Dmitry Krymov, who fled Moscow after the Ukraine invasion, plans Dickens hybrid with UK and Russian actors The acclaimed Russian stage director Dmitry Krymov the winner of many of Moscow's t…
The coal miner's daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain's youngest MP is the subject of two new shows 'Behind every great man stands a great woman," the…
The literary department at the London theatre is renowned for taking risks with untried playwrights, but is now under threat The Royal Court is known for putting the names of emerging playwr…
Before publishing his vampire classic in 1897, the author was employed as a personal secretary at the Actors' Benevolent Fund The imagination of Bram Stoker gave life to one of literature's …
The Doctor Who and Thick of It actor laments the lack of support for emerging talent from working-class backgrounds ' Read the full interview with Peter Capaldi Britain's cast of leading act…
Theatreland is taking a gamble on a wave of quirky little shows to challenge the big but tired box office beasts A fresh kind of musical theatre show, set apart by having started life on th…
Windsor and Maidenhead scraps cultural budget in wake of similar moves in Suffolk, Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham The chill blast of damaging cuts to provincial arts venues has returned …
Venues across the UK closed over building safety fears sprinkle a little magic to keep their shows on the road Every good pantomime needs a menacing villain to threaten all the fun, and this…
The 1970s star blazed the way for mass-audience satire in Britain. But is there an appetite for it now? As the entertainment world mourns the death at 82 of Britain's most popular televisio…
String of vacancies at regional arts venues grows as funding and staffing crisis worsens Running a theatre has become a seriously unappealing job, according to many of those working at Brita…
The Time Traveler's Wife and Hamnet are among novels written, and largely read, by women coming to the British stage Female readers are the acknowledged force behind the market in published …
The 1982 play stills pulls in crowds from Broadway to Helsinki, and is now returning to the West End for a fifth time. 'I just can't understand it,' says its creator The arrival of anythin…
Xander Parish, who fled St Petersburg in March, talks about his performance this weekend with Russian and Ukrainian artistes When the dancer Xander Parish made his return to the London stage…
Leading dancers and directors say they find the classic costume both physically and artistically restrictive The ballerina's tutu remains a traditional object of desire for many young girls:…
The Cuban star talks about his battle to lift spirits at the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the film he has made to rally performers as their stages stay dark When Carlos Acosta, considered one…
As Zoom fatigue sets in, organisations are seeking creative ways to bring art to patrons to keep them " and their wallets " engaged A concert from your favourite opera singer, delivered pers…
Acclaimed productions will be available to watch on Guardian site as coronavirus outbreak continues Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Guardian website is t…
Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss and Nina Sosanya star in James Graham and Josie Rourke's theatrical experiment The play The Vote, a theatrical experiment broadcast live on television on election…
Broad stage theatre comedy full of plot twists, puns and frantic action is finding a new audienceThe stage is set like a hotel bedroom where a scantily clad woman is hiding inside a wardrobe…
Women claim staff did not 'like the T-shirts we are wearing' but NT says the action was 'a result of a series of disturbances' The National Theatre has become embroiled in a bitter war of wo…
Jamael Westman explains how his role in the West End show has affected his politics as well as his careerThe swift rise to fame of Jamael Westman, leading man in the London cast of the hit m…
A new book helps BAME actors shrug off stereotypes and show their real talentsNeed a convincing member of a street gang for a TV show? Or a suspected terrorist for a police interrogation sce…
Bristol's Old Vic confronts its controversial 250-year-old past on its relaunch after a £25m faceliftOne of the oldest theatres in Europe, Bristol Old Vic, is finally to have a proper fro…
New Zealander's show about sex and modern social mores scoops top comedy gongThe New Zealander Rose Matafeo has won the coveted best comedy show award at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.Her wi…
Influential avant garde creative force who worked with David Bowie dies in Italy, aged 80Lindsay Kemp, the experimental British choreographer and mime, who made his name in the 1960s and col…