Theatre

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Happy 80th Birthday Helen Mirren! Celebrating an incredible career

Dame Helen Mirren celebrates her 80th birthday this Saturday. Euronews looks back at the six-decade career of an acting queen.

26/07/2025

Scenes

Watch: The performer from the Philippines takes centre stage in Qatar

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Once silenced by grief, Dorothy Chrizelle Collado found her voice again with the help of a community theatre group.

07/07/2025

Culture news

The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

The Man of Steel launches a new era for the DC Universe, London's Design Museum explores the rise of eco buildings, and indie faves Wet Leg get a little softer with 'Moisturizer'.

07/07/2025

Culture news

Rachel Zegler serenades London from Palladium balcony in Evita

The new Evita has got everyone talking - Rachel Zegler’s balcony performance is turning heads, but not all theatregoers are thrilled.

02/07/2025

Culture news

Tom Felton sparks backlash after expressing gratitude to J.K. Rowling

The 37-year-old actor's comments come amid ongoing controversy over Rowling’s widely criticised views on transgender rights.

10/06/2025

Design

Falling in Love 'is possible only in Berlin' says Jean Paul Gaultier

Only the biggest stage will do for 'Falling in Love', a musical with costumes curated by Jean Paul Gaultier and its current run in Berlin more than lives up to its billing. Jez Fielder finds corsets and cone bras abound with the French designer eager to make the show the most spectacular in Europe.

04/06/2025

Culture news

US actor George Wendt, beloved barfly Norm on ‘Cheers,’ dies aged 76

His warm, beer-loving character became one of TV’s most iconic and enduring figures, and earned the actor six Emmy nominations throughout his 11 years on the show.

21/05/2025

Culture news

Inside the new sound exhibition from immersive theatre legends

Punchdrunk's Stephen Dobbie and Colin Nightingale want you to be fully immersed for their new sound installation with A Right / Left Project.

27/04/2025

Culture news

Letter suggests Shakespeare did not abandon his wife in Stratford

New analysis of a letter fragment mentioning Shakespeare and his wife suggests the couple lived together in London in the early 17th century.

25/04/2025

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Children perform Kabuki theatre at western Japan festival

The children said they practiced every day during their spring break from school and many visitors to the event applauded their compelling performance.

16/04/2025

Culture news

Curtain call for commissions: Is British theatre in crisis?

Original works have dropped by nearly a third in a decade, according to new research into the UK’s theatre industry with an increasing number of playhouses facing closure.

15/04/2025

Culture news

Volunteer actors rail against Jeff Bezos private theatre performance

Volunteer actors have raised concerns after interactive theatre show ‘You Me Bum Bum Train’ put on a special performance for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

15/04/2025

Design

The end of an odyssey: Ancient Greek theatre uncovered in Lefkada

After a decade-long excavation following the theatre's first discovery more than 100 years ago, experts describe its revelation as “undoubtedly the most important and imposing monument that has come to light in ancient Lefkada.”

08/04/2025

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Olivier Awards: Roald Dahl's dark side and Benjamin Button win big

This year’s Olivier Awards, which recognize achievements in London theater, opera and dance, saw The Roald Dahl play “Giant” win three prizes including Best New Play. “Benjamin Button” also won three, as did a boisterous outdoor production of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

07/04/2025

Culture news

On its 200th anniversary, The Old Market Theatre is still innovating

From an 19th century market to a space hosting technologically complex and diverse arts programming, how The Old Market spent 200 years growing into Brighton's most exciting theatre.

06/04/2025

Art

Sabrage brings a naughty night of cabaret to London's Lafayette

Taking its audience on an unhinged, champagne-fueled fever dream of circus, cabaret, and comedy, Sabrage is London's newest sexy night out.

28/03/2025

Art

World Theatre Day: This all-female Ukrainian cast is keeping art alive

With most male actors at war, the Chernihiv Regional Youth Theatre in Ukraine has reinvented itself with female actors stepping into traditionally male roles, preserving culture while supporting the war effort.

27/03/2025

Culture news

400 migrants evicted from Paris theatre after monthslong occupation

More than 400 migrants, many of them underage, had found shelter in La Gaîté Lyrique while waiting for permanent housing solutions.

18/03/2025

Culture news

American playwright ak payne wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

American playwright ak payne has won this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, an international prize that recognises women+ writing theatre in English.

11/03/2025

Culture news

South African playwright Athol Fugard dies aged 92

The writer exposed the realities of apartheid in plays such as “The Blood Knot” and "’Master Harold’...and the Boys”, and refused to play for segregated audiences.

10/03/2025