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South Australia's iconic and recently redeveloped Her Majesty's Theatre was a big winner at the weekend's Master Builders South Australia Building Excellence Awards 2021, adding two major awards to its growing list of accolades.
Playwright and novelist Michael Frayn was today awarded the Critics Circle Award for Services to the Arts, the Critics Circle’s highest honour. Every year since 1988, the Critics’ Circle has voted for a single leading artist to receive an engraved crystal rose bowl in recognition of their distinguished contribution to the arts.
Perry and Croft's classic BBC sitcom is brought gloriously to life in three episodes of the hugely popular television series hilariously and lovingly enacted by two master performers. Check out the tour dates for these new upcoming episodes!
The new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Sean Mathias with Ian McKellen in an age-blind interpretation, is set to begin performances 21 June at Theatre Royal Windsor.
Ian McKellen is set to play Hamlet at Theatre Royal Windsor later this year. The age-blind production is notable because the role is usually played by an actor under 40.
The cabaret community darling named Sally has created something special in quarantine that needs a continued life beyond the days of lockdown.
Sir Ian McKellen will join a company of talented actors for runs in Hamlet and Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in 2021 at Theatre Royal Windsor.
GFour Productions is now streaming their newest play MIDDLETOWN for an exclusive 4-week run. March 4, 2021 marked the world streaming premiere of this new work by playwright Dan Clancy, after performances in Las Vegas, Chicago, and Atlanta prior to the COVID-19 lockdown.
Academy Award winner Dame Maggie Smith and two time Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner will be in conversation with broadcaster and actor Gyles Brandreth on 8th April 2021 for an online in conversation event.
The National Arts Club will present an online conversation with Dame Judi Dench on Wednesday, February 24 at noon (ET). In spring 1999, while Dame Judi Dench was earning a Tony Award in Amy's View, playwright David Hare took part in special Broadway evening at which she also received that year's Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts.
The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster in northwest England has embarked once more upon a female-led digital learning initiative that was in place last autumn and is again this year
After the hit TikTok musical Ratatouille, what musical adaptation will young people across the nation compose, choreograph, and stage next?
On this day, we're celebrating the birthday of legendary actress, Dame Maggie Smith!
GFour Productions and Surfcode Technologies have launched OVERTURE+, a streaming platform and content sharing network focused on collaborative content sharing between performing arts producers and presenters.
Disney confirmed that the third installment of the Sister Act franchise is in development on their Investor Day 2020 presentation.
Westport Country Playhouse, in partnership with WSHU Public Radio, will present a free-of-charge audio play, “A Merry Little Christmas Carol,” on Saturday, December 19, at noon, followed by a rebroadcast on Saturday, December 26, at 8 p.m. WSHU frequencies and locations are listed at wshu.org in the About Us drop-down menu.
Dame Maggie Smith will star in the upcoming film adaptation of 'A German Life,' a one-woman play from 'Dangerous Liaisons' and 'Atonement' screenwriter/playwright Christopher Hampton.
Tonight is For One Knight Only, a special evening of intimate conversation with British acting legends Dame Judi Dench, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Maggie Smith hosted by Sir Kenneth Branagh. The live Q&A will take place via Zoom tonight, 29 November at 7pm and there will be opportunities for audience members to participate throughout the event.
Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, November 28-29, 2020.
Judi Dench recently appeared on the Andrew Marr Show to plea for people to keep live theatre alive during the age of the pandemic.
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