1,039 stories by "Chris Wiegand"
The socially distanced 400-seat venue will stage Alice in Wonderland with contemporary Manchester songs
A new outdoor theatre in Manchester is to present productions of A Midsummer Night's D…
The mock classical actor created by Nigel Planer and Christopher Douglas scaled the heights at the RSC and the 'Nash'. Now, he's ready for a comeback
If you've ever marvelled at an actor "tr…
Jane Birkin and Geraldine Chaplin star in the French director's enthralling and perplexing drama about rehearsals for a one-off performance
The stage on screen: more films about theatre
An …
The Kendal family of actors star in a story inspired by their travels around India, whose booming film industry upstages their theatrical troupe
The stage on screen: more films about theatre…
Spall will replace Rhys Ifans as Atticus Finch in production opening at the Gielgud theatre in March 2022
Rafe Spall is to play Atticus Finch in the West End premiere of To Kill a Mockingbir…
Reconfigured Olivier theatre will show Dylan Thomas classic in June reopening with Jack Thorne play set for Dorfman stage
The National Theatre in London is set to reopen in June with a new v…
The actors talk about applause, auditions, how they fell in love with the theatre " and the extraordinary high of delivering the perfect line
David Oyelowo and Alfred Molina have been friend…
In this stylish Japanese classic, a performer uses theatrical techniques to engineer the deaths of his enemies
The stage on screen: more films about theatre
We sometimes talk of scene-steale…
Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers have provided inspiration across stage and screen, via slang-singing gangs and warring garden ornaments
Modern Toss on Shakespeare's classic romance
Sun's…
Shakespeare tragedy will be followed by The Cherry Orchard with a cast including Steven Berkoff and Jenny Seagrove
Sir Ian McKellen's return to the role of Hamlet, 50 years after he first to…
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…
