This rarely seen early Feydeau farce – Le systeme Ribadier – was first adapted by Nicki Frei and directed by Peter Hall six years ago at the Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford, but somehow disappeared off the […]
The Bush has been transformed into a funeral parlour, and I hope that’s not an indicator of the coming spring season in which plays by Steve Waters and Alexi Kaye Campbell promise some recovery from […]
Doctor Who star David Tennant’s return to the stage as Hamlet is named the event of the year by theatregoers. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7891352.stm
The winners are announced today (Sunday 15 February 2009) in the ninth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, the only major theatre prize-giving decided by the public. Over the past two months, a record-breaking 35,000 people […]
Youngsters in Oxfordshire will be able to get their hands on thousands of free theatre tickets on Monday in an attempt to get them interested in performing art. Oxford Playhouse is one of 99 theatres […]
In a world seemingly dominated by the adage “Never apologise, never explain”, Pete Postlethwaite did something novel and courageous recently: he owned up. In an admirably candid interview on Radio 4’s Front Row he accepted […]
It has incestuous, pig-breeding, drunken Irishmen, snooty Frenchmen, farcical Jewish anarchists and the animated presence of a mad mullah ranting about how women must be subservient to men. It reminded the Daily Telegraph of the […]
Actor Sir Antony Sher voices his fears about the future of theatre, saying young actors are only attracted to the ‘glamour’ of film and TV. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7887028.stm
A letter from the womanising monarch to his second wife Anne Boleyn is to go on display for the first time in London. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7887826.stm
A Francis Bacon painting, worth up to £6m, fails to sell at an auction in London. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/7885295.stm
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