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QI (Quite Interesting) is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies. Most of the questions are extremely obscure, making it unlikely that the correct answer will be given. To compensate, points are awarded not only for right answers, but also for interesting ones, regardless of whether they are right or even relate to the original question.

Siobhan Redmond, Phill Jupitus and Ewen Bremner to Lead WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT at Traverse Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - October 03, 2014

The Traverse Theatre in association with Aurora Nova have announced that Siobhan Redmond, Phill Jupitus and Ewen Bremner will star on the Traverse 1 stage next week in White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour....


Flushed... West End's URINETOWN Sets Early Closing Date
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2014

Jamie Lloyd's production of Urinetown The Musical, been voted the Best New Musical In The West End in the BroadwayWorld.com UK 2014 awards, has announced an early closing date for January 3, 2015 at the Apollo Theatre. The production was originally slated to run through January 10....


De Saisset at Santa Clara University Presents New Exhibit
by Christina Mancuso - April 23, 2014

This spring the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University takes a fresh look at age-old ideas with New Passages, an exhibition of works by Bay Area artists Mari Andrews and Ann Holsberry....


Colin Lane & David Collins Set for THE 3 MIKADOS at 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by Tyler Peterson - February 06, 2015

Two double act veterans, Colin Lane (Lano from Lano and Woodley) and David Collins (the hairy one from The Umbilical Brothers), have teamed up to take on a comedy duo from a whole other era - Gilbert and Sullivan....


Alan Davies Brings LITTLE VICTORIES to the O2; Kicks Off Autumn Tour Today
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014

Following the phenomenal success of his Spring tour earlier this year, Alan Davies has announced a further tour this Autumn of his brand new show, Little Victories....


Festival of the Spoken Nerd to Hit the Road with New Show
by Tyler Peterson - December 31, 2015

The science comedy phenomenon, Festival of the Spoken Nerd, is back on the road with a brand new show and this time it's off the chart. Join this 'resplendently geeky trio' (The Times) as they Excel themselves with graph-a-minute fun on an unprecedented linear scale....


Seth MacFarlane Hosts 2016 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony
by Caryn Robbins - November 09, 2015

The Breakthrough Prize and its founders last night announced the recipients of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics....


Flushed... URINETOWN Closes in the West End Today
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2015

Jamie Lloyd's production of Urinetown The Musical, which has been voted Best New Musical in the West End in the BroadwayWorld.com UK 2014 Awards, recently announced an early closing date for today, January 3, 2015 at the Apollo Theatre. The production was originally slated to run through January 10....


Cristina Fontanelli Set for NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Today
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2015

Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli 'Live From Central Park' and 'Il Volo Takes Flight' CRISTINA FONTANELLI brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 12th-Annual 'Christmas In Italy®' show at the NYU Sk...


BWW Review: CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN Mesmerizes Audiences
by Caryn Cooper - September 22, 2015

As part of the 2015 Next Wave Festival, the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan had its US premiere of the piece Rice on September 16-19 at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. The company's founder and Artistic Director, Lin Hwai-min, s a recent recipient of the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festiv...


2014 China Art Industry Expo Launches in Songzhuang, Tongzhou
by Christina Mancuso - September 04, 2014

BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ The 2014 China Art Industry Expo (Art Expo), an event jointly hosted by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China and the People's Government of Beijing, held a press conference at the Dadi Originality Art Center in Songzhuang, Beijing on September...


Kaitlyn Baker Releases Debut Single 'BURN'
by Caryn Robbins - June 26, 2014

A long-ago sermon by a country preacher and whispered tales of a grandmother's adulterous ex-husband were the inspiration behind “Burn,” the powerful debut single from rising Nashville recording artist Kaitlyn Baker...


15th Annual Peking Opera Festival Set for 9/20
by Tyler Peterson - August 03, 2015

Wei Liu (Artistic Director of Wu Han Peking Opera Company of China) is an award-winning Peking Opera performing artist. She is a Level-One Performing Artist of China*, and is known for her performance as virtuous and elite female characters (Qingyi). In her thirty-plus-year performing experience, sh...


