BBC News - Arts and Culture
Whitbread winner Nolan dies
Award-winning Irish writer Christopher Nolan, who had cerebral palsy, has died at the age of 43. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7903419.stm
Year: 2009
Whats On Stage
Feature: Steven Berkoff On … The Waterfront & the Working Man
Steven Berkoff has directed the stage adaptation of the 1954 Oscar-winning film On the Waterfront, which is now transferred to the West End's Theatre Royal Haymarket, where Berkoff has also joined the cast as psychopathic […]
Whats On Stage
News: ACE Slashes Quarter of Workforce by April 2010
Arts Council England has announced it will reduce its staff numbers by 24 percent in order to meet the government’s requirement that it saves 15 percent on its grant in aid administration costs by 2010. […]
Whats On Stage
News: King & Country Launches Tour, New WOS Website
John Wilson’s classic First World War play For King and Country is brought to a fresh generation of theatregoers in a major new production, directed by Tristam Powell, which launches a two-month, seven-venue tour today […]
BBC News - Arts and Culture
Dreamspace artist guilty over safety charge
An artist whose inflatable sculpture blew away, killing two women, is found guilty of breaching the Health and Safety Act. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/wear/7908558.stm
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News: Bear Follows in Footsteps of Gruffalo at Duchess
Michael Rosen’s popular picture book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is coming to the West End later this year in an adaptation directed by Sally Cookson, which premiered last month at the Bristol Old […]
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Banksy’s Moss prints to be sold
Six prints of model Kate Moss by artist Banksy are expected to fetch up to £150,000 at a London auction later. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7907454.stm
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Record bids for Yves Saint Laurent’s private art
A major Henri Matisse painting which sold for a record 32m euros was among works auctioned from Yves Saint Laurent’s art collection. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7905364.stm
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Agatha Christie’s holiday home opens to the public
Crime novelist Agatha Christie’s Devon holiday home is to open to the public for the first time on Saturday. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/devon/7905988.stm
Whats On Stage
Review: Little Shop of Horrors (tour)
Over a year since its six-month stint in the West End, the Menier Chocolate Factory revival of Messrs Ashman and Menken’s B-movie horror spoof musical Little Shop of Horrors has hit the road. Matthew White’s […]