1,004 stories by "Chris Wiegand"
A solo theatre adaptation, co-produced by Theatre Royal Bath and the Royal & Derngate, will tour the UK this summer
Ralph Fiennes is to direct and star in a solo theatre adaptation of TS…
Shote appeared on the West End, television and stages across the UK, and was artistic director of OrÃsun Productions, focusing on talent from the African diaspora
Tributes have been paid …
The Oscar-winning star portrayed rival gang leaders in the stage and screen versions of the classic musical. He remembers dancing with Marilyn Monroe, playing Dracula and his role as a tromb…
The stars of Netflix's Bridgerton and Hollywood talk about singing in the shower, the alchemy of the theatre " and why no one in Stephen Sondheim's Company would ask LuPone to dance
Patti Lu…
A long-lost London playhouse and Rada's headquarters feature in this 1950 caper starring a showstopping Marlene Dietrich
The stage on screen: more films about theatre
Abraham Lincoln's assa…
As the actor appears in a new production of Oscar Wilde's story, she talks about modelling, her anxieties for young people and the 'Pandora's box' of social media
You're starring in a digit…
Gemma Arterton and Emma Corrin will be among cast in set of dramas confronting urgent issues
Producer Sonia Friedman and director Ian Rickson are to present a spring season of plays in the W…
The actors and old friends talk about how theatre beats TV, the terror of standup " and the joys of making Yoko Ono crack up
John Simm's dad encouraged him towards a career on stage; Tracy-A…
In this winning romcom, comedian Jessica Williams has a sparky energy that evokes theatre at its most immediate
"I would literally rather have my period non-stop for a thousand years than ha…
The pair will contribute original music for adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger bestseller expected on stage by early next year
With UK venues closed because of the pandemic, theatregoers woul…
Available onlineIntergenerational racism is explored in James Anthony Tyler's gripping play, as a son and his father try to find a way to live together
An ageing father has just moved into h…
The musician's voice will be heard in the new online show, which combines virtual reality and live performance
A groundbreaking interactive Shakespeare production that features motion-captu…
The actors have been friends since they starred together at the National. They talk about their showbiz debuts, the dangers of getting wrapped up in roles " and the thrills to come when thea…
Katharina Wyss's film features a phenomenal debut from Leone Balthasar as an adolescent who uses theatre to both escape " and express " her demons
Sarah Plays a Werewolf is a film about a sm…
Ingmar Bergman's movie unpacks, like no other, the intimate emotional processes of staging and seeing a play
In the opening scene of Fanny and Alexander, a boy is alone in an empty house, pl…
The stars of stage and screen chat about playing witches, seeing ghosts and stepping into another legend's shoes
They have enjoyed huge success on TV with The Undoing and Killing Eve, respec…
The theatre legends look back at working with Laurence Olivier and Peter O'Toole, the pain of biting reviews, the joy of a good run " and the agonies of being miscast
Derek Jacobi and Simon …
Our series on films about theatre continues with a British comedy in which variety acts face an existential threat when TV steals their audience
Theatres around the country are shutting thei…
They have been friends for 50 years. With theatres closed, they reflect on the joy " and hidden drama " of a life in acting
Theatres around the UK have been kept dark by Covid, and it could …
Our series on films about theatre continues with a boozy, darkly funny comedy that captures the event's pick'n'mix quality
No matter how much you miss theatre, you still wouldn't want to see…
Our series on films about the stage continues with the 1980 classic about a playhouse in occupied Paris, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu
The directors of the French New Wave…
Beth Steel, Frances Poet, Dawn King and Janice Okoh nominated despite many plays being postponed or cut short due to coronavirus
Plays about the interrogation of Saddam Hussein, crimes again…
The actor is in 'doggy and musical heaven' " hosting a primetime grooming show on TV and returning to the stage for a showtune extravaganza. So who's got the best topknot: her or the shih tz…
Continuing our series on the best films about theatre, a 200-year-old Japanese ghost story takes centre stage in a movie merging reality and fantasy
The prolific Japanese director Takashi Mi…
Gena Rowlands plays an actor frustrated with her character in a backstage drama that kicks off our series on the ways cinema depicts theatre
One of many tantalising theatre shows cancelled l…
