Perhaps this should have been called Carry on Taming because this was a Shrew that played up to the full the low-comedy elements of the text as well as accepting the casual misogyny. It’s a […]
As previously tipped (See The Goss::E8831234876478, 16 Feb 2009), the UK premiere production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening::E8831233740708 will transfer directly to the West End’s Novello Theatre following its current … Full […]
‘A kind of loving’ might be a good sub-title for this impressive first play, last year's winner of the Verity Bargate award, by In-Sook Chappell, a 34-year-old Anglo-Korean who was born in Seoul and raised […]
Comedian Lenny Henry turns tragic hero in Shakespeare’s Othello at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7894330.stm
A British novel is banned from the United Arab Emirates after a literary festival there decided it was too controversial to promote. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7895099.stm
Six years after the premiere of the controversial West End musical in his name, US talk show host Jerry Springer (pictured) will make his own West End debut, playing super-slick lawyer Billy Flynn Chicago::E118171443. Springer […]
As previously tipped (See The Goss::E8831234348651, 11 Feb 2008), Trevor Nunn’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1973 Broadway classic A Little Night Music::E8821228384935 will transfer directly to the West End's Garrick Theatre next… Full published article […]
Alas poor Yorick, my leading man cannot modulate his voice enough but he knows all about the opsis of theatre. One of Britain’s leading directors has bemoaned the deficiencies of the next generation of actors, […]
A power cut at the Royal Opera House forced first the audience then the performance into the bar. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7892508.stm
Two-time Olivier Award winner Henry Goodman is currently starring opposite Juliet Stevenson in the first major London revival Tom Kempinski's 1980 two-hander Duet for One at the Almeida Theatre. Swapping regularly between plays and musicals, […]
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