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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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Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips

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, with Laurie Metcalf and Dennis Boutsikaris

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.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is being treated in hospital

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.

The Hackney Empire will go dark for nine months next year

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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