Cottle toured the UK and internationally for decades, promoting a variety of acts, before developing attractions at the limestone caves in Somerset The circus showman Gerry Cottle has died o…
The choreographer and influential teacher was a pioneer of contemporary dance in the UK Tributes have been paid to the choreographer Sir Robert Cohan, a pioneer of contemporary dance in Brit…
He tried dance to cope with grief " and found himself in a class with '25 mostly retired ladies'. It all fed into his new play, about his mother, his childhood and his obsession with Jemima …
Available online Polly Lister plays umpteen parts in this spirited Hans Christian Andersen adaptation filmed at Stephen Joseph theatre A couple of Christmases ago, in Theresa Heskins' produc…
Available onlineA special delivery from The Big Tiny uses a week's worth of puzzles, tricks and activities to tell the story of witches, wizards and a postman They've done it again. Last sum…
Perspex screens, CGI scenery and Covid tests before kissing … Sam Tutty and Emily Redpath reveal how they filmed a new Romeo and Juliet As the isolated teen in Dear Evan Hansen, Sam Tutty…
Available onlineAndrew Lloyd Webber's version of the 1950 film is smartly staged by Leicester's Curve, starring Ria Jones and Danny Mac When screenwriter Joe Gillis swerves into the drivewa…
Their inventive family shows have covered the climate crisis, the brain and, now, the Covid-19 pandemic. The mischievous trio discuss their story so far When they began staging shows for chi…
Choreographer and Fosse collaborator starred as Roxie in Chicago and appeared on screen in Annie Ann Reinking, the Broadway star whose elegant style, mesmerising physicality and piercing gaz…
Available onlineAn irrepressible Iain Lauchlan leads a trip to Prickly Bottom, where songs, toilet humour and Joe Wicks gags abound A good panto is for life, not just for Christmas. It's two…
Until theatre lovers can experience that alchemy on stage again, this initiative is one way to brighten up the month for those who can't visit a venue Never mind The Nutcracker " the most fu…
From winning an Oscar to starring opposite Rock Hudson " and coming out at 82, the theatre legend has done it all. But he came close to giving up acting to work on a hotdog stand "Shame on y…
Andrew Lincoln is Ebenezer Scrooge and Mother Christmas steps into the spotlight ... there are plenty of festive treats to watch from your front room this winter The Legend of Moby Dick Whit…
In an event for the theatrical charity Acting for Others, Dench, Smith, McKellen and Jacobi spoke about their highs and lows, superstitions and acting tips They are, according to their pal K…
This season, pantomimes are shifting from the theatre to drive-ins and online. Two shows will still make a song and dance about it Iain Lauchlan has been putting on panto in Coventry for alm…
Available onlineThis lonely hearts revue with songs cut from Follies and other musicals is a carousel of regrets and rapture Breaking up is hard to do " not just in relationships. When a son…
Dwan will play Winnie in a 60th-anniversary revival of the play at Riverside Studios in London It is, perhaps, the perfect play for lockdown, as the heroine fills the hours between "the bell…
Available onlineThe Little Angel theatre's inspirational show uses dance, rap and puppets to tell real and fictional tales about trailblazing female astronauts Before she became the first wo…
Available onlineJeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's characters deconstruct their own lines in a witty four-hander staged cleverly for streaming From Singin' in the Rain to A Chorus Line, there is a…
Available onlineBuild yourself a cosy den and make your own props for an imaginative, stereotype-busting home theatre experience that can't be confined Taking children to the theatre always …
New shows from Manchester's Hope Mill, London's National Theatre and the Red Ladder touring company have all been cut short by Covid as venues close their doors once more Two of this autumn'…
Producer appeals to government to give venues advance notice about reopening following lockdown Leading theatre producer Nica Burns has praised chancellor Rishi Sunak's extension of the furl…
As he returns in a new film version of Uncle Vanya, the star remembers when Covid shuttered the West End and reflects on the arts crisis You were playing the doctor, Astrov, in Ian Rickson's…
RSC aims to open its biggest Stratford theatre in December, but two other venues will remain closed until 2022 The Royal Shakespeare Company is to keep two of its theatres in Stratford-upon-…
Terera has withdrawn from Death of England: Delroy at the Olivier theatre due to emergency surgery Giles Terera has withdrawn from the upcoming National Theatre production Death of England: …