Friends and former colleagues pay tribute to "one-off" comedian Frank Carson, whose catch phrases included "It's a cracker", after his death aged 85.
First published by BBC on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:22:38 GMT
The average audience to have watched the Brits ceremony on ITV1 and catch-up channel ITV1+1 comes in at 6.2 million - the event's highest audience since 2005.
First published by BBC on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:02:54 GMT
British actress Helena Bonham Carter is made a CBE by the Queen, two years on from playing her mother in Oscar-winning film The King's Speech.
First published by BBC on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:27:40 GMT
Daniel Radcliffe's latest film The Woman In Black remains top of the UK and Ireland box office.
First published by BBC on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:50:38 GMT
Record producer Jim Steinman, who has written songs for Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler, is to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
First published by BBC on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:01:31 GMT
We hear rumour the Royal Shakespeare Company is in negotiations to transfer its current production of David Edgar’s new play Written on the Heart::E8831320746747 to the West End.The play, currently running in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Av...
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A Walk On Part, the play adapted from the diaries of former MP Chris Mullin, will stage a special performance in the House of Commons next week (28 February) following an invitation from Speaker John Bercow.
The evening, which will take place in T...
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The playwright Simon Stephens has complained that the recession has made theatre audiences more conservative, and he's been backed by David Hare and Mark Ravenhill expressing disquiet over feelgood fare rather than danger and experiment on the f...
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Cheek by Jowl return to the Silk Street Theatre they graced last year with their Russian ensemble production of The Tempest. Their English ensemble has a very hard act to follow, but this ’Tis Pity is one of the finest and most bitterly outrage...
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Specially for you, the people who nominate, vote and make the Whatsonstage.com Awards possible, here are some more pictures from this year's Concert, which was held on Sunday (19 February) at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Among your winners on han...
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Vanessa Redgrave will narrate a Lebanese woman's life story on stage as part of Brighton Festival 2012, of which she is this year's guest director.
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Bristol Old Vic, Shakespeare's Globe and Sadler's Wells will be among the first companies to create theatre content for a new online arts channel being launched by Arts Council England and the BBC.
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This year's Brighton Fringe will feature more than 675 events at nearly 200 venues, with an increased international element.
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A new musical based on the story of Ike and Tina Turner and featuring their music will premiere at the Hackney Empire this April.
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A quarter of British children have never been to the theatre, according to a new study of "culture-starved" young people.
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North London's Almeida Theatre has appointed Lucy Morrison as its new artistic associate.
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A toolkit has been launched to help outdoor arts companies become more environmentally friendly ahead of the London Olympics, which organisers say will be "the greenest games to date".
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First published by The StageBristol Old Vic, Shakespeare's Globe and Sadler's Wells will be among the first companies to create theatre content for a new online arts channel being launched by Arts Council England and the BBC.
