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Jade Goody's tragic life inspires play at Shakespeare's Globe
Friday, 11 February 2011
Rob Sharp: Jade Goody's life, long heralded as a modern breed of tragedy, is the direct inspiration for a play to be performed at Shakespeare's Globe later this year.
'Spider-Man' gives critics arachnophobia
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
David Usborne: The reviews are in for the Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
Deadly divas: The baddest, sexiest women in opera
Sunday, 6 February 2011
As Anna Nicole takes centre stage, Mark Pappenheim charts lust, adultery and even murder among the femme fatales.
Gielgud's career lay in ruins – and his cry for help ignored
Monday, 31 January 2011
Rob Sharp: New biography claims West End producer could have suppressed story of actor's arrest.
West End shows still hottest tickets in town despite the big freeze
Friday, 28 January 2011
Rob Sharp: The Icelandic ash cloud, the Fifa World Cup and the worst winter in three decades could not hold audiences back from the West End last year, which continued to defy the economic climate and smash box office records.
Mike Leigh returns to theatre after six years waiting in the wings
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Rob Hastings: Mike Leigh is to return to the National Theatre with a collaborative, improvised play, his first stage work in six years.
The Tempest: 'O brave new play, that hath such music in it...'
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Matthew Bell: The Shakespeare play is to be performed with the score by a lutenist to James I. But is it the real thing?
Globe develops new theatre for when it raineth
Friday, 21 January 2011
Rob Sharp: Modern replica of old Blackfriars Theatre, with a roof and seating for all, will shelter rain-free performances for present-day fans.
West End producers 'are ripping off theatre-goers'
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Susie Mesure: Practice of 'premium pricing' for popular shows hides the true cost of booking the best seats.
Hollywood star Jude Law returns to stage
Friday, 14 January 2011
Hollywood star Jude Law is returning to the West End stage to play a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute.
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