3Vote!
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | yesterday
The conservative Republican blogger in Florida writes about the recent jihad rampage at Fort Hood army base in central Texas, which killed 13 people and wounded 30 people : "But I want to speak to what's missing in this national discussion. When Timothy McVeigh perpetrated the cowardly act of destruction in Oklahoma City some decade ago, we were not afraid to call it what it was - a case of domestic...
7Vote!
The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Nigel Dennis's satire The Making of Moo is opening in London this week. But the furore surrounding my student production of it 50 years ago shows how our attitudes to religion have changed This Friday I'm off to review Nigel Dennis's The Making of Moo at the Orange Tree in Richmond, London. Nothing remarkable about that, you might think. Except that, for me, the play brings back extraordinary memories....
+Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
From tonight (9 November 2009), David Shannon is the new Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre. He takes over from Ramin Karimloo, who begins preparations to continue the Phantom’s story in Andrew Lloyd Webber’...
+Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Look out for some classic revivals at the National Theatre in the new year. Amongst the new programme highlights that we hear are on the cards are productions of Dion Boucicault's 1841 English comedy London Assurance, starring Fiona Shaw and Simon Ru...
4Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Thanks to its back-to-back premieres of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem and Lucy Prebble's Enron, the Royal Court dominates the nominations in this year's Evening Standard Awards, which are announced today, having been whittled down from longlists publis...
3Vote!
Tuna News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Tonight the Tuna clan went out and saw a "staged reading" of a new play at one of our community theaters. I raced to this performance from another rehearsal, and when I walked in (with five minutes to spare), much to my great delight, I discovered the performance space was ABSOLUTELY PACKED. They had run out of programs and run out of chairs, and were grabbing anything "sittable"...
+Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
To celebrate Pleasance's 25th Anniversary, tickets for Jesus, My Boy with Tom Conti are reduced to just £10 each for the first two performances (Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November - normally £15).
+Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Apples and oranges spring to mind, but nonetheless, it's heartening to have further proof of the popularity of the West End and, more specifically, the West End phenomenon that is Wicked. In the People's Choice category of this year's Visit London ...
3Vote!
Boston Comedy. Funny grown here. (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Some of Boston's most tenured veteran comics are playing a benefit tonight for Kevin Knox. Don Gavin, Steve Sweeney, Kenny Rogerson, and Jimmy Dunn will top the bill for tonight's show at the theater that usually hosts Sheer Madness (a.k.a. The Cahrles Playhouse Stage II), organized by the folks at Tommy's Comedy Lounge . Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com , or at the box office for $25. Tommy's...
4Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Actor Nigel Harman plays a celebrity spin doctor in the world premiere of Sam Peter Jackson’s comedy Public Property. Having appeared earlier this year on Shaftesbury Avenue opposite James McAvoy and Lyndsey Marshal in a big-budget production o...
+Vote!
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A man who has entertained millions will have his act viewed by a select few. And those with a DVD player are among them. Stand-up comic Dane Cook's stage performance "ISolated INcident" will be released on DVD by Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment on November 17. The special showcases Cook's show at Hollywood's renowned Sunset Strip comedy spot The Laugh Factory....
4Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Lesley Manville, Anthony Head and Obi Abili will lead the cast of David Grindley’s upcoming revival of John Guare's Olivier Award-winning play Six Degrees of Separation, which runs at the Old Vic from 19 January to 3 April 2010 (previews from 7...
4Vote!
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
In some ways, Robin French's new play about an insane Victorian taxidermist who wishes to disprove Charles Darwin's theories of evolution is one of the most interesting plays on the fringe; in others, it's simply the most infuriating. Let me explain...
5Vote!
UK airports information blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Congratulations to Cardiff Airport on its announcement that it is committed to providing bilingual services to all its customers. Since the airport’s rebranding in March this year, which included a bilingual name, the airport has developed a completely Welsh version of its airport site together with new signage written in English and Welsh. From this November, customers [...]
+Vote!
UK airports information blog (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The British Travel Awards have hailed Manchester Airport as the “UK Airport of the Year” for the second consecutive year. The awards, which are voted for by both consumers and travel professionals with strict criteria on sustainability efforts, customer satisfaction and innovative technology, saw the airport beat off competition from Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Leeds Bradford, Belfast...