Would you go to the theatre alone? This week Jake at A Younger Theatre embarked on a challenge of seeing seven shows in seven days – and every single one of them on his own. […]
US artist Jeanne-Claude, whose dramatic installations included The Gates in New York’s Central Park, has died aged 74. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8369993.stm
Singer Nick Cave joins acclaimed authors Philip Roth and Paul Theroux on the shortlist for this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction award. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8367799.stm
Neil Sedaka is the latest singer whose back catalogue will receive the compilation musical treatment. Laughter in the Rain, which takes its title from Sedaka's 1975 chart-topper, charts the highs and lows of the career […]
When Forbidden Broadway::E8831246615105 closed in New York earlier this year, some commentators predicted a gloomy forecast for showbiz satire, blaming factors ranging from TV casting and the death of the diva, to the blandness of […]
The final ever South Bank Show to be broadcast on 20th December 2009, will focus on The Royal Shakespeare Company. A fascinating documentary that goes behind the scenes of the RSC will be the very […]
Blood Brothers is often considered in the public conscience as ‘the weepie musical with that song’. Since its 1983 premiere, a parade of leading ladies, from Barbara Dickson to Niki Evans via Kiki Dee and […]
Melly Still is directing and co-designing Mark Ravenhill’s adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s 2008 novel Nation, which opens in the NT Olivier next week (24 November 2009, previews from 11 November).The Olivier is a space Still […]
Sir Andrew Motion is to chair the judges for the prestigious Man Booker Prize next year, it is announced. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8366217.stm
Following the success of David Leveaux’s production of Arcadia::E8831244191765 at the Duke of York’s Theatre earlier this year (See Review Round-up::E8831244481126, 8 Jun 2009), Tom Stoppard could soon see another of his plays revived the… […]
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