828 stories by "Guardian Staff"
The acclaimed company returns to Sadler's Wells in London with a production inspired by the optical phenomenon known as a 'lunar halo'
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Shakespeare North Playhouse | Taxing millionaires | Brewing annoyance | Precise apostrophes | Lynne Truss
The director of Shakespeare in Love, John Madden, tells us how Judi Dench bought the…
Tom Sweeney says he excelled in drama in school and was always generous with his praise for his old teachers
I was deeply upset to read of Russell Norman's untimely passing (Restaurateur and…
A look back at the career of the stage and screen actor, best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors, who has died aged 66 Continue reading...
As the National Theatre celebrates its 60th anniversary, revisit some of its most iconic posters including War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nine Night Continu…
Once the ultimate mark of respect for actors, every theatre performance now seems to end with the audience rising to their feet and clapping wildly
Name: Ovation inflation.
Age: New-ish. Con…
He wasn't just a magnificent actor " he was also a raconteur, mentor, joker, engineer and pilot. Friends including Tom Hollander, Penelope Wilton, Simon Callow, Nicholas Hytner, Matthew Warc…
His play Spitting Image about a gay partnership broke new ground in the West End, says Colin Chambers
Also among the many activities in the protean Colin Spencer's impressive array of achiev…
Jude McGowan on being a lifelong theatregoer on a modest budget. Plus letters from Rory Murphy and Ian Wells
Re your article on theatre prices (Price of West End theatre tickets can be ludic…
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Barry Manilow and Jessica Chastain were among the crowd for the 76th annual Tony Awards, held in New York on Sunday
The full list of winners
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Decades of civil war and economic meltdowns left Lebanon's people struggling for hope " and then three years ago came the devastating explosion in the capital's port. But the country's creat…
Sue Bingham helps organise a charity event where people of all ages can dance their cares away in a village hall, while Dave Mcglade worries about the loss of spaces for all forms of dance
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The actor and Play School star hopes to redefine our image of the former prime minister, in a work that imagines the lead-up to her famous misogyny speech, 10 years after it happened
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We ruin, waste and trivialise human life by ignoring that, writes Michael Bulley
Charlotte Higgins is right to see Medea, in Euripides's tragedy, as heroic (Greek tragedies like Medea are a…
Man Utd v Oldham Coliseum | Toilet dread | The con in consultant | Middle age | Clement Freud
How saddening to see that Oldham-born Sir Jim Ratcliffe seems able to find £5bn or so to buy …
Rosanna Achilleos-Sarll remembers being told she was 'too tall' by the celebrated ballet dancer, while Tessa Higgins praises the wonderful teacher Audrey de Vos
Your obituary of Dame Beryl G…
Theatre companies outside London aren't getting the attention they deserve, says Julia Sowerbutts
I applaud your editorial about the squeeze on opportunities for new plays and playwrights (9…
21 March 1925 - 2 July 2022The theatre director remembers his friend and mentor, a titan of the stage whose productions revolutionised the art form
James Lovelock remembered by John Gray
Re…
Comedian doesn't directly address apology onstage but says: 'Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith ... I went to work the next day'
Comedian Chris Rock did not directly address Will Smith's …
David Harewood, Sharon D Clarke and Josette Bushell-Mingo pay tribute to the pioneering star who has died aged 91
'Remarkable, revelatory, inspiring': Yvonne Brewster on Mona Hammond
It is o…
After 27 years, the groundbreaking Saturday night at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London ends next month. Performers past and present and famous fans reflect on how it changed them and the q…
Whether you want to go far out or snoop at someone else's home, our critics will keep you busy for the next seven days
Everything Everywhere All at OnceOut nowFirestarter notwithstanding, he…
Cryer, known for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and as writer for Bruce Forsyth and the Two Ronnies, called 'the real deal'
The comedian, writer and actor Barry Cryer has died at the age of 86.
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From Ian McKellen as Hamlet to elephants treading the boards, our photography maestro was in position to shoot theatre's glorious return Continue reading...
1 May 1937 " 12 August 2021The actor recalls his Sherlock co-star, a doyenne of British TV whose youthful, no-nonsense energy and humour were irresistible
Janet Malcolm remembered by her ne…
