Leisurestuff: Theatre and Dance
Online resources to help you with the Theatre and Dance arts.
- How overt political messaging is destroying the art of Opera [web page]
- According to Andrew Lloyd Webber, the government has urged that musicals be revived 'without any singing.' [web page]
- Making is more than a "fun" hobby; it changes, connects, and empowers people. [web page]
- Kate Tempest: 'There is a damaging and poisonous racism at root in Australia' [web page]
- Dame Judi Dench takes home a record-breaking eighth Olivier Award. [web page]
- Obituary for Una Stubbs. [web page]
- You're mistaken, Akram. More female choreographers are desperately needed. [web page]
- ‘O, answer me!’ How well do you know Hamlet? – quiz [web page]
- The elephant performances at Ringling Bros. Circus have come to an end, dubbed "the end of an era." [web page]
- Age is no barrier for the French dancers. [web page]
- Patrick Stewart: ‘I was dazzled by David Warner’s Hamlet – to join the company felt like a fantasy’ [web page]
- It's my joke, and it's the greatest God joke ever! [web page]
- Michaela DePrince: 'There are hardly no black ballet dancers, so I feel compelled to stand out.' [web page]
- In an expletive-filled new song, Tim Minchin begs George Pell to 'come home.' [web page]
- In the National Theatre's Cleansed, five individuals pass out as a result of the violence. [web page]
- The school musical Sweeney Todd was cancelled when two lads' necks were severed. [web page]
- Alan Rickman: a maestro of the stage with a wistful gaze. [web page]
- Watch the third batch of Shakespeare Solos films. [web page]
- Where are all the female choreographers when it comes to sexism in dance? [web page]
- The over-70s dancers who are returning to the barre are known as bus-pass ballet. [web page]
- On the West End, Whoopi Goldberg will reprise her original role alongside Jennifer Saunders in Sister Act. [web page]
- Garry Shandling is comedy gold. [web page]
- Stewart Lee meets Will Self: ‘Are you really, finally enraged, or are you not?' [web page]
- Lynn Nottage: 'Nostalgia is a disease many white Americans have'. [web page]
- JK Rowling expresses her displeasure with the assaults against Hermione's black casting. [web page]
- Ice dance, flamenco, and independent groups are among the nominees for the 2015 National Dance Awards. [web page]
- Watch the first six films in the Shakespeare Solos series. [web page]
- Hugh Jackman will take part in a global arena tour to sing songs from The Greatest Showman. [web page]
- Gillian Anderson stars in The Departure, a short film. [web page]
- Alan Rickman pays tribute, saying, "Behind his casual grace... there was a superman." [web page]
- Robert Wilson: My generation's work will be forgotten in 50 years. [web page]
- Laura Dockrill's salty Romeo and Juliet is featured in this video. [web page]
- Lindsay Kemp: 'I was born to be famous, and I'm still waiting for it.' [web page]
- Alan Bennett: 'I didn't understand the purpose'. [web page]
- In Manchester, Maxine Peake will appear in A Streetcar Named Desire. [web page]
- The Globe's Emma Rice: 'If anybody bended gender it was Shakespeare' [web page]
- Damian Lewis as Antony in Julius Caesar: 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' – video [web page]
- Obituary for Frank Finlay. [web page]
- 'Don't look at my feet!': Royal Ballet principal ballerina prepares for Nutcracker – video [web page]
- Ballet companies must quit wreaking havoc on our bodies, says a Russian dancer. [web page]
- Alan Rickman on Shakespeare: 'you test yourself against it' – video [web page]
- Review: Hamlet - Benedict Cumberbatch in a sham. [web page]
- Hamlet will be transported to the 'Jungle' refugee camp by Shakespeare's Globe. [web page]
- To commemorate Shakespeare's 400th birthday, a film has been made for each of his plays. [web page]
- Why is disability being ignored in the theatre? [web page]
- An Australian student has been awarded a scholarship to train as the world's first hijab-wearing dancer — see the video. [web page]
- Amateur is not a derogatory term in the theatre. [web page]
- Matthew Bourne is taking a chance on a ballet adaptation of The Red Shoes. [web page]
- Sideways author: 'I was ready to shoot myself – then I found pinot noir' [web page]
