Lawrence Of Arabia’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago’, has died after suffering a heart attack in hospital in Cairo, aged 83.  The ...

Hannah Khalil’s new play sprang from her surprise at seeing the great Egyptian actor had performed at the Festival theatre in the 1980s. She explains how it entwined with a story of her mixed-heritage ...

In 1980, Norway’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest included a traditional Sami joik song from the country’s indigenous ...

Theatro Technis has shared photos ahead of its premiere of LOVE OMAR, a backstage-comedy drama and 'love letter to theatre' ...

David Lean could shoot a landscape like no one else – in India, in Ceylon, in Jordan – filling the screen with stunning ...

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The discovery shed light on the brutal history of Brazil’s slavery past – and Rio’s role as the biggest slavery port in the ...

Clint Eastwood's agency pushed for an American-made Western with big names that ultimately flopped. Good thing he turned it down.

In May 1942, a team of Norwegian resistance fighters in occupied Norway were getting ready to blow up a railway carrying ...

This month marks the 91st anniversary of Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence "Lawrence of Arabia", who died in 1935, officially ...

One hour until curtain up, and Omar Sharif isn’t happy. The show went well last night, but he feels aggrieved that he was upstaged by his fellow actor, again. He puts on his makeup and longs for a ...