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Monty Python stars to stage reunion
Monty Python stars are to stage a major reunion for the first time in more than a decade to mark the show's 40th anniversary, it was announced today.
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Out of Africa: Award-winning African plays find a new home in British theatres
Sunday, 5 July 2009
There is, once again, something new out of Africa. A slew of award-winning and critically acclaimed plays with their roots in that continent is shaking up Britain's theatre stages with vibrant tales of death, rebellion and escaped moose.
Private funeral for Danny La Rue
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The funeral of female impersonator Danny La Rue, described as a "true showbusiness legend", has taken place.
Incendiary play about Paris riots gets first showing
Thursday, 18 June 2009
The Massacre was a play that was written 200 years ago for the British stage but was never performed because of its inflammatory depiction of the infamous ‘September massacres’ during the French revolution in1792.
Impresario sues over tale of sex,drugs and Cirque du Soleil
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Guy Adams: Record-breaking show's billionaire creator accused of hosting Bacchanalian orgies
The Ayckbourn conquest
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Alan Ayckbourn is a theatrical 'outsider', but a Tony Award for one of his best-loved plays has thrust Scarborough's greatest export back into the limelight
Billy Elliot wins 10 Tonys
Monday, 8 June 2009
Billy Elliot danced away with ten awards at the Tonys, including best musical.
Theatre of war: The backlash begins against Broadway Brits
Sunday, 7 June 2009
With 'Billy Elliot' up for 15 awards tonight, all-American shows have resorted to an appeal to judges' patriotism to try to see off those pesky Limeys.
Let our female stars act their age, McKellen demands
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Playwrights accused of failing to create roles for mature women
Re-living the dream
Saturday, 6 June 2009
A shocking new play set on the eve of Martin Luther King's assassination will reveal some uncomfortable truths about the man behind the myth.
Danny La Rue, the queen of drag, dies aged 81
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Danny La Rue, the pioneering female impersonator, stage legend and gay icon, died on Sunday night at his home in Kent, aged 81. He had been fighting cancer.
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