- Ben Whishaw on sexuality, privacy, and portraying problematic heroes: 'I'm not broken.' [web page]
- Crystal Pite: 'In ballet, girls are less likely to be prized for being mavericks' [web page]
- Artists can't exist in a vacuum. [web page]
- Adrian Lester as Hamlet: ‘To be or not to be’ – video [web page]
- Arnold Wesker, a British writer, has died at the age of 83. [web page]
- Blanche Dubois - from Gillian Anderson to Vivien Leigh – in images. [web page]
- Meet the women who are tearing up the script as a result of sexism on the stage. [web page]
- Emma Rice weaves A Midsummer Night's Dream - in images – at the Globe. [web page]
- Tamara Rojo's innovation has brought ballet into the twenty-first century. [web page]
- English National Ballet's Le Corsaire review: Cesar Corrales lights up the stage. [web page]
- Why should every artist be a communal artist? [web page]
- What about female playwrights in 2016? [web page]
- To Kill a Mockingbird is being adapted for Broadway by Aaron Sorkin. [web page]
- Brian Eno and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker perform Shakespeare. [web page]
- Backstage with ballet's most combustible pair, Osipova and Polunin. [web page]
- Frankenstein (Royal Ballet) - Steven McRae brings Shelley's terrible monster back to life. [web page]
- Charlotte Higgins profiles ex-British actress Katie Mitchell as the queen of the stage. [web page]
- What to see at the Edinburgh Festival 2018 according to Lyn Gardner. [web page]
- Brunel's Thames tunnel (and unintentional brothel) has been transformed into a modern cultural venue. [web page]
- She created a trivia question: "How well do you know Angela Lansbury?" [web page]
- Shakespeare Solos continues with six new films from The Guardian. [web page]
- The drama that came to characterise our tumultuous relationship with combat, Henry V. [web page]
- For the Guardian, leading performers star in a new Shakespeare Solos series. [web page]
- Hamilton, the Broadway smash musical, will be touring Europe and Australia. [web page]
- Bleasdale's waterfront drama Down the Dock Road is still a contender. [web page]
- Teen ballet sensation Leroy Mokgatle: 'There is no plan B' [web page]
- Follow the narrative of Shakespeare's life in this timeline. [web page]
- Although Hollywood has a diversity issue, Broadway may be approaching a tipping point. [web page]
- Shakespeare's plays allow us to demonstrate the poetry of BSL. [web page]
- Can theatre be an effective form of action in staging a revolution? [web page]
- Yukio Ninagawa, a superb Shakespeare director, has died at the age of 80. [web page]
- Noma Dumezweni on playing Hermione in Harry Potter: 'we all aspire to be her' [web page]
- Shakespeare is a dramatist who draws people from all over the globe together. [web page]
- Review of Billy Elliot the Musical: A Farewell to the West End [web page]
- Akram Khan: I'm afraid my body is going to give out. [web page]
- The Bristol Old Vic is gearing up for a record-breaking performance with a capacity of 250 people. [web page]
- To no avail. Lindsay Kemp: I made an attempt to get the services of David Bowie to perform Puss in Boots. [web page]
- Actors from Shakespeare's Globe play Hamlet at a refugee camp near Calais – video [web page]
- What Makes You Sick: UK Rappers Rap Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - Video [web page]
- Katherine Ryan: ‘I want to get pregnant again – just so I can breastfeed on Mock the Week’ [web page]
- South Africans are dancing their way out of poverty. [web page]
- Why can't we go beyond Good Muslim vs. Bad Muslim in the era of Prevent? [web page]
- You don't solve the Rubik's Cube in theatre. [web page]
- Did you hear the folks sing in Les Misérables at 30? – a test [web page]
- Tom Scutt's stage worlds are suitable for Kanye West and a future monarch. [web page]
- Is it a dancer? Richard Alston's moving devices. [web page]
- Why are some dancers turning to burlesque for an outlet? [web page]
- Match the stage instructions to the play in this quiz. [web page]
- Peter Brook's return to the Mahabharata is stunning in this battlefield assessment. [web page]
- Match the common phrase to the play in this everyday Shakespeare quiz. [web page]
- Shibari is an old Japanese knot-tying technique that pushes the bounds. [web page]
