain level of advertising to get the theatre to book it, and I did. 'It was like tending to a disgusting baby': life as a Harvey Weinstein employee 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

A theatre company by trade, the nabokov collective are tonight rounding up the troops for a cross-platform party where drama meets disco head on. Clubs picks of the week 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z

McCraney wrote the script that became the basis for Moonlight at Yale, as part of a postgraduate theatre course in 2003. Moonlight’s writer Tarell Alvin McCraney: 'the story needed to be out there' 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

Those who run the new theatre, opened in 1997, have always made clear it's not on the exact site of the original Globe, though many visitors assume otherwise. What happened to Shakespeare's theatres? 2014-04-23T06:29:19Z

Also in Exeter: , a playful theatre journey across the city which sounds terrific. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-11-23T16:10:31Z

If the increasingly essential St James theatre demonstrates a mite more ambition and gives audience a greater range of work, lunchtime theatre may once again thrive. A Midsummer Night's Dream – review 2013-07-21T17:30:00Z

It is the spirit sought by late architect Maurice Braillard who designed the building, shaped like a Roman theatre, to encourage interaction. Nightly show in Swiss block helps beat lockdown blues 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

As the Epoch Times later noted, the theatre was full. Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

The Space is seen as a potential template for a new, accessible approach to production, offering a range of dance, music, theatre, literature, comedy, performance and digitally created art to all comers. Peter Bazalgette emerges as Arts Council job favourite 2012-06-16T14:23:55Z

On Saturday the Brighton festival opens – three weeks of eclectic theatre, music, dance, comedy, literature and visual arts. We know spending on the arts makes big money for Britain. So why cut it? 2013-05-02T19:30:01Z

Actually I mean that, because I only get the money when I sell the theatres. Nica Burns: queen of Edinburgh comedy 2011-08-26T11:45:01Z

Publicly subsidised venues like the National theatre and Sadler's Wells are leading the charge in creating imaginative trailers. Trailers trashed 2010-05-10T16:02:00Z

Sadly, the theatre was too small and, as it was located in the sub-basement, we couldn't have got our set down there anyway. How The Great Game emptied the Pentagon 2011-03-01T21:29:00Z

When the film finally opened, twenty-three years later, I was very tempted to put on the marquee of the theatre, “A Nightmare of Obscenities,” hoping that it would attract another kind of audience. Frederick Wiseman on Censorship, Small-Town America, and Why He Dislikes the Word “Documentary” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

Frances-White first brought this show to Edinburgh in 2008 and it's enjoyed a regular residency at the Leicester Square theatre since. Edinburgh comedy notebook: spoof self-help gurus have pulling power 2011-08-19T13:55:04Z

Growing up quiet because of my deafness, I was encouraged as a child to do community theatre. "Only Murders in the Building" makes me long to reconnect with our elders 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z

Audiences will be shipped to the 1,100-seat theatre on board a ferry from Amsterdam's Central Station. Anne Frank play keeps memory alive 2014-05-08T10:21:50Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton On Tuesday evening, I will be at the Young Vic theatre in London to revisit the latest production by Belarus Free Theatre, entitled Trash Cuisine. Clive Stafford Smith: Belarus Free Theatre risk life and death 2013-06-10T11:11:56Z

A big voice in regional theatre and a passionate supporter of arts funding. Seven days on stage: Spice Girls go west and Pudsey trains for panto 2012-06-29T13:11:14Z

An ambitious new piece of theatre by director Rupert Goold and his company Headlong, it aims to tell the story of 9/11 on the 10th anniversary of the event. Rupert Goold's Decade: can 9/11 work on the stage? 2011-08-24T20:31:01Z

In the first, four black men in suits line up in front of what seems to be a theatre curtain. The Long Collusion of Photography and Crime 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z

She and her late husband Max were introduced to the company by Dame Judi Dench and it involves people in theatre, irrespective of ability or disability. Terence Conran given arts medal 2012-12-18T14:47:49Z

