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Club members, including writer and actor Stephen Fry, assembled yesterday at the Garrick, located in London’s theatre district, to debate and vote on the issue. The members, many of them wearing pale pink and green club ties reminiscent of marshmallow flumps, debated the question of women’s membership behind closed doors before putting the matter to a vote. It passed by an almost perfect 60:40 split. Why now? Pressure to admit women to the Garrick has been mounting for decades. But recently, calls to address the stark inequality intensified after the Guardian revealed last month the previously...
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This year’s Tony nominations were led by the Alicia Keys musical "Hell’s Kitchen" and 70s behind-the-music drama "Stereophonic", which both got 13 nominations each. The list of nominees for the Broadway Theatre awards were announced on Tuesday by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry – both Tony winners themselves. “This is totally crazy. It took me about an hour to get myself together. I couldn’t even formulate words,” Keys said, reacting to the semi-autobiographical "Hell’s Kitchen" being in the running for best new musical and four acting awards, as well other categories including...
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Creative Scotland, the government development organisation that funds arts in Scotland, has defended its decision to not include the Fringe in its funding programme, citing its own financial woes and the “particularly precarious” state of the festival’s organisation. The Edinburgh Fringe is the largest performing arts festival in the world, taking over the Scottish capital for the entire month of August and filling venues with theatre, comedy, and dance shows among many more. The Fringe is believed to add over £200 million (€233 million) to the economy every year. In the latest round of decisi...
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Following the flurry of accusations against Gérard Depardieu and the watershed #MeToo moment France is finally facing in its insular entertainment industry, there seems to be further forward progress. The French comedy industry has adopted an essential "charter of good conduct", in order to combat the growing cases of sexual and sexist harassment and violence that have been reported in the industry. Spearheaded by Jessie Varin, artistic director of Parisian barge theatre Nouvelle Seine, the #MeTooStandUp initiative aims to prevent all "forms of sexist and sexual violence and harassment before,...
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A bold reinterpretation of the Hollywood film noir musical “Sunset Boulevard” stole the spotlight at this year's London stage Olivier Awards, taking home seven trophies including best musical revival and best actress for American star Nicole Scherzinger. The ex-Pussycat Dolls singer took home the coveted award for her portrayal of the fading silver screen star Norma Desmond, alongside her co-star Tom Francis, who won best actor for his role as a struggling screenwriter. Football-themed state-of-the-nation drama “Dear England”, which examines the impact manager Gareth Southgate had on the natio...
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In addition to strolling the beloved Portobello Road Market and Holland Park, visitors to Notting Hill will soon be able to journey across the world – to Taiwan, more specifically. The chic neighbourhood’s Coronet Theatre is playing host to London’s first major celebration of Taiwanese culture, presenting a packed schedule of innovative visual arts, dance, theatre and music. Spanning traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology, the roster of events will reflect on Taiwanese identity and post-colonial history, as well as the themes of lust and desire. For many of the 30 contemporary a...
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“I defy you, stars" wrote The Bard in "Romeo and Juliet." Replace “stars” with “racists”, and you’ve got some idea where the producers of the forthcoming West End production of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy are at. The new production, billed as “a pulsating new vision of Shakespeare’s immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters,” has been the target of racist abuse - aimed at an unnamed cast member. The show’s full cast was announced last week, and upon revealing the players, the Jamie Lloyd Company said there had been a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse directed towards a mem...
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The Salzburg Festival has reappointed Markus Hinterhäuser as its artistic director for the third time. The Austrian pianist will remain in the role for a further five years, making Hinterhäuser the longest to serve in the role since Herbert von Karajan. The 66-year-old Hinterhäuser first worked with the Salzburg Festival as its director of concerts from 2007-2011 before serving as interim artistic director in 2011. He was first made the artistic director of the music and drama festival in 2016, replacing Alexander Pereira. Goodbye Cronut, hello Crookie: The new cross-bred croissant everyone's ...
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Will Duo, the aggressive avian mascot of Duolingo, the world’s most popular language-learning app, be soon hitting stages globally in a masterful combination of musical theatre, ice skating, and linguistic pedagogy? Erm… no. This year’s prize for the best April Fools’ corporate campaign goes to Duolingo for their fake ice skating musical, Duolingo on Ice. Not only was the advert so convincing that it had most of the Euronews Culture team under the impression it was real, but when we found out it wasn’t, we wished it was. Everything you need to know about the upcoming Tom Holland 'Romeo & Julie...
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