Tobacco firms paid huge amounts for endorsements from the stars of Hollywood’s “Golden Age”. Industry documents released following anti-smoking lawsuits reveal the extent of the relationship between tobacco and movie studios. One firm paid […]
The Old Vic – London’s oldest theatre – has been transformed to create an intimate “in-the-round” stage ahead of a new production opening next month. Alan Ayckbourn's comic classic, The Norman Conquests, will open […]
Schools up and down the UK are set to get a very special visitor – none other than Lord of the Rings and former Coronation Street star Sir Ian McKellen. Full published article at: […]
Actress Nancy Carroll was Whatsonstage.com Award-nominated for Peter Gill's 2006 National Theatre production of Harley Granville Barker's English classic The Voysey Inheritance. She's now tackling another rarely seen Barker play, 1907's Waste, which begins previews […]
Enda Walsh's The New Electric Ballroom was one of the hits of this year's Edinburgh Festival fringe. In its tale of three sisters recreating a calamitous incident from their long-lost youth, it sounds like a […]
For anyone with one foot in the past, here's a toe-tapping night in the theatre that rewinds you back to the good old bad old days of the 1950s Ilford Palais – decades before ballroom […]
With competition from bars, clubs and other nights out, theatres have been struggling to attract young people through their doors. So the government is offering free tickets to under 26s. Will it work? Full published […]
British actor Simon Pegg has arrived for the UK premiere of his latest film, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, at London’s Leicester Square. Full published article at: BBC News website
TV presenter Graham Norton could be making a surprise West End debut early in the new year. According the The Stage, the Irish comedian is being lined up for a role in the West End […]
The Orange Tree season dedicated to the plays of Vaclav Havel, who stood down as president of the Czech Republic five years ago, starts with his first drama for twenty years. Leaving is a rueful […]
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