Vicky Featherstone: incoming artistic director, Royal Court theatre – profile
The Guardian
Best known for: Setting up the National Theatre of Scotland, where she remained as artistic director for six years, overseeing the hit production Black Watch, among many others. What does your new job involve? I'll be taking responsibility for all the ...

Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony wins theatre event of year at ...
Vancouver Sun
LONDON - Director Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony has been named theatre event of the year at London's Whatsonstage awards. Boyle's spectacular panorama of British history and culture beat an eclectic list that included the "Globe to Globe" ...
Sweeney Todd cleans up at theatre awardsTelegraph.co.uk
Sweeney Todd wins big at Whatsonstage AwardsOfficial London Theatre (press release) (blog)
Sweeney Todd triumphs at Whatsonstage awardsThe Guardian
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Sockpuppet Theatre Turns Internet Drama Into High Comedy
Autostraddle
That's the idea behind Sockpuppet Theatre, the latest project from April Winchell, founder of Regretsy, the blog documenting bizarre Etsy products that became an Internet sensation. When she's not bringing you snarky commentary on necklaces made out of ...

From grassroots to the gods: why British theatre is changing
The Guardian (blog)
Many of the most exciting British artists and companies have absolutely no desire to work in a mainstream theatre building, let alone run one. There are plenty who find working on the outside more stimulating, and some of the best work is being done in ...

Celine Dion has sinusitis; Las Vegas theatre cancels this week's shows
Montreal Gazette
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A major Las Vegas theatre says it has cancelled Céline Dion's performances this week because the Canadian diva is suffering from sinusitis. The Colosseum at Caesars Palace says Dion developed a secondary infection after recovering ...

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The anti-theatrical theatre of Annie Baker.
New Yorker
Drawing on the immediacy of overheard conversation, she has pioneered a style of theatre made to seem as untheatrical as possible, while using the tools of the stage to focus audience attention. “Circle Mirror Transformation,” Baker's 2009 ensemble ...

Jazz Cafe with Anna Jacyszyn @ Black Box Theatre
Castanet.net
Jazz Cafe with Anna Jacyszyn @ Black Box Theatre. Sunday, February 17 8:00 PM. Black Box (The), 1375 Water Street, Kelowna Locate on the map. Bookmark and Share Special guest: Elizabeth Shepherd Band The Jazz Café Season #5 opened in October ...

Campbellford theatre to show acclaimed documentary
Northumberland News
CAMPBELLFORD - The director of an acclaimed documentary about a biologist who's also a cancer survivor will attend a screening of her film at Aron Theatre Feb. 21. Chandra Chevannes' 'Living Downstream' is being presented by the Environment ...

This Week in Theatre: Clybourne Park, Hannah Moscovitch Double Bill ...
blogTO (blog)
She's still a young Canadian playwright, but already theatres are lining up to present and commission the work of Hannah Moscovitch. Tarragon Theatre, which has always seemed like Moscovitch's true home, presents of a collection of her work, all of ...

Carey Perloff: Canadian theatre's stateside champion
Globe and Mail
'What's wrong with Canadian plays?” asked a prominent American theatre commentator in a widely circulated blog post last summer – nearly causing an outbreak of familiar cultural cringe on this side of the border. “Quick, name five modern Canadian ...