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RSC haka angers Maori tribe
Theatre company accused of showing contempt for the traditional dance in its production of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
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NT’s head under fire over ‘racist’ play claims
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Protesters storm out of meeting, accusing Nicholas Hytner of avoiding debate
Churchill defends ‘anti-Semitic’ play
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Caryl Churchill has defended herself against accusations of anti-Semitism after her play Seven Jewish Children caused uproar among Jews.
What would Mammy say? Actor to play Al Jolson without blacking up
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Producer rejects use of traditional make-up to avoid causing offence
US hails British theatre invasion
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Transatlantic imports are enjoying critical and commercial success in New York's theatreland
Tennant's Hamlet misses out on Olivier award
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
David Tennant missed out on an Olivier award nomination for Hamlet today, but two of his fellow cast members were more successful.
Jackson to bring 'Thriller' to Broadway
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Fans of Michael Jackson despairing of his promise to make a showbiz comeback may have cause to celebrate after news that he has signed up with a leading Broadway producer to launch a stage show based on the classic 1982 music video that accompanied his worldwide smash album, Thriller.
London theatres enjoyed record 2008
Monday, 26 January 2009
London's West End theatres enjoyed record attendances and revenues in 2008, official figures showed today, but bosses urged caution in 2009 as the recession deepens.
Mirren brings stage to silver screen
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Oscar-winner to star in Racine's 'Phaedra' as National Theatre broadcasts live theatre to 150 cinemas worldwide
Actor leaves Dury show after dispute with Langham
Saturday, 10 January 2009
Leading man says jailed comedy writer ruined script
Row over disgraced star's involvement in musical
Friday, 9 January 2009
A row broke out today over disgraced Chris Langham's involvement in a West End musical, as the producer insisted there was nothing "secretive" about it.
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A View from the Bridge (Duke of York’s, London)
A cracking play in an outstanding revival. You can feel the grease dripping off Ken Stott as Arthur Miller’s troubled longshoreman Eddie Carbone, a rolling, Punch-nosed punchbag of a doomed docker, whose smouldering affection for his own niece is fanned into flames by the arrival of two illegal Sicilian immigrants from the old country.
(0870 060 6623) to 16 May
A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory, London)
The Merchant of Venice
(Watermill, Newbury)
Edward Hall’s inspired, intelligent revival for the all-male Propeller company. Michael Pavelka’s design, cunningly lit by Ben Ormerod, allows for shape-shifting fluency in performance.
(01635 46044) Tue to 4 May
Lenny Henry towers physically over the rest of the cast in this Northern Broadsides/West Yorkshire Playhouse co-production, but the show is rightly more of an ensemble evening than a star vehicle.
(0113-213 7700) to 14 Mar
War Horse
(NT: OLIVIER, LONDON)
Revival of the National Theatre’s moving adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel, about a farm horse sold to the cavalry and pitched into the thick of the battle in the First World War.
(020-7452 3000) to 18 Mar