Theatre
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20 January 2012
Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrisson in Prop 8 play
Glee stars Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison are the latest stars to sign up to the one-night-only LA production of Dustin Lance Black's play about the Proposition 8 ballot.
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6 January 2012
Sir Ian McKellen says “no doubt” Shakespeare was gay
Sir Ian McKellen has reportedly said he has "no doubt" the complexities and plot devices of Shakespeare's work mean the playwright was gay.
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29 December 2011
Interview: Simon Callow on Dickens, Peggy Ramsay and being gay
Laurence Watts meets the celebrated actor, theatre director, writer and biographer, renowned for his mastery of Shakespeare and Dickens whose film credits include Amadeus, A Room with a View, Maurice, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love and The Phantom of the Opera.
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14 December 2011
George Clooney to star in second production of Dustin Lance Black’s Proposition 8 play
George Clooney has confirmed he will star in the second one-night-only production of Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's Proposition 8 play.
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13 December 2011
Interview: Russell Grant on Strictly Come Dancing and returning to his theatrical roots
Russell Grant talks to Laurence Watts about his accidental fame in astrology, exceeding expectations on Strictly Come Dancing, and asking Holly Valance to star in a lesbian production of Romeo and Juliet.
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8 December 2011
Theatre company appeals for trans scriptwriters
A UK theatre company is seeking submissions of short plays about transgender issues to be performed in Manchester next year, and says no previous script-writing experience is necessary.
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29 November 2011
Alan Cumming to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in new one-man production
The National Theatre of Scotland has announced it will be staging a one-man version of Macbeth featuring Alan Cumming as both the title character and his ambitious wife.
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25 October 2011
Interview: Jonathan Harvey on writing, Corrie and Beautiful Thing
After early success as a playwright, Jonathan Harvey's career now spans theatre, film and television.
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7 September 2011
Actors’ union to ask gay members about homophobia
Equity, the union for actors and performers, is to ask its LGBT members whether they feel safe being out and if they have suffered prejudice.
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16 July 2011
Ben Daniels rejects Rupert Everett’s advice for aspiring gay actors not to come out
Ben Daniels, star of the BBC hit series Cutting It, has dismissed claims made by Hollywood star Rupert Everett that it is better for aspiring gay actors to stay in the closet despite homophobia he experienced at the BBC.
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31 December 2010
Christopher Biggins: Chris Bryant absurd to think ‘pantomime dame’ jibe was homophobic
The actor, and sometime pantomime dame Christopher Biggins has said the openly gay Labour MP Chris Bryant is "ridiculous" for believing the chancellor George Osborne was being homophobic when he jokingly described the MP as a "pantomime dame."
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24 August 2010
Interview: Jonathan Hellyer, star of Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, currently at the Shaw Theatre, is a tapestry of monologues and songs inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
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30 July 2010
Theatre review: Bent
Bent, at the intimate Tabard Theatre in Parsons Green, west London, tells the story of a young gay couple sent to a concentration camp after witnessing the murder of a German SA officer.
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5 July 2010
Theatre: Love the Sinner
This new play by Drew Pautz begins with a contemporary argument and one familiar to the readers of this publication; how to reconcile the evangelical beliefs of African Anglicans and the more tolerant approach made by the Church of England to the subject of homosexuality.
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