828 stories by "Guardian Staff"
The Mancunian punk poet beloved of Alex Turner and Plan B is joining us for a live Q&A from 4-5pm on Tuesday 30 September so what do you want to ask him? Continue reading...
Ophelia and Gertrude are the chief female characters in Hamlet but many actresses have taken on the lead role itself including Asta Nielsen and Frances de la Tour At her Peake: Maxines stage…
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"If you do crap when I come along ... I shall scream!" Novelist Michael Morpurgo drops into rehearsals for the National Youth Theatre's production of Private Peaceful, based on his 2003 book…
Melbournes fringe festival returns with several experimental and confronting pieces that arent afraid to tackle Australian politics, and deliver controversy, madness and wit in equal doses. …
As their show The Play That Goes Wrong opens in London, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society offer their advice on getting ahead in Theatreland Continue reading...
As Gillian Anderson gives her final performances in A Streetcar Named Desire broadcast by NT Live on 16 September can you tell which of these lines belong to Blanche Dubois and which are s…
As she plays Shakespeares sweet prince in one of 2014s most anticipated productions, take a look at the Silk stars stage career so far Continue reading...
With the death of Sir Donald Sinden, the British acting fraternity has lost one of its most esteemed and beloved figures. A celebrated Shakespearean actor, Sinden also appeared in more than …
Shakespeare saved some fine lines for those characters drawing their last breath. Can you identify who speaks these words in their exit speeches? Continue reading...
Pass the gazpacho: here's the first image of Tamsin Greig, dressed in a Thierry Mulger jumpsuit, as Pepa Marcos in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The West End musical adaptation …
Though Joan Rivers once said she wanted a red carpet at her funeral, the sidewalk was bare outside Temple Emanu-El synagogue on New Yorks Fifth Avenue on Sunday. Hundreds of fans waited to c…
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While the dialogue is a little unnatural, the production at Manchesters Theatre Royal serves its stars well Continue reading...
The comedian Joan Rivers has died in New York on Thursday at the age of 81. Rivers had a lengthy career, starting on the New York comedy scene alongside Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Car…
The pioneering entertainer and comedian has died aged 81. Rivers got her big break with an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965 and was a TV mainstay from then onJoa…
As Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webbers Evita gets ready to return to the West End stage, we take a look at productions through the years Continue reading...
The puppetry team behind War Horse turn their hands to post-apartheid South Africa for this imaginative reframing of Alfred Jarrys 19th-century play, Ubi Roi Mark Fishers review of the Edinb…
Flamenco guitarist Paco Peñas new show, Patrias, is part of this years Edinburgh international festival. Heres a reminder of his colourful and electrifying stage shows Review Paco Peñ…
In this exclusive video, Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Bartók's 2nd violin concerto and discusses its themes as she prepares to perform it with the London Philharmonic …
From Hoovers to badgers, here are the quips voted funniest in Dave's competition at the festival Continue reading...
From George RR Martin to Phill Jupitus and Ali Smith, Murdo MacLeod has been turning his lens on more authors at the 2014 festivalMurdo MacLeods Edinburgh authors in pictures, part I Continu…
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As she presents a 10th anniversary show at the Edinburgh festival, Camille OSullivan remembers her first fringe gigs and explains how she puts together her set list Continue reading...
Tim Key is back at the Edinburgh festival, slipping on his denim onesie to perform Single White Slut at the Pleasance Grand. Tim popped by the Guardian's house to answer readers' questions a…
