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• Rare live appearance from William Onyeabor
  on Aug 21, 2015 in African electro funk music musician performance performing stage
  Image just in, showing a rare live performance by highly regarded Nigerian musician William Onyeabor, playing alongside Atomic Bomb! Captured at David Byrne's Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, last night by Marilyn Kingwill.All attached images...
• Kevin Spacey - Old Vic Theatre Retrospective in Pictures
  on Jun 16, 2015 in image kevin spacey knighthood old vic photo Richard III stage
  American actor Kevin Spacey, artistic director of the Old Vic theatre, has been awarded an honorary knighthood for his services to British theatre and international culture and comes as he ends his residency at the Old Vic Theatre.During his ten year...
• The "King of the Blues", guitarist and singer BB King, has died aged 89
  on May 15, 2015 in bbking rip image photo black&white photography portrait
  BB King in concert, 1973. Image by Ian Dickson / ArenaPALKing, known for his hits My Lucille, Sweet Little Angel and Rock Me Baby, died in his sleep in Las Vegas. Born in Mississippi, King began performing in the 1940s, going on to influence a genera...
• Keith Harris, Orville the Duck ventriloquist, dies aged 67
  on Apr 28, 2015 in images keith harris obit orvill photo RIP stage
  Entertainer Keith Harris, best known for performances with his puppet Orville, has died, aged 67.Image: Keith Harris with Orville the Duck at Lewisham Concert Hall in 1979. Photo by Frazer Ashford / ArenaPALHarris had his own BBC One Saturday ni...
• A Revealing Moment with Julian Clary - Pete Jones Backstory
  on Apr 28, 2015 in art backstage dressing room julian clary pete jones photography theatre
  Pete Jones, another first class ArenaPAL photographer adds a personal theatre anecdote to our Backstory series.Julian Clary at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, January 2001"I had initiated and received agreement for a privately funded year-long project a...
• Amazing Images of 'Alice in Wonderland' Spanning 150 Years of Performance
  on Apr 21, 2015 in alice in wonderland anniversary ballet cartoon film first images photos pictures premier stage
  26 November 2015 marks the 150 anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the 1865 novel written by Lewis Carroll.The fantastical children’s story explores the themes of logic and discovery, with its characters and imagery being highly influe...
• Helen Mirren in 'The Audience' holding the Queen's signature Launer handbag
  on Apr 16, 2015 in audience famous fashion handbag image Johan Persson launer license queen royal
  Helen Mirren in 'The Audience' holding the Queen's signature Launer handbagPhoto by Johan Persson / ArenaPALThe Queen's famous Launer 'Traviata' handbag has been re-issued after a surge of interest following the Broadway opening of 'The Audience' sta...
• Psychologists prove Shakespeare is author of 'Double Falsehood'
  on Apr 9, 2015 in double falsehood image research science shakespeare theatre
  A study published in the journal 'Psychological Science' claims to prove once and for all that the disputed authorship of the 18th century play Double Falsehood lies unarguably with William Shakespeare, rather than Lewis Theobald who published it in...
• Happy 100th Birthday Billie Holiday
  on Apr 7, 2015 in #BillieAt100 #billieholiday #ladyday @BillieHolidayHQ images
  Celebrating the life and legacy of Lady Day on what would have been her Centenary year. Born April 7 1915 she rose to become one of greatest legends of the jazz era with some of her most memorable songs include: Ain't Nobody's Business, God Bles...
• Exploring The Passion Play
  on Mar 31, 2015 in crucifixion easter mystery play passion play religious theatre
  Bill Bryden's Passion Play performed on the Southbank outside the National Theatre in London, 1977Photo by Nobby Clark / ArenaPALThe Passion Play - part of the Mystery or Miracle Plays - is a dramatic tradition stretching back to Medieval times. Depi...
• Cervantes tomb uncovered in Spain - we take a look at the authors greatest work Don Quixote
  on Mar 25, 2015 in Cervantes Don Quixote images Richard III
  “He who reads much and walks much, goes far and knows much.” - Miguel de Cervantes, Don QuixoteHot on the news of Richard III’s reburial in the UK comes the announcement that Spain has found the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - the S...
• Singers Oleg Bryjak and Maria Radner die in Alps plane crash
  on Mar 25, 2015 in alps crash Germanwings images opera singers victims
  Opera singers Oleg Bryjak and Maria Radner have been named as amongst the 150 dead in yesterday’s Germanwings 4U9525 plane crash in the Alps. They were both returning from performing Richard Wagner’s Siegfried at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Lic...
• Peter Brook at 90 - see rare early images of the director and his productions
  on Mar 19, 2015 in director image peter brook photo portrait young
  "I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across an empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged." - excerpt from The Empty Space by Peter BrookA...
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Godmother of Rock n' Roll
  on Mar 19, 2015 in gospel images performance rock Sister Rosetta Tharpe stage
  Sister Rosetta Tharpe making her London debut at the old Chiswick Empire Theatre in 1957Image : Topfoto / ArenaPAL100 years ago on March 20th a rock gospel legend was born. Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a pioneering singer and electric guitarist, named t...
• ArenaPAL Backstory - Allan Titmuss on Miles Davis
  on Mar 18, 2015
  As we continue our Backstory series, we ask Jazz and Contemporary Music photographer Allan Titmuss to recall the tale behind one of his most treasured frames.Miles Davis at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 20 July 1985"Backstage at the Royal...
• ArenaPAL Backstory - Allan Titmuss on Jazz Legend Miles Davis
  on Mar 18, 2015 in allan titmuss image jazz miles davis photography portrait stage trumpet
  As we continue our Backstory series, we ask Jazz and Contemporary Music photographer Allan Titmuss to recall the tale behind one of his most treasured frames.Miles Davis at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 20 July 1985"Backstage at the Royal...
• Celebrating Female Playwrights on International Women's Day
  on Mar 8, 2015 in arts feature female idea ideas image industry international womens day iwd performance pictures playwright roles theatre woman writer
  Click to view portraits of Early Modern Female PlaywrightsTo celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, we are highlighting the achievements of female playwrights from the second half of the Early Modern Age (1650-1800) as well as today’s...
• Early Modern, 20th and 21st Century British Female Playwrights
  on Mar 8, 2015 in arts feature female idea ideas image industry international womens day iwd performance pictures playwright roles theatre woman writer
  Click to view portraits of Early Modern Female PlaywrightsTo celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, we are highlighting the achievements of female playwrights from the second half of the Early Modern Age (1650-1800) as well as today’s...
• The Sound of Music at 50 - A Treasure Trove of Images
  on Feb 25, 2015
  It was 50 years ago in March 1965 that the film version of the hugely popular stage musical The Sound of Music was first released in cinemas to huge critical acclaim - winning 5 Oscars and displacing Gone with the Wind as the highest-grossing film of...
• Leonide Massine in Rehearsal by Photographer Neil Libbert
  on Feb 25, 2015
  Leonide Massine rehearsing ParadePhoto by Neil LibbertNice feedback on last week’s Picasso themed post from photographer Neil Libbert who shared with us some great pictures of choreographer Leonide Massine rehearsing T...