Whats On Stage
Review: Endgame
A recent director of the play described Samuel Beckett's Endgame as “Laurel and Hardy in hell”, but the new Complicite production by Simon McBurney is neither very funny nor very hellish. It is grim and […]
Month: October 2009
Whats On Stage
News: Baywatch Pam & Lily Savage Share Panto Lamp
As pantomime casting goes, this has got to be the splashiest. Pamela Anderson, the pneumatic blonde Hollywood pin-up best remembered as lifeguard CJ Parker from the 1990s American TV series Baywatch, will play the Genie […]
Whats On Stage
Interview: Brief Encounter With … Miriam Margolyes
Bafta and Whatsonstage.com Award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes plays Nell in Simon McBurney’s new Complicite production of Samuel Beckett’s 1957 existential classic Endgame, which opens tonight (15 October, previews from 2 October) at the West End… […]
Whats On Stage
Review: Comedians
As a play about the art of comedy and its wellsprings, Trevor Griffiths' 1975 play Comedians is unmatched. And Sean Holmes' superb revival, his first as artistic director at the Lyric Hammersmith, confirms the play's […]
TDS Latest News
Royal Welsh College’s 60th Birthday celebrations
Members of the Welsh choir of the moment, Only Men Aloud, will be wishing the Royal Welsh College a Happy 60th Birthday on 31 October 2009. A year's worth of celebrations will culminate in an […]
TDS Latest News
The Queen stuns War Horse audience with discreet visit
A West End theatre audience were “stunned” last Monday evening when the Queen and Prince Philip discreetly joined them to watch the play War Horse. As the lights dimmed for curtain-up, she and Prince Philip […]
BBC News - Arts and Culture
Godzilla, strippers… but was it art?
Antony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth art project in London’s Trafalgar Square has ended after 100 days. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8306553.stm
BBC News - Arts and Culture
Tate replaces nude child picture
A nude photo of actress Brooke Shields aged 10 is replaced by a picture of the star as an adult at the Tate Modern following a police probe. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8306962.stm
BBC News - Arts and Culture
Finger points to new da Vinci art
A new Leonardo da Vinci portrait may have been discovered after a fingerprint thought to belong to him is found on it. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8304021.stm
BBC News - Arts and Culture
Iranians demand loan of treasure
Iran is threatening to cease cultural co-operation with the British Museum if an ancient artefact is not lent to the country. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8303453.stm