Liverpool's St George's Hall Announce Concert Room Programme
by Tyler Peterson - November 27, 2015

Liverpool's St George's Hall has announced its most dynamic Concert Room programme in recent years, top artists on the UK and international touring circuit are booked in to the magnificent Concert Room - the eclectic programme covers a wide variety of music genres, comedy, cabaret and the spoken wor...


SACRED GROUND is Released
by Christina Mancuso - June 04, 2014

Santa Rosa, Calif....


Photo Flash: Beijing Academy's Kids Camp Presents AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
by Tyler Peterson - August 15, 2014

Beijing Academy of Performing Arts kids theatre camp presented AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS on August 9, 2014. Thirty student actors, ages 6-14, performed the show. They did all their own acting, singing and dancing. They even made all the sets and costumes. Scroll down for a look at them in action!...


Photo Flash: First Look at DRAGON BOAT RACING, Coming to Lincoln Center This Winter
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2015

Following their recent sold-out run featuring the U.S. premiere of the Peking Opera star Zhang Huoding, the China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) returns to the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center with DRAGON BOAT RACING, a production of the Guangdong Song & Dance Ensemble that blends tradit...


Sarah Millican Coming to Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
by Tyler Peterson - March 26, 2015

SARAH Millican will be making a return visit to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, next year. Tickets for Outsider, the comedian's new live tour, go on sale at 9am tomorrow (Friday)....


MISS SAIGON Alum Miguel Braganza Celebrates 30 Years In the Biz, May 2
by Oliver Oliveros - April 01, 2014

Originally from the Philippines, Miguel Braganza II, Walter Terry scholar in the dance performance and choreography program at Harvard University in the '80s, and assistant to Tony Award-winning director John Dexter in the original Broadway production of 'M. Butterfly' from 1988-1990, joined the cas...


The Sweat Girls Debut New Show at Heartland Studio Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014

Solo-performance group Sweat Girls have announced their latest stand-alone production, The Sweat Girls are ...21 and Finally Legal!, playing at the Heartland Studio, 7016 N. Glenwood Ave., today, September 26 - October 12. Celebrating their 21st solo-performance anniversary, the Sweat Girls consist ...


Jupitus Joins Cast Of URINETOWN From Dec 2014!
by Carrie Dunn - November 11, 2014

Renowned comedian Phill Jupitus (Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI, Hairspray, Monty Python's Spamalot) will join the cast of Jamie Lloyd's ground breaking, splash hit production of Urinetown The Musical from 1 December 2014....


Esther Hannaford Joins Colin Lane and David Collins in THE 3 MIKADOS at Arts Centre Melbourne, March 26-April 19
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2015

Leading lady of the stage, Esther Hannaford, joins comedy double act veterans, Colin Lane (Lano from Lano and Woodley) and David Collins (the hairy one from The Umbilical Brothers), in the witty musical romp that is The 3 Mikados....


Andy Warhol Museum to Display VOICE FOR MY FATHER Exhibit in February 2016
by Matt Smith - December 02, 2015

The Andy Warhol Museum announces the opening of Michael Chow aka Zhou Yinghua: Voice for My Father, the artist's first solo exhibition in the United States. The exhibition features three main bodies of work, which include new paintings completed expressly for The Warhol show, vintage photographs of ...


San Jose Taiko x The Bangerz to Perform at Harris Center, 3/14
by Tyler Peterson - February 20, 2015

San Jose Taiko x The Bangerz is a collaboration born on the streets of downtown San Jose's South First Area (SoFA) District in 2010 as part of the SubZero Festival. The combination of the DJ's powerful digital electronica with the heart-pounding organic pulse of taiko (a Japanese form of percussion ...


Tim Minchin to Appear in the Lyric's ENCOUNTERS: PERFORMERS ON PERFORMANCE Series, July 7
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2014

TIM MINCHIN (Monday, 7 July 2014) is the next guest performers to appear in ENCOUNTERS: Performers on Performance, following the tremendously well received evenings with DAVID SUCHET and RUBY WAX....






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