Tag: Theatre
Political violence captured on stage in Being Harold Pinter
The Belarus Free Theatre will perform its latest production, Being Harold Pinter, as part of the Sydney Festival.[MORE]
Standing ovation to Pinter at London theatre
London theatregoers have paid tribute to Harold Pinter.[MORE]
Tributes flow for Harold Pinter
The British press is lavishing praise on playwright Harold Pinter, who died on Christmas Eve.[MORE]
British playwright Pinter dead at 78, wife tells paper
British playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter has died aged 78.[MORE]
Theatre project has dramatic effect on Lebanon jail
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A theatre project in a Lebanese jail is giving prisoners a form of escape from the harsh conditions behind bars.[MORE]
Piven leaves Plow on doctor's orders
Actor Jeremy Piven has abruptly left the hit Broadway revival of David Mamet's Speed-The-Plow, blaming a high mercury count.[MORE]
New QPAC director named
John Kotzas has been named as the new director of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane.[MORE]
Actor slices neck on stage in prop mixup
An actor has sliced his neck open on stage after a mixup with a prop knife.[MORE]
Dr Who out of Hamlet for surgery
Doctor Who's David Tennant out of Hamlet until after Christmas due to back surgery.[MORE]
Injury forces Dr Who from Hamlet
A bad back has forced Doctor Who star David Tennant to pull out of the much-anticipated opening night of Hamlet in London.[MORE]
Malkovich signs on for stage serial killer role
Actor John Malkovich will play a real-life Austrian serial killer in an experimental play.[MORE]
Human skull dumped from Dr Who's Hamlet
Andre Tchaikovsky's skull gets fired from Dr Who's Hamlet after upstaging actors.[MORE]
Bolshoi Theatre reopening delayed
The reopening of Russia's famed Bolshoi Theatre has been pushed back to 2011 due to delays in a costly renovation project.[MORE]
'Miracle worker' playwright Gibson dies
Tony award winning playwright William Gibson, most famous for the Broadway hit The Miracle Worker, has died at the age of 94.[MORE]
Mugabe critic wins art prize
Zimbabwean playwright Cont Mhlanga, who has challenged President Robert Mugabe's rule throughout his career, has been awarded a new prize celebrating the role the arts can play in promoting human rights.[MORE]
Bequeathed skull stars in Tennant's Hamlet
Dr Who realises pianist's dying wish by using his skull as a prop in Shakespeare's Hamlet.[MORE]
'Wuthering Heights' gets Bollywood makeover
A British Asian theatre group is giving Wuthering Heights a Bollywood makeover, moving the tragic love story from the misty moors of England to the scorched Rajasthan desert, it said.[MORE]
Kath And Kim's Riley to star in Chicago
Gina Riley takes a break from Fountain Lakes to appear in a new stage version of Chicago.[MORE]
Collector donates Shakespeare texts to London theatre
A US collector will donate rare early editions of Shakespeare's plays to London's Globe Theatre, which specialises in performing the bard's works.[MORE]
Jane Fonda returns to Broadway
Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda will return to Broadway after a 46-year absence to perform in 33 Variations in 2009.[MORE]
WA Govt reconsiders Ledger Theatre
WA Govt backs away from plans to name a new theatre after the late Heath Ledger.[MORE]
War of the Worlds panic marked, 70 years on
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Seventy years ago this week, thousands of Americans settled in at home for what they expected would be a relaxing evening of radio theatre - a favourite family entertainment in the pre-television age.[MORE]
Alan Bennett donates archive to Oxford library
British author and playwright Alan Bennett will donate his literary archive to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, the library says.[MORE]
Public urged to object to Regent redevelopment
A group campaigning for the historic Regent Theatre in Brisbane is calling on residents to lodge formal objections to a proposed redevelopment.[MORE]
Dogs take centre stage for feel-good Croatian play
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A Croatian stage production starring stray dogs in the key roles has attracted rave reviews.[MORE]
