1,038 stories by "Chris Wiegand"
The actor will share the role with Danish dancer Johan Christensen in a new production this summer
Sir Ian McKellen is to play Hamlet for the third time in his career in a production this su…
Dorfman, LondonJude Christian's funny and suspenseful adaptation for children draws them into the heart of Shakespeare's story
Who hasn't occasionally wished Hamlet was a bit shorter? As we …
London venue to stage a reading of Natal'ya Vorozhbit's drama Bad Roads, which will also be livestreamed on the Guardian website
The Royal Court theatre in London is to present a day of soli…
Local heroes including screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and comedian Johnny Vegas will take stage at Shakespeare North Playhouse this summer
A new Shakespearean theatre is to open in Merseyside t…
Premiere of Theresa Rebeck's play will reunite the film and theatre stars who appeared in The Equalizer
The American blockbuster stars David Harbour and Bill Pullman are to share the stage i…
The first Russian to leave the company over her country's invasion of its neighbour will join the Dutch National Ballet
Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates
The prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, …
Bristol Old VicWith brilliant performances, eye-popping visuals and a gloriously profane script by Ross Willis, this is an unforgettable tale of adolescence
Here is an audaciously inventive,…
Winner Karis Kelly, writer of Consumed, had previously been considering a 'complete career change' as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
A playwright who was considering a "complete career ch…
Mercury theatre, ColchesterHandsomely staged, Mark Ravenhill's version of Charles Bennett's 1920s thriller includes pertinent concerns about policing and the abuse of power
An artist is dead…
The actor who passed out on stage said he had 'a bruised ego but I'm fine' and would be back to perform on Monday night
The actor Taron Egerton has said he will return to the stage "with a v…
Curve, LeicesterMolly-Grace Cutler is in fine voice in this jukebox musical but the story shortchanges the singer-songwriter's achievements
Like her 2012 memoir, A Natural Woman, this jukebo…
In a new monthly roundup, we pick 10 of the best shows to enjoy from home " including Shakespeare filmed in a church, a lavish musical and Gabriel Byrne's return to Dublin
With three new pla…
Barn theatre, CirencesterLee O'Reilly and Sam Denia prove deft and daft in a mystery spoof that is crammed with ideas
The question in this nimble murder-mystery spoof is not so much whodunni…
Gaiety theatre, DublinThe actor adapts his impressionistic memoir for the stage, giving life to the characters he observed as a boy in the 'theatre of the street'
Gabriel Byrne's 2020 book W…
Tempest's National Theatre play, Amanda Wilkin's Shedding a Skin and Benedict Lombe's Lava all shortlisted for major playwriting award
A reworking of Sophocles's tragedy Philoctetes by the p…
Known for his pioneering blaxploitation cinema, the late film director also created Don't Play Us Cheap, a goofy but soul-stirring Broadway hit that should not be forgotten
When Melvin Van P…
Actor aims to tell the Scottish poet's story 'using my whole body' in a production at the 75th Edinburgh international festival in August
Alan Cumming will play Scotland's national bard Robe…
The actor, who is taking on a one-off role as a detective, is ready for an all-singing, all-dancing production next
He has played a wizard, a supervillain and the great Shakespearean leads "…
Show scored by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary is set to become summer's hot ticket and will premiere in Cheltenham in July
After all those weekly showstopper challenges, it was perhaps inevit…
Available onlineStephen Joseph theatre's filmed seasonal offering is a proper winter warmer with some off-the-wall touches
Scarborough's Stephen Joseph theatre had to cancel almost half the …
Rambert dance company and writer Steven Knight team up for an 'inspiring and uplifting' touring production
The upcoming sixth series of blockbuster BBC drama Peaky Blinders will be the last …
'Blighted' by pandemic, Rufus Norris's festive production will end current run without a press night but return in November
The National Theatre has cancelled the official opening night for …
Dramas by Bryony Lavery, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Stephen Jeffreys also feature in readings to mark the venue's 50th birthday
A pint-sized theatre that opened in the backroom of a London p…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonLove Island's Amber Davies tops a charismatic cast, including Olympic gymnast Louis Smith, in a spirited show co-created by the Hamilton man
Before Hamilton, Lin-…
Curve, LeicesterA gifted company has the chops to do the 1975 New York musical proud, saluting an imperilled industry with an irresistible revival
'I'm a dancer: a dancer dances," says Cassi…
