853 stories by "Matt Trueman"
Disabled performers are front and centre at Edinburgh this year " so why is the festival so unfriendly to disabled audiences?Everyone says the Edinburgh fringe is too big: 2,871 shows across…
Discarded 'bomb' made from calculator, clay and Gameboy wires prompts city-wide emergency responseA playwright behind a one-man show about a suicide bomber sparked a major bomb scare in Manh…
The Perrier-winner hurt his back during a preview of Stuart: A Life Backwards and has had to withdraw temporarilyFormer Perrier award-winner Will Adamsdale has temporarily withdrawn from per…
After a protracted case during which it had to rely on a loan from Alan Sugar, theatre awarded payout from insurers AvivaHackney Empire has won a payout of more than £1.1m from its insure…
Not every piece polish " but there was a Royal Court debut every day. Matt Trueman looks back on a kaleidoscopic, riotous festival of new workIt was either going to be a perfect marriage or …
Producers of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark are holding open auditions for a new lead after Reeve Carney hangs up his tightsAs Batman once said, "A hero can be anyone." Broadway needs a new f…
FedEx deliveryman who was left disabled after slipping in theatre producer's Manhattan office sues successfully for damagesTheatre producer Cameron Mackintosh has lost a $2.9m (£1.9m) law…
It's not just big name artists taking over the fringe, but big name arts organisations too " do subsidised theatres belong there?We all know the legend; how, in 1947, a group of artists feel…
It's not just big name artists taking over the fringe, but big name arts organisations too " do subsidised theatres belong there?We all know the legend; how, in 1947, a group of artists feel…
Comic " who performs in French as well as English " vows to help foreign standups break into the English-speaking marketEddie Izzard is hoping to increase the breadth of nationalities perfor…
Comic " who performs in French as well as English " vows to help foreign standups break into the English-speaking marketEddie Izzard is hoping to increase the breadth of nationalities perfor…
Matt Trueman asks if it's time there was a dedicated venue supporting emerging directors
Harry Potter actor to make first stage appearance in production of Jez Butterworth's debut play about rival gangs in 1950s SohoRupert Grint is to make his first stage appearance in an all-st…
Harry Potter actor to make first stage appearance in production of Jez Butterworth's debut play about rival gangs in 1950s SohoRupert Grint is to make his first stage appearance in an all-st…
Comedian and composer lets slip that an adaptation of a 'much-loved' film is on the cards, with Matilda director Matthew Warchus directingMatilda composer Tim Minchin's next musical will an …
Comedian and composer lets slip that an adaptation of a 'much-loved' film is on the cards, with Matilda director Matthew Warchus directingMatilda composer Tim Minchin's next musical will an …
Former singer says she is 'thrilled' to be cast as Monroe in Norma Jeane: The Musical, being developed for the West EndKerry Katona has been cast as screen legend Marilyn Monroe in a new sta…
Actor to team up with Laurie Metcalf in new work by Pulitzer prize-winning Bruce Norris this autumnJeff Goldblum and Olivier-nominee Laurie Metcalf will star in Bruce Norris's new play off-B…
Another prime contender to take over from Nicholas Hytner as National boss declares himself out of the running, citing unfinished business in BristolWar Horse director Tom Morris has reveale…
Scottish comedian tweets updates to fans while fasting to protest treatment of last British detainee Shaker AamerComedian Frankie Boyle has started a hunger strike in solidarity with GuantÃ…
More drama for Russian theatre as violinist Viktor Sedov, who had worked there for nearly 40 years, dies after fallA senior violinist at the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow has died after falling …
Broadway producers of previous Fab Four musical sue, demanding half of revenues and joint credit from Let It Be Producers of the West End show Let It Be have found themselves in times of tro…
Actor cancels UK theatre tour of A Passionate Woman in order to receive treatmentActor Lynda Bellingham has been diagnosed with cancer, and will cancel a nationwide theatre tour to fight the…
Actor reportedly struck by Kenneth Branagh's sword at St Peter's Church, Manchester is treated by paramedicsMacbeth's reputation as a cursed play was bolstered last week when one of Kennet…
After George III David Haig is getting ready to play another raving royal in King Lear. He tells Matt Trueman why tragic descent is not so different from comedy.