Head to Harrogate theatre for Two's Company, a festival of intimate performances, including theotherwayworks' Avon Calling and Sleepwalk Collective's As the Flames Rose, We Danced to the Sirens. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-05-25T16:48:54Z

But if theatre has a social responsibility, he believes, it's not to educate but to entertain. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Greig on making a musical to rival Matilda 2013-06-18T07:00:00Z

He believes that such participatory theatre, until recently largely the preserve of the experimental fringes, is becoming more and more mainstream. Dance Marathon aims to exhaust Edinburgh festivalgoers 2011-08-05T17:28:06Z

He is still in contact with the members of the group, and is working with Benny Andersson on a musical drama at a theatre in Stockholm in February. A new museum for ABBA, but no stage reunion 2012-12-11T15:32:03Z

Nonetheless, the term "regional theatre" remains fraught, although it probably depends very much on who is using it. In theatre, is 'regional' a dirty word? 2012-12-31T12:12:43Z

The Globe theatre is out on tour with Hamlet and As You Like It, and the latter can be seen at the Theatre Royal in Margate from Thursday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-29T15:43:54Z

But isn't the best theatre about asking the biggest and most pressing questions? Political theatre lacks the Commons touch 2010-10-19T11:04:00Z

On one hand, it has the largest theatre in London: a former music hall, gaudy, fun and designed for popular entertainment. The cash-strapped ENO must take a long, hard look at itself 2013-01-18T12:32:13Z

She casts her mind back to early performances at school and at film school and in off-Broadway theatre. Alfre Woodard: 'We want all those with a stake in the death row business to see this film' 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z

Where theatre admits its own status as such, it cannot make us fear for our lives; any production that stubbornly refuses to accept this is bound to fail. Immersive theatre: take us to the edge, but don't throw us in 2010-04-07T15:28:00Z

Exposing the flaws in our heroes is a great British pastime but not an American one – which is probably one of the reasons Hall "couldn't get beyond development hell with American theatres". Katori Hall: 'I've had two hours sleep!' 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z

Performance, ritual, spectacle: an element of theatre has always been present in the world of food, and Heston Blumenthal's Feasts series was as much about historical recreation as futuristic cookery techniques. Have you got the guts for an edible performance? 2011-01-31T18:29:33Z

Even the word theatre, as opposed to playhouse, may have evoked comparison with Greek and Roman culture. What happened to Shakespeare's theatres? 2014-04-23T06:29:19Z

Meanwhile, “Uncut Gems,” though playing in more than two thousand theatres nationwide, is also being released internationally by Netflix and, in other countries, will be on the site as of January 31st. The Fossilized 2020 Oscar Nominations 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

He's a firm believer in the necessity of collaboration, not just in the rehearsal room but at every level of theatre. Meet Ben Power – the National theatre's secret weapon 2013-07-24T15:34:58Z

In Mexico he outraged the authorities with an avant-garde theatre group. Alejandro Jodorowsky: 'I am not mad. I am trying to heal my soul' 2013-05-23T15:47:54Z

Musical theatre suffers from the fundamental structural problem of why the characters have suddenly started singing, which is why so many shows – including Les Misérables – adopt the operatic convention of having everything sung. Theatre about theatre shows there's no business like show business 2013-03-08T09:30:01Z

"I suppose I have had a life in theatre now," Hytner admits. A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z

Photograph: Stephen Dobbie It is a case of the UK's most talked about experimental theatre group joining forces with one of its mightiest opera companies – and the results could be spectacular. ENO joins pioneering theatre company for East End opera 2010-03-31T14:40:00Z

Mostly true, but some theatre critics do have a gift for describing a performance and giving an account of how the audience responded. The insiders' guide to the arts 2010-10-17T20:31:00Z

The wide space of the theatre yawned between them; the stage behind them had emptied. Whole Selves Becoming Visible 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Earlier this year, in a theatre, halfway through a show, I slipped my 11-year-old son an iPhone and suggested that he play some games on it. I, Malvolio: bringing Shakespeare to life for young audiences 2011-08-16T09:15:01Z

