Belgian Chris Dercon is made director of London’s Tate Modern art gallery, which he calls an “incredibly inspiring challenge”. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10323147.stm
Rare paintings by Bengali artist Rabindranath Tagore sell for more than $2 million at an auction in Britain. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/10319484.stm
Latin pop star Ricky Martin will return to Broadway in 2010 to star in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘s Evita. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10281503.stm
A 64-page tribute handwritten by Mark Twain to his daughter shortly after she died aged 24 has sold at auction in New York for $242,500 (£164,000). Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10350313.stm
Having been so enthusiastic about the most recent Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of a classic story (the wonderful Arabian Nights from last Christmas), I arrived in Stratford with high hopes for their latest venture – […]
The first round of across-the-board cuts promised by the new government amounts to a loss of another £19 million from Arts Council England’s 2010/11 budget from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and […]
British film star Ben Barnes will return to the stage to star as Stephen Wraysford in the world premiere stage version of Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong, according to today's Daily Mail. The adaptation of the best-selling […]
A new stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly opened at the Almeida Theatre last night (16 June, previews from 10 June). Adapted by Andrew Upton (who translated Philistines at the NT in […]
Helen McCrory is currently starring in the Donmar Warehouse’s revival of Simon Gray’s The Late Middle Classes, which continues to 17 July. McCrory has a long association with the Donmar, where previous credits include Old […]
Chatter has been revving up around the expected West End transfer of Broadway screen-to-stage musical Shrek. Previously tipped for the London Palladium – which is no longer available with The Wizard of Oz succeeding Sister […]
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