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: …
As plays return to the stage here are some of the best " from Rent in Manchester to James Graham's Bubble in Nottingham Roy Williams and Clint Dyer's Death of England was a turbocharged mono…
The actor and author on starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, her Ballet Shoes sequel and the government response to theatre's crisis More than six months have passed since the pande…
The world's longest-running play had been due to welcome socially distanced audiences next month but is now delayed 'in view of uncertainty and with greater restrictions looming for London' …
Producer of the Olivier award-winning hit says costs can 'just about be covered' when it restarts as a socially distanced production " but significant financial risks remain The hit farce Th…
The Crown's Erin Doherty will star in Crave, staged for socially distanced audience and available online around the world Sarah Kane's play Crave is to be livestreamed when it is staged for …
Old Vic, LondonMichael Sheen, Indira Varma and David Threlfall are a superb trinity for Brian Friel's powerful monologues The Old Vic's livestream of Faith Healer " with the divine cast of M…
Performer stages protest to 'go to bat' for imperilled workforce overlooked by post-Covid reopening of schools, offices and pubs The best theatre and dance to watch online Beverley Knight h…
The Garden theatre at the Eagle, LondonA cast of six including Strictly's Joanne Clifton perform Stephen Schwartz's breezy songs in a new outdoor venue What a way to woo an audience! Pippin…
Dick Whittington presented in new in-the-round season that includes sequel to hit football play Death of England The National Theatre in London is to reopen next month with a season that inc…
Tributes paid to 'brilliant actor' who excelled in Shakespearean roles and worked with Federico Fellini, Stephen Frears and Roman Polanski The acclaimed British classical actor Barbara Jeffo…
London venue will host 'dynamic, political and disruptive' performances around its building The Royal Court theatre in London is to reopen to audiences in November, not with a play on either…