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1,256 stories by "Chris Wiegand"

Fit for a king: Ian McKellen to play Lear at newly rebuilt Yard theatre in east London by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Role marks a major return for the actor after falling off the stage in 2024 and is a coup for the forward-thinking theatreIan McKellen is to play King Lear in his first major theatrical role…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:50am on May 14, 2026[SHARE]

‘What’s this groove becoming?!’ How The Harder They Come captured 70s Jamaica and blazed on to stage by Chris Wiegand

The monumental soundtrack of Perry Henzell’s film, starring Jimmy Cliff, powered the best musical of 2025. Its creators discuss bringing their hit back after the reggae giant’s deathOn a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:30pm on May 13, 2026[SHARE]

Matching Gary Oldman’s Krapp with a teenager’s take on Godot is a masterstroke by Chris Wiegand

The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifullyWhere does the t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:50pm on May 12, 2026[SHARE]

Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurousTheatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:10pm on May 11, 2026[SHARE]

The best theatre to stream this month: David Harewood has unfinished business with Othello by Chris Wiegand

The actor commands the stage in Tom Morris’s striking production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, while Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt unite for The Last Five YearsWhen David Harewood was offered …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00am on May 1, 2026[SHARE]

Keira Knightley returns to West End in adaptation of Oscar winner The Lives of Others by Chris Wiegand

Stephen Dillane and Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson set to co-star in Robert Icke’s production based on the German film this autumnKeira Knightley will return to the West End stage for the fi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:00am on April 29, 2026[SHARE]

Cynthia Erivo interrupts Dracula performance after spotting audience member’s camera by Chris Wiegand

Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatresA performance of Dracula in the West End on Monday night was halted after its st…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:00am on April 29, 2026[SHARE]

Double Indemnity review – leaden drama turns crime classic into a very cold case by Chris Wiegand

Churchill theatre, Bromley James M Cain’s hard-bitten novella gained bleak power on screen but this version, giving Mischa Barton her UK stage debut, loses its flinty edgeThe West End’s …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10am on April 23, 2026[SHARE]

Smackdowns and showtunes: wrestling biopic Fighting With My Family inspires stage musical by Chris Wiegand

Adaptation of Stephen Merchant’s 2019 film about WWE champ Saraya-Jade Bevis ‘will be an absolute blast’, says one of the film’s stars, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ JohnsonStephen Merchant�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:30pm on April 21, 2026[SHARE]

Christine Baranski to make West End debut alongside Richard E Grant in Hay Fever by Chris Wiegand

Tony award-winning actor will play lead role of Judith Bliss in Noël Coward's comedy at Wyndham's theatre in London Christine Baranski is to make her West End debut alongside Richard E Gr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24pm on April 19, 2026[SHARE]

Give theatre choreographers and movement directors their own awards, says union group by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

'If we celebrate the impact of physical storytelling, we must acknowledge the artists behind it,' says Equity body, calling out the lack of movement categories in major awards Choreographers…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24pm on April 19, 2026[SHARE]

Oh what a circus! The Greatest Showman hits the stage as a high-flying, hammer-juggling, banger-filled spectacular by Chris Wiegand

The sleeper hit film has been transformed into a Disney stage show. But does it let exploitative huckster PT Barnum off the hook? We go behind the scenes of its launch run in Bristol 'Ladi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:24am on April 11, 2026[SHARE]

The best theatre to stream this month: Patrick Stewart reads Shakespeare's sonnets " all 154 of them by Chris Wiegand

The great Shakespearean shares his passion project, there's a sneak peek of Sam Ryder's Jesus Christ Superstar and Back to the Future: The Musical hits reverse When stages went dark during t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:54am on April 2, 2026[SHARE]

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics' Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Other winners include Inter Alia's Rosamund Pike, Ivo van Hove for All My Sons and Hayley Atwell who beat her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston to best Shakespearean performance Brendan Gleeso…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:54pm on March 31, 2026[SHARE]

The Last Five Years review " Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt make time stand still by Chris Wiegand

London PalladiumThe musical-theatre megastars fall in and out of love, in opposing timelines, in a stirring production of Jason Robert Brown's musical After her electrifying Evita, Rachel Ze…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:54pm on March 31, 2026[SHARE]

Russell T Davies's hit TV series It's a Sin to be adapted as 'visceral' dance show by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers It's a Sin, the award-winning T…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:48am on March 26, 2026[SHARE]

'It won't be pretty!' French and Saunders to play the Ugly Sisters in Palladium panto by Chris Wiegand

Comedy duo will take the stage together in the West End for the first time in 17 years in Cinderella alongside Julian Clary Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to return to the stage toget…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:48am on March 26, 2026[SHARE]

And who's playing Madeline? Lily Allen's West End Girl could make sensational theatre by Chris Wiegand

Intimate monologue or performance art? The singer's recent gigs give a tantalising idea of what a stage adaptation of her album might look like 'This conversation's too big for a phone call,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:48am on March 26, 2026[SHARE]

Quentin Tarantino's 'swashbuckling' play The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End premiere by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

The director's first play " an 1830s 'rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise' " is planned for early 2027 opening in London Since Quentin Tarantino announced last year that he had wri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36am on March 18, 2026[SHARE]

Empreintes review " Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging by Chris Wiegand

Palais Garnier, ParisJessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple's Arena spills off the stage while Morau's equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers What a joy to find Jessica W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36am on March 18, 2026[SHARE]

Theatre critics in Scotland decry 'London-centric' reviewing policy for One Day musical by Chris Wiegand

A letter from 15 critics to the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh condemns 'divisive move' that saw non-Scottish publications excluded from reviewing the musical's press night Theatre critics in Sco…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36am on March 18, 2026[SHARE]

Gillian Anderson to get 'in the ring' with Billy Crudup for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London by Chris Wiegand

The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee's classic, directed by Marianne Elliott Gillian Anderson is to return to the West End…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36am on March 18, 2026[SHARE]

Leslie Odom Jr, Broadway's original Aaron Burr, to join London cast of Hamilton by Chris Wiegand

Actor who won a Tony award in Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical will reprise the role for West End debut Leslie Odom Jr, who originated the role of Aaron Burr in Hamilton on Broadway, is to r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06am on March 6, 2026[SHARE]

Paddington and Into the Woods up for 11 Olivier awards each by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Two musicals dominate nominations while Tom Hiddleston and Bryan Cranston vie for best actor, with Cate Blanchett and Rosamund Pike up for best actress' Olivier awards 2026: full list of nom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06am on March 5, 2026[SHARE]

'I won't be on roller skates!' Nick Mohammed to host Olivier awards in 50th anniversary year by Chris Wiegand

Ted Lasso star and Celebrity Traitors finalist will take the helm at Royal Albert Hall ceremony in London next month as special award recipients are announced Nick Mohammed has been named as…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01am on March 3, 2026[SHARE]
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