As part of a season marking the centenary of the First World War, Christopher Luscombe returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to direct a single company of actors in a fresh pairing of two of Shakespeare's most sparkling comedies, set in the shadow of war.
Well known figures will either draw or 'write' portraits for the National Portrait Gallery as it hosts a Gala fundraising event onTuesday 11 February, sponsored by the fashion designer Leon Max, it was announced today.
Ben Miles will play Thomas Cromwell and Lucy Briers will play Katherine of Aragon in the Royal Shakespeare Company's much-anticipated double bill of Hilary Mantel's Man Booker prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, adapted by Mike Poulton.
At the time of the longlist, Chair of judges Robert Macfarlane praised the diversity of the books in contention for the prize as 'wonderfully various in terms of geography, form, length and subject'. This remains true of the shortlist, with the six writers hailing from across the globe: Canada, Britain, Ireland, New Zealand and, for the first time in the prize's history, Zimbabwe.
The Royal Shakespeare Company will present dual stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's bestselling books, WOLF HALL and BRING UP THE BODIES. Adapted for the stage by Mike Poulton, Mantel's books chronicle Cromwell's rise to power during the tumultuous reign of Henry VIII.
Ben Miles will play Thomas Cromwell and Lucy Briers will play Katherine of Aragon in the Royal Shakespeare Company's much-anticipated double bill of Hilary Mantel's Man Booker prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, adapted by Mike Poulton.
Banana Republic announced that Simon Kneen, Creative Director and Executive Vice President, Design, has been awarded a Doctor of Arts honoris causa from Kingston University in London, United Kingdom. A Kingston University graduate, Kneen was nominated and awarded for his 30-year commitment and success in the fashion and design industry. Kneen will accept this prestigious award at an honorary commencement ceremony on April 8, 2013 at the Rose Theatre in the heart of Kingston upon Thames.
Since its original publication in 1995, ‘The Singing House' has been hailed by critics as a pivotal novel among fans of the opera. However, following technology's boom and the birth of the eBook, many experts believe the book failed to garner the buzz it deserved. Almost twenty years later, Janette Griffiths has announced a new and truly modern re-release of her timeless classic.
Sadie Frost returns to the stage for a limited three week run at Soho Theatre of Zoe Lewis's follow up one-woman play TOUCHED…LIKE A VIRGIN; opening for previews tonight, Tuesday 22 May.
Sadie Frost returns to the stage for a limited three week run at Soho Theatre of Zoe Lewis's follow up one-woman play TOUCHED…LIKE A VIRGIN; opening for previews on Tuesday 22 May.
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