Today it emerged that he is going back to his roots – to play Hamlet at the Young Vic theatre in London next year. Sheen for Hamlet 2010-05-13T07:34:00Z

Any kind of theatre now has to be conditioned by cinema, and by its way of editing. Interview: Salvatore Sciarrino - 'My problem is I want to change the world' 2013-07-15T15:17:00Z

The theatre does amazing work," said Hytner, "but it is doing relatively badly at attracting individual giving. Tori Amos, Mike Leigh and Stalin: the National Theatre's new programme 2011-01-26T21:31:43Z

A good source of recommendations for interesting theatre comment from across the pond, as well as views of his own. @edfringe – The official twitter feed for the Edinburgh festival fringe. Seven days on stage: Edinburgh festival fringe gets the Hoff 2012-06-01T14:39:26Z

Liveing got into weights while studying musical theatre, after her dance teachers told her she wasn’t strong enough. Has strong become the respectable face of skinny for young women? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton Experimental theatre company Shunt are to create a version of the ancient Greek labyrinth in a London warehouse as part of their first new show in three years. Shunt to create labyrinth in London warehouse 2012-08-14T12:19:08Z

Based in the Netherlands, where he is artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the country's foremost theatre company, he frequently whirls his productions through European cities. Antonioni Project: the great big movie mash-up 2011-01-09T22:00:00Z

As well as the film and theatre work, he says there may be scope to earn a crust composing a soundtrack for "something really, really odd". White Lies star writes theatre score 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

The ceremony, the biggest in the UK theatre calendar, takes place at the Royal Opera House in London on 13 April. Olivier awards hosts announced 2014-03-21T15:18:00Z

As theatre, though, Kitchen Secrets is pretty much unbeatable. Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets | TV review 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z

So when THE most amazing theatre competition rolls round she realises this might be her one chance to do something with her gift. The Secret Hen House Theatre by Helen Peters - review 2013-05-07T14:00:00Z

Bands and poets and comedians generally rock up at festivals just needing to do a soundcheck before going on; theatre, however, is a different beast. Theatre finds its music festival feet 2011-07-21T13:40:45Z

A national theatre, free entry to museums, the expansion of the BBC. We must protect and reinvent our local libraries 2012-11-23T08:28:01Z

It's a resolution she has stuck to through the quarter century in which she has established herself as one of theatre's most innovative and provocative dramatists. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z

And one of the things "Only Murders" gets very right is the gregariousness of elder creatives: Oliver's scarves and theatre posters, Charles slipping in dialogue from his old hit show. "Only Murders in the Building" makes me long to reconnect with our elders 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z

He links to this article in the Independent, which explains the bizarre news that "the Glasgow Pavilion theatre's annual pantomime has been found to be in violation of the Geneva Convention". Noises off: cross purposes and web slingers 2011-01-12T17:17:12Z

But as yet, this brief piece never succeeds in creating the kind of silence that you sometimes get in the theatre when everyone is completely rapt. The Hush – review 2013-07-23T17:06:33Z

And because I don't intend to sell the theatres before I die, I won't get it. Nica Burns: queen of Edinburgh comedy 2011-08-26T11:45:01Z

Another type of theatre crowd is the audience that's been admitted for free. Which theatre audiences are the most demanding? 2013-01-21T14:38:50Z

"After about an hour I thought: 'This can't work. You can't be in theatre, free on the stage, shouting and screaming and running around, with someone reading you your lines.'" Gambon 'can't do' stage roles 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Subsidised theatre is the research-and-development wing of the UK's thriving creative industries. Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

The news caps a troubled year for the legendary Russian theatre. Senior violinist at the Bolshoi dies 2013-07-18T14:26:41Z

After an explanation of the distilling system, the atmosphere gets lively as she starts serving everyone a good selection of the Koval range, using a giant plastic syringe to add a dash of theatre. Six of the best artisan distilleries in Chicago 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

"Er, OK," says Cody, who works in a gym and seems a little less interested in theatre. Meet the incredible Mr Goodwin, daredevil extraordinaire 2013-03-01T14:00:00Z

