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Turing play stays on website indefinitely
The pioneering internet audio drama about the death of the Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing, is to remain available indefinitely on The Independent website.
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Phillips gets job on Sadler's Wells board
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Doubters might have predicted an early retirement for Arlene Phillips after she was ungraciously dropped as a judge on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. But yesterday she cemented what can only be described as an extraordinary career comeback when Sadler's Wells Theatre announced her appointment to its board of directors. The position will become effective with her first board meeting on 25 November.
Outrage as Jesus portrayed as transsexual woman
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Creator of controversial play accuses critics of misinterpreting her work.
Neil Simon 'dumbfounded' after play flops
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The old trouper's classic coming-of-age comedy goes prematurely dark as rival shows with big-name stars lure punters away
A frightening 24 hours for thespians
Monday, 2 November 2009
On Halloween night an eclectic bunch of actors and writers gathered in the auditorium of London’s Old Vic theatre preparing to write, rehearse and perform six plays in 24 hours to raise cash for charity.
Soldier's letters feature in Eloquent war memorial
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Cyrus Thatcher was a teenager from Reading who joked that his atrocious spelling was typical of a young infantryman. Yet this Remembrance Sunday his words will echo out across a West End theatre alongside those of the noted poet Wilfred Owen - another soldier who died in battle.
I have cancer, says Lloyd Webber
Monday, 26 October 2009
'Phantom' composer is expected to return to work by end of the year.
Pamela Anderson joins pantomime cast
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson will make her pantomime debut in a production of Aladdin this Christmas.
Radical theatres in crisis as audiences opt for escapism
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Several leading venues for overtly political drama have either closed or are under severe pressure
Circus billionaire hosts space show
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry with water, hosting a TV/Internet show from the International Space Station.
Phantom sequel launched
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Andrew Lloyd Webber launched the long-awaited sequel today to his global smash hit Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies, which will see the action move from Paris to a New York fairground.
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