The Pin introduce their Edinburgh fringe show by Guardian Staff

Comedy sketch group The Pin explain how their festival performance finds them creating a screenplay with the audience Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:30am on August 12, 2014☆⚑

Gas masks and grand pianos: Vladimir Pankov's The War - in pictures by Guardian Staff

Pankovs flamboyant psychodrama exploring Russias relationship with the first world war has already left Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington scratching his head at the Edinburgh Intern…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:11am on August 10, 2014☆⚑

Hebrides Ensemble rehearse The Soldier's Tale for the Edinburgh International Festival video by Guardian Staff

In the first of a series of exclusive videos from this year's classical programme at the Edinburgh International Festival, the Hebrides Ensemble perform an extract from Stravinsky's 1918 par…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:47am on August 8, 2014☆⚑

Ballet in Bondi: Swan Lake talent pool in pictures by Guardian Staff

Four Australian Ballet dancers took to Bondis Icebergs pool in their tutus to celebrate a new Sydney season of Swan Lake in February 2015. The oceanside sea water pools are emptied every Thu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:38pm on August 7, 2014☆⚑

The James Plays: interviews with playwright Rona Munro and actor Sofie Gråbøl video by Guardian Staff

Watch rehearsal footage of the new trilogy about kings James I, II and III of Scotland plus interviews in which the playwright explains why she wanted to redress a lack of Scottish equivale…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:15am on August 7, 2014☆⚑

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev rehearse Solo for Two in pictures by Guardian Staff

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev rehearse in California for the English National Operas performance of Solo for Two at Londons Coliseum from 6 to 9 AugustAll change for Osipova and Vasiliev…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:00pm on August 3, 2014☆⚑

The best show I've ever seen at Edinburgh: performers and theatre-makers on their festival highlights by Guardian Staff

Mark Thomas was moved by Bill Hicks. Tim Key loved Jackson's Way. Olivia Poulet loved Tim Key Performers and theatre-makers pick their all-time festival favourites Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:08pm on August 3, 2014☆⚑

Romesh Ranganathan and Seann Walsh personality swap shop by Guardian Staff

The Edinburgh mainstays switch identities to interview each other. It doesnt take long for the insults to start flying Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:00am on August 2, 2014☆⚑

My Edinburgh festival nightmare: further tales of standups' fringe hell by Guardian Staff

Lucy Beaumont, Susan Calman, Carl Hutchinson and others survive humiliation in a homemade sandwich board, a hex involving the number two, and being upstaged by a giant rabbit in the audience…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:18am on July 31, 2014☆⚑

Storming the stage: Roger Allam in The Tempest at Shakespeare's Globe video by Guardian Staff

Watch a clip from The Tempest recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, in London, in the summer of 2013. Jeremy Herrin's production stars Roger Allam who, in the words of Michael Billington, 'e…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:00am on July 30, 2014☆⚑

My Edinburgh festival nightmare: comedians on their fringe hell by Guardian Staff

So you're taking a show to the Edinburgh fringe. What's the worst that could happen? Vomiting, fainting, break-ups and malfunctioning smoke machines Felicity Ward, Josie Long and WitTank st…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:16am on July 28, 2014☆⚑

Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar Named Desire in pictures by Guardian Staff

It is one of 2014's hottest tickets. Before A Streetcar Named Desire opens at the Young Vic tonight, take a look at Gillian Anderson's Blanche Dubois. Photographs by Tristram Kenton Continue…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:59am on July 28, 2014☆⚑

What are the best comedy albums of all time? by Guardian Staff

Open thread: we'd like to hear about your best-loved comic albums, whether they're stand-up, sketch comedy or something completely different Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:05am on July 25, 2014☆⚑

Whats the best thing youve ever seen at the Edinburgh festival? by Guardian Staff

Readers panel: A week before the culture spectacle begins, we want to look back at the most memorable performances, events and experiences from past Edinburgh festivals. Tell us yours, and w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05am on July 24, 2014☆⚑

Can you identify these last lines of plays? quiz by Guardian Staff

Were you paying attention before the curtain fell? See if you recognise these closing lines of 10 great plays Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:00am on July 22, 2014☆⚑

Quiz: Who told these one-liners about money? by Guardian Staff

Here are 10 pithy gags on the subject of money. Do you know which entertainer is responsible for each of them? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:00am on July 17, 2014☆⚑

Win tickets to see A Delicate Balance by Guardian Staff

Enter to win a night at the theatre! Grand Prize includes: two tickets to A Delicate Balance in New York. Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30am on July 16, 2014☆⚑

The Moth, the US storytelling organisation coming to the UK for the first time video trailer by Guardian Staff

The acclaimed US not-for-profit, storytelling organisation the Moth is coming to the UK. Since its launch in 1997, the Moth has presented thousands of stories, all true, told to live audienc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:00am on July 16, 2014☆⚑

Molly Ringwald on her struggle to have a child video by Guardian Staff

Hollywood actor Molly Ringwald performs for the Moth, the US-based not-for-profit storytelling organisation which is coming to the UK for the first time in September Find out how to perform …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:00am on July 16, 2014☆⚑

From Gillian Anderson to Vivien Leigh: Streetcar's Blanche Dubois in pictures by Guardian Staff

As Gillian Anderson prepares to play Tennessee Williams's troubled heroine at the Young Vic in London, take a look at the other stars who have depended on the kindness of strangers Continue …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:58am on July 16, 2014☆⚑

Australian choreographers compete for Keir award video by Guardian Staff

The four finalists in the Keir choreographic award square off in the first instalment of this biennial dance-off, a new prize that recognises choreographic work and innovation in contemporar…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:37am on July 16, 2014☆⚑

Which Shakespeare characters speak these lines? quiz by Guardian Staff

Do you know your Lear from your Leontes? Your Macbeth from your Mercutio? Match these lines to the right characters Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:00am on July 15, 2014☆⚑

Mean Girls or David Mamet? - quiz by Guardian Staff

As Lindsay Lohan prepares to make her West End debut in Speed-the-Plow, can you guess if these lines come from Mean Girls or David Mamet's plays? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:48am on July 14, 2014☆⚑

Monty Python Live (Mostly) at O2 - video highlights by Guardian Staff

Highlights from the first of Monty Python's final 10 performance at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday. For tickets that cost up to £95, and were sold out in 44 seconds, Python fans saw Eric Id…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:53am on July 2, 2014☆⚑

English National Ballet perform at the Pyramid stage in pictures by Guardian Staff

The English National Ballet took to the Pyramid stage on Sunday for an emotional and moving performance of Dust, from the first world war-themed Lest We Forget, alongside Billy Bragg. Here …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:08pm on June 29, 2014☆⚑