When Lane saw Look Back in Anger early in its run at the Royal Court theatre in 1956, her marriage had ended ruinously two years previously, after three years. Pamela Lane obituary 2010-11-21T18:54:00Z

Turning up with a set, lighting and actors, we transform this local venue into a theatre for the night. Letters: Rural theatre and poetry hit by cuts 2011-04-04T23:05:03Z

I also remember turning up at the Public theatre on opening night to find people standing outside with picket signs. Tony Kushner: 'At first I was horrified' 2011-08-15T20:31:01Z

Rossetti and Burne-Jones spotted Jane at the theatre and asked her to become one of their models, who they nicknamed "stunners". Pre-Raphaelite love 2011-06-03T09:58:31Z

My favourite kind of theatre is when I see the actors bleed and sweat blood and look like they're having heart attacks. McAvoy shares Olivier award doubts 2013-04-22T10:41:11Z

The video of the entire police encounter only takes a few seconds, wherein the viewer is whisked back to the movie theatre, ushering a sense of disbelief and removal from the horror on screen. Traveling While Black: behind the eye-opening VR documentary on racism in America 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Almond's move into the theatre is typical of a career that has rarely played to expectation. Marc Almond: From bedsit to plague pit 2011-07-18T20:31:01Z

You could cut the tension in the theatre with a knife as the Alien was about to make its first appearance in its fully formed state. 'I was terrified!': you share stories of watching classic films on first release 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Ebi, whom fans describe as “Iran’s Frank Sinatra”, sang in Farsi, drawing applause from a dancing crowd of Saudis and invited Iranian guests that only partially filled the 500-capacity theatre. At Saudi music festival, Iran rivalry takes the stage 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

The Tonys are awarded exclusively to the 40 theatres located in the vicinity of Times Square. Tony awards in Times Square make for perfect street theatre 2012-06-11T13:16:53Z

Four years ago, the foundations of a still-older Elizabethan playhouse, the nearby theatre, were uncovered, thought to be the first purpose-built stage of its kind in the UK. Elizabethan Rose theatre set to bloom again 2012-07-16T14:26:00Z

Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” was produced by Amazon Studios, not by Hollywood, but its stars, technicians, facilities, distribution network, and movie theatres are Hollywood by-products. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

It's a fine description, and could this be the first time that Beckett's play has been produced as picnic theatre? What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-06-07T16:06:29Z

He said theatres were the "modest cousins" of football, cinema and music. Danny Boyle voices theatre fears 2012-11-15T14:43:14Z

Again we've funded it through an innovative joint venture which channels private investment into the theatre with the profits helping to fund the art. Dear George, it's not too late... these cuts are wrong 2011-03-25T11:44:29Z

London society, not particularly known for its liberal tolerance, accepted D'Eon as a woman and she became well known for fencing demonstrations in theatres – dressed as a woman, of course. Portrait mistaken for 18th-century lady is early painting of transvestite 2012-06-06T14:16:21Z

Rona Munro's play about American women in the early days of the space race is performed with real panache, writes Lyn Gardner Your take on the week's best – and worst – theatre, comedy and dance. Twelfth Night and Jesus Christ Superstar – reader reviews 2012-09-28T14:43:44Z

Other producing theatres might well start viewing this example as a bit annoying. Theatre by the Lake: you wait ages for one Bus Stop ? 2010-06-30T15:55:00Z

The action is set in the three worlds of the theatre, jazz, and, above all, the cinema. An Essential Retrospective of the French Filmmaker Jacques Becker at the Newly Renovated Film Forum 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

He set up a table in the theatre, and a sign: Cafe Didion. Frozen in time: Joan Didion in her California kitchen, October 1972 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z

It would particularly benefit regional theatre and tours, he . UK theatres welcome tax breaks 2014-03-20T11:02:04Z

Sam and I have got no history of taking as read the value of theatre. Fevered Sleep's old age playmates 2010-09-07T20:59:00Z

In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his prestigious work in theatre. Acclaimed actor Michael Gambon known for playing Dumbledore in "Harry Potter" series dies at 82 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z

