Kenneth Branagh play cancelled as rehearsals disrupted by ‘Covid-enforced absences’ by Isobel Lewis

Producers said that some actors had been “robbed” of “more than two-thirds of the limited rehearsal time”

Ian McKellen’s age-blind Hamlet faces setbacks as two key actors drop out days before opening by Isobel Lewis

Atalanta Forever review, Mikron Theatre: Big, bombastic musical about the birth of women’s football by Isobel Lewis

Performed by Mikron Theatre Company, and centring around the short-lived Huddersfield Atalanta Ladies FC, the show really excels in its intricacies

Cabaret: Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne to star in London musical revival by Isobel Lewis

Redmayne previously played the Emcee in a 2001 Edinburgh Fringe production

Macbeth: Saoirse Ronan to star as Lady MacBeth in feminist Shakespeare production at the Almeida by Isobel Lewis

Production marks Irish actor’s UK stage debut

Amy Trigg: ‘Every disabled person in the industry gets put up for one role’ by Isobel Lewis

The winner of The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020, Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me is a hilariously honest look at life for a young woman with spina bifida. Its writer and star Amy Tr…

Six the Musical creators: ‘How can you be an emerging artist when there hasn’t been a real-life theatre industry? by Isobel Lewis

Before Covid, Six was the hit musical about the wives of Henry VIII that looked set to slay all over the world. Now as it tentatively remerges for a West End production and UK tour, its crea…

Lockdown rules: When do theatres reopen? by Isobel Lewis

Theatres could reopen from as early as May

Olivia Colman saw hypnotherapist after ‘wetting herself’ from stage fright during performance with David Mitchell by Isobel Lewis

Actor said she had hoped hypnotherapy would help her ‘stop being quite so petrified’

Ian McKellen says Covid has robbed him of ‘last few years of capability’ by Isobel Lewis

‘I think you’d [hear] the same from Maggie Smith or Judi Dench,’ actor said

Broadway star quits Moulin Rouge! musical in protest against industry’s silence on Scott Rudin allegations by Isobel Lewis

‘Building a better industry is more important than putting money in my pockets,’ actor said

The plays, musicals and comedy shows reopening in May and June as lockdown eases by Isobel Lewis

A lengthy list to prepare you for indoor and outdoor theatres reopening in May

Matilda: Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough to play Mr and Mrs Wormwood in Netflix’s musical film by Isobel Lewis

Comedian Sindhu Vee has been cast as librarian Mrs Phelps

April Fool’s Day: Globe Theatre pranks Shakespeare fans by announcing discovery of long-lost play by Isobel Lewis

Theatre claimed to have found a copy of Love’s Labour’s Won ‘in the attic’

When can theatres reopen under government’s roadmap out of lockdown? by Isobel Lewis

Theatres could reopen from as early as May

George RR Martin to revive fan-favourite characters in Game of Thrones play by Isobel Lewis

The Queen’s Gambit stage musical in the works following success of Netflix series by Isobel Lewis

Musical producers said show is ‘a siren call amidst our contemporary struggles for gender and racial equity’

Andrew Lloyd Webber wants ‘game-changing’ chemical to be trialled so theatres can reopen by Isobel Lewis

Governmental health and safety body says there is 'limited evidence' product would reduce coronavirus transmission

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie film to feature new song performed by Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Holly Johnson by Isobel Lewis

New song will soundtrack a scene looking into the time of the Aids crisis and Section 28

Matilda: Emma Thompson to star as Miss Trunchbull in Netflix adaptation of Tim Minchin musical by Isobel Lewis

Lashana Lynch will play Miss Honey

Bridgerton: TikTok user composes musical based on Netflix series by Isobel Lewis

Singer Abigail Barlow is writing original songs based on the popular historical romance series

Theatre to look out for in 2021, from Frozen to To Kill a Mockingbird by Isobel Lewis

With 2020 being near-catastrophic for the industry, the theatre fightback starts next year. The show must go on and Isobel Lewis takes a closer look at the best productions set for playhouses

Spotify Wrapped: Users ‘embarrassed’ as Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton soundtrack dominates end-of-year lists by Isobel Lewis

‘Spotify Wrapped exposed my depressed phase where I listened to nothing but the Hamilton soundtrack for a month straight,’ one fan commented

Les Misérables ‘almost certain to make a substantial loss’ as fans have tickets cancelled under tier 2 theatre rules by Isobel Lewis

Under new Tier 2 rules, London theatres can operate at 50 per cent capacity from 2 December

Christmas pantomime will go ahead at the London Palladium with socially distanced audience by Isobel Lewis

<p>Audiences will be able to socially distance thanks to a National Lottery initiative paying for empty seats</p>

'All that momentum has collapsed': The damaging ripple effect of this year's Edinburgh Fringe cancellation by Isobel Lewis

Last year, 3,841 Edinburgh Fringe shows were performed across the space of a month. This year there were none. Isobel Lewis explores the impact of the loss of the Fringe

David Hare play about coronavirus experience starring Ralph Fiennes to open this month by Isobel Lewis

Government's plan to reopen theatres was last month delayed until at least 15 August