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The Independent

Michael Grandage: 'I'd no idea I was able to direct'
He is the man with the theatrical Midas touch, a director without a flop to his name, but he wanted to be an actor...

Financial Times

Form and dysfunction
Tracy Letts’s new play, ‘August: Osage County’, is a lament for American hope and dignity, full of mordant black humour that is both shocking and brilliant, writes Sarah Hemming

The Times UK

Savion Glover - Bare Soundz
The American tap superstar unleashes his phenomenal talent in a concentrated cavalcade of percussive footwork

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, Traverse, Edinburgh
Paul Higgins's fine first play is given the full-bore treatment by the massed talents of the National Theatre of Scotland

The Ballad of Crazy Paola, Arcola, London
In an underpowered production translated from Flemish, a trip into a past love proves that memories are mutable

The Stage UK

Prince Charles creates award for top arts benefactors
A new award to recognise the UK’s most generous arts benefactors has been created by Prince Charles.

South Bank Show to explore Footlights' influence
ITV's The South Bank Show is to look at the influence the Cambridge Footlights has had on television comedy and radio as part of its 2009 series.

Norton to make West End theatre debut in La Cage aux Folles
It has been confirmed that television presenter Graham Norton is to make his West End theatre debut in La Cage aux Folles next year, as exclusively revealed by The Stage in September.

The Stage UK - Blogs

Mark Shenton: Is the price of theatre tickets going to come down next week?… (updated!)
The price of theatre tickets has long been a moveable feast - while producers, of course, set what are effectively “guide prices” for their box offices to sell tickets at (and build their official investors’ recoupment schedules out of),...

The Guardian

In a Dark Dark House, Almeida, London
The theatre becomes an analyst's couch in Neil LaBute's latest, writes Michael Billington

Blood Wedding, Playhouse, Liverpool
Spanish flamenco master Juan Martín quickens the pace of a sluggish play, says Alfred Hickling

Tombstone Tales and Boothill Ballads, Arcola, London
Arcola, LondonCarl Heap's parlour entertainment is a neat idea but runs out of energy, writes Lyn Gardner

Gertan Klauber
Obituary: Busy actor from Carry On to Shakespeare

Gerald Schoenfeld
Obituary: Eminent producer and theatre owner who transplanted UK talent to Broadway

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Lyn Gardner: Derby Playhouse: Has the curtain fallen once and for all?
Derby Playhouse is still in the hands of administrators as it battles to secure funding for its future. Can the theatre be saved?

lmogen Russell Williams: War Horse triumphs in the art of stage warfare
Spectacular battles are a death knell in plays about war. War Horse succeeds by skipping the movie moment

Carrie Dunn: West End Girl: The small screen hits the stage
Mad Men and Graham Norton are on their way to theatres, but most exciting is the prospect of the South Park team's Mormon musical

Jacqui O'Hanlon: Shakespeare's labours must not be lost in schools
As the RSC's director of education, I've seen how Shakespeare is falling off the curriculum. It's time to explore new ways of studying his plays

Whatsonstage.com

1st Night Photos: Watson Lights up Dark House
The European premiere of Neil LaBute’s In a Dark Dark House was leant some A-list glamour last night (27 November 2008, previews from 20 ...

Photos: First Glimpse at Graham Norton in Full Drag

Review: In a Dark Dark House

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

The Ides of March, White Bear Theatre Club
A city destroyed by terrorist bombs, the civilian population struggling to deal with the aftermath, the Government seeking to ensure such an outrage never happens again: this is the setting for award-winning Australian playwright Duncan Ley’s play The Ides of March. Opening in ...

Meet the Producers - Lisa Kron’s Well
Henry Filloux-Bennett and Stephen Makin are young, upcoming independent producers. In conjunction with The Fish Partnership, both are making their West End debuts this month as Lisa Kron’s Tony Award nominated Well, starring Sarah Miles and Natalie Casey, transfers to the Apollo Theatre following a run at The Trafalgar Studios ...

Whatsonstage.com - Blogs

Michael Coveney: Matchless ensemble doesn’t fit all
I would have thought everyone was rushing to adjust their best of the year lists now the matchless Steppenwolf ensemble has opened in London with August:Osage County at the National.

London Theatre Guide

JLC toasts Chicago’s 11th birthday
Comedian and television presenter Justin Lee Collins is to take to the Cambridge theatre stage for three performances only to celebrate sexy musical Chicago’s 11th London birthday

First Night Feature: In A Dark Dark House
A very green Almeida theatre presents the European premiere of Neil LaBute’s In A Dark Dark House, a story of abuse and the potentially more destructive silence that follows.