Brian Friel drama promises 'emotional thwack', with star joining David Threlfall and Indira Varma at the Old Vic Michael Sheen is to return to the stage in a revival of Brian Friel's Faith H…
Shakespeare at a cricket ground, a festival in a bombed-out church and park-bench drama " plus more socially distanced shows to enjoy this month August is over but there's still time to enjo…
Jennifer Lunn wins £2,500 prize for drama Es and Flo, whose fringe premiere was sabotaged by the Covid pandemic A drama about an ageing lesbian couple's love, and their experience of disc…
A theatrical reading of the children's classic, directed by Ned Bennett, will be free online One has mouldy cereal in his beard and revoltingly hairy ears; the other has a glass eye and a po…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis concert version of Timothy Sheader's revelatory 2016 production made a virtue of distancing on stage " were there a roof it would have blown off 'C…
John Godber's B&B drama " performed by the playwright, with his family " launches programme that includes one-woman Christmas show A play written by John Godber during lockdown is to be …
At Soho studios soon to be replaced by a hotel, ThisEgg theatre company turn a time of destruction into celebration Amid traffic cones and breeze blocks, the diggers are out in Soho. Nothing…
Doctor Who: Time Fracture has been adapted by the team behind long-running immersive F Scott Fitzgerald show The Great Gatsby It has been a screen sensation for almost 60 years, with a huge …
Watson, whose final performance in a new Wayne McGregor production has been postponed by Covid, will join the company's team of coaches He has stunned Covent Garden audiences as the doomed P…
The comic, who was testing out new material, said 'You've ruined it' before leaving The comedian Russell Howard cut short a standup set in Bristol on Wednesday night after discovering an aud…
At livestreamed event actor says it was thought before March people would not observe rules The actor Sir Ian McKellen has said that the British government "underestimated" the public by ini…
This ingeniously designed mystery game is a summer escape made with wonder and wellbeing at its heart The best theatre and dance to watch online If you grew up reading The Famous Five and Th…
From Brighton to Belfast, socially distanced performances are popping up in unexpected spaces, including the beach, a shopping centre and a church 'Dive in!" commanded the cover of Brighton …
A socially distanced audience will sit among objects recalling Northern Ireland's prolonged conflict and the pandemic in a piece about mourning In a verse dedicated to his aunt, the Irish po…
Writer says production of Dickens classic will debut at Nottingham Playhouse in October 2021 due to uncertainty over reopening of UK theatres Mark Gatiss's adaptation of A Christmas Carol ha…
Live-streamed production of Three Kings rescheduled for second time as actor is 'still not well enough to perform' A live-streamed theatre production starring Andrew Scott has been delayed f…
With this year's Edinburgh festival cancelled, performers including Sara Pascoe, Deborah Frances-White and Gary McNair will be broadcasting live from the tiniest of venues It started as a th…
The union Equity said that the PM's last-minute announcement was 'distressing news' as venues in England face financial hit The government's last-minute delay to lockdown easing has left the…
The £12,000 prize is a galvanising moment for industry that must 'rejuvenate rather than regress' after the Covid-19 pandemic The longlisted writers for a new prize for female playwrights…
Ptaszynski whose hits included the musical Matilda was one of the West End's 'greatest experts' Tributes have been paid to the distinguished theatre producer André Ptaszynski, who has died …
Mold's Theatr Clwyd has not put on a show in months but remains vital for its community during the pandemic, delivering food and enabling young people's creativity During lockdown, artistic …
Culture secretary says he 'does not want to give false hope' to ailing industry, with timescale not expected before November Lockdown culture: the best theatre and dance online The culture s…
Theatre reopens at 30% capacity for Beverley Knight performance to showcase stringent hygiene methods Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The singer Beverley Knig…
The NT's online platform offers personalised, interactive adventure tales for young children during the summer holidays The National Theatre has launched an online story service that will cr…
The conversation about race 'has changed in theatre, as it has across society', says original director of the show Get Up, Stand Up! Clint Dyer is to direct a new stage musical about Bob Mar…