A Turner masterpiece of a view over Rome sells for £29.7m at Sotheby's in London, breaking the artist's record at auction.
First published by BBC on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:54:12 GMT
Antiques dealer Raymond Scott is cleared of stealing a rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, worth an estimated £1m.
First published by BBC on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:43:34 GMT
The National Portrait Gallery launches a £100,000 appeal to help keep in the UK the earliest known British oil painting of a freed slave.
First published by BBC on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:05:16 GMT
Artist turned film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood has a baby girl with actor fiance Aaron Johnson.
First published by BBC on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:50:16 GMT
Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg is set to make her West End debut, starring in the musical Sister Act.
First published by BBC on Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:58:24 GMT
Sitting alongside the traditional Shakespearean stalwarts in the
Globe’s summer season is Howard Brenton’s Anne
Boleyn. The life of Henry VIII’s second wife is of course
familiar, but Brenton’s interpretation of it is new.
...
First published by What's on Stage on 2010-07-30T19:49:10+01:00
With the start of the Edinburgh Fringe just a week away (6 August 2010), the Whatsonstage.com Edinburgh microsite is already filling up with news, features, blogs and interviews.
And from next week, we'll also be running a series of video interview...
First published by What's on Stage on 2010-07-30T12:42:44+01:00
The Donmar Warehouse’s upcoming production of King Lear, starring Derek Jacobi, will become the second non-National Theatre production to be broadcast to over 300 cinemas in 22 countries around the world as part of the NT Live initiative.
Hot...
First published by What's on Stage on 2010-07-30T12:35:27+01:00
Producers have confirmed that, as previously tipped, Amanda Holden will play Princess Fiona in next year's West End transfer of Shrek the Musical.
The production, which opens at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 7 June 2011 following previews from Ma...
First published by What's on Stage on 2010-07-30T12:09:01+01:00
Jenna Russell is playing the Baker's Wife in the Open Air Theatre's season closing revival of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, which opens on 16 August (previews from 6 August 2010).
The musical, which is staged to mark Sondheim's 80th birthday,...
First published by What's on Stage on 2010-07-29T17:50:10+01:00