I got out in a happy daze, hoping she’d get to the theatre O.K. My Summer Morning in Central Park with Elaine Stritch 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

There will be a comedy event at the Brighton Dome next month, starring Stewart Lee, Mark Thomas and Tim Vine, to raise funds for the theatre. Adrian Bunting obituary 2013-05-20T14:34:02Z

His Open Air theatre – subtly but incisively redesigned by Steve Tompkins so that the building looks sleek and intentional, rather than a picnicking accident – is the transformational story of the past decade. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Ragtime; Antigone – review 2012-06-02T23:05:48Z

“We will continue to urge Equity to reconsider; to gain an appreciation for the importance of small theatre to our City.” Negotiations fail in Actors' Equity 99-seat theater dispute; both sides head for court 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

The same team from the Museum of London Archaeology found the Theatre just up the road in 2008, and, across the river, remains of other Elizabethan theatres – the Rose, and the Globe itself. Does the rediscovery of Shakespeare's Curtain theatre matter? Absolutely 2012-06-07T13:42:07Z

Over at the CLF Cafe in Peckham, Axis Arts begin a summer of theatre with Lads, which examines what it means to be a man today. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-06-07T16:06:29Z

The new Mariinsky theatre, with the original theatre in the foreground, in Saint Petersburg. Russians hope Mariinsky II will revive Saint Petersburg as cultural capital 2013-05-02T18:04:03Z

Our new national theatre's first-year programme has set tongues wagging. National Theatre Wales at one ? too young to master Welsh? 2010-10-20T15:44:00Z

It's good to see the Old College Quad back with a full programme of outdoor theatre this year. Edinburgh festival: day one at the fringe 2012-08-06T15:42:24Z

The exhibition features a brown bear skull that was excavated from the site of the Globe theatre in 1989. British Museum Shakespeare exhibition to include prized Robben Island copy 2012-07-17T17:11:20Z

I was struck by the contrast with the fact that black-led in the UK, whether in theatre or film, is still hugely under-represented - and the dramas we do see so often conform to certain types. 10by10: Britain like you've never seen it on screen 2012-08-29T09:14:00Z

The research, which drew on detailed surveys completed by 26 English theatres, was undertaken by playwright Fin Kennedy and Helen Campbell Pickford, a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford. Arts cuts prompt 'shrivelling' theatre industry, report says 2013-02-22T12:21:17Z

His courageous performances bridged the gap between the three Burmas, not least in reviving the popularity of anyeint, the traditional vaudeville-like theatre. Rory MacLean's top 10 books on Burma 2013-05-08T14:43:33Z

Admittedly she's been doing so as an usher at New York's Majestic theatre, where the show is approaching its 25th birthday, and the upcoming anniversary drew me to her story. Many happy returns: which theatre shows would you see again and again? 2012-12-19T18:10:04Z

The effect on regional arts could be catastrophic and the first place that local theatres and museums will look to address the shortfall is the Arts Council. Peter Bazalgette: 'Maybe I don't qualify as great or good' 2013-02-24T00:06:07Z

It is a squashed – 81 seats – and idiosyncratic theatre but one held in a great deal of affection. Arcola and Bush theatres move on to bigger London stages 2010-12-26T17:57:24Z

At the Greenroom in Whitworth Street West, near Oxford Road train station, it was a less happy scene, as the theatre was among the 206 casualties nationally that lost all funding. Arts funding cuts leave many organisations fearing for future 2011-03-30T18:22:10Z

They are staffed in the main by young people looking for a break, learning their craft, making theatre because they care about it rather than because they have a mortgage to pay. London's Cock Tavern may be no more ? but you can't kill the fringe 2011-04-12T14:31:04Z

Next, she will tackle one of the most challenging roles in theatre - Hamlet. Maxine Peake hails her sporting hero 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

The story is filled with grimly hilarious details of the underside of the movie business—William Delaney’s method of discouraging photographs, the slightly sad theatre that rents out screens to one-off films. Emma Cline on the Movie Business 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z