The late-night hub is replacing its cancelled fringe programme with new virtual offerings alongside archive footage The Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh's uproarious palace of late-night comedy, h…
Artistic directors say it's a 'civic duty' to open up as their venues play a vital role for their communities beyond entertainment The easing of coronavirus restrictions means that from 4 Ju…
Stars including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Neil Patrick Harris perform lyrics of hope and solidarity from home in these five videos Counting the minutes until you can stream the Hamilton film on…
Old Vic, LondonIn a socially distanced stage production, performed to a Zoom audience, Duncan Macmillan's play acquires new pertinence More than three months after UK theatres were closed by…
Plan announced by culture secretary Oliver Dowden lacks investment and timeframes say theatre unions and creatives Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It was pres…
Available onlineThe absence of an audience increases the sense of desolation in writer-performer Alistair Hall's compelling monologue When Jimbo first meets Declan at his Nan's birthday part…
Available onlineThis Zoom show for families captures the buzz of theatre and asks the audience to dress up and make their own sound effects Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and da…
Airlocks, infrared cameras and remote temperature-taking all part of plan adapted from The Phantom of the Opera production in South Korea Andrew Lloyd Webber will use the London Palladium to…
Romeo and Juliet become online daters unable to meet in a new project that celebrates freelance creatives When the UK went into lockdown in March, a tempest of tweets shared the heartening (…
Public Campaign for the Arts stresses theatre's benefits on community, education and mental health as 'crunch time' looms Culture in peril: how UK arts sector has been brought to its knees A…
West End producer also delays Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera as consultation over possible job losses begins Four of London's most successful stage musicals will not reopen until …
The festival will roll out a series of 'artistic interventions' across the Scottish capital in August A series of "artistic interventions" has been announced by the Edinburgh international f…
Chappelle performs a surprise new set, entitled 8:46, before a socially distanced audience Comedian Dave Chappelle has released a blistering Netflix special in which he addresses the killin…
The NT's popular online initiative continues with the ambitious 2019 adaptation of Andrea Levy's Windrush novel and four more shows The momentous stage adaptation of Andrea Levy's Windrush n…
The ballerina stars in a stylish short film made in isolation and is about to perform at the Royal Opera House after months away She has become one of the UK's best known ballerinas thanks t…
Dancers perform outside locked-down venues in a film accompanied by Living in a Ghost Town and co-created by Mick Jagger's partner, Melanie Hamrick Summer's here and, with the UK's arts venu…
Following the cancellation of its UK tour, the cast of Bourne's acclaimed dance production perform it in their living rooms and gardens in a 12-minute lockdown film Hottest front-room seats:…
Bumper takings for TV streaming services should be used to support performing arts industries, says Mendes as he outlines other rescue measures The director Sam Mendes has outlined a rescue …
Nottingham Playhouse revival of Alan Bennett's play is the 11th production in the NT's popular online initiative The National Theatre is to present Nottingham Playhouse's revival of Alan Ben…
Roy Alexander Weise reunites actors from his 2016 production of Katori Hall's play to raise funds for the legal costs of protesters Katori Hall's acclaimed play The Mountaintop, set on the …
Ian McKellen and Lesley Manville perform in fundraising videos organised by Collins for Equity's benevolent fund for creatives The actor Michelle Collins has warned that the screen and stage…
The comedy industry is in crisis and we could all do with hearing a few jokes. Here's a guide to the virtual gigs you can enjoy this week Like all comedy clubs, the Angel in London is closed…
Tickets will soon go on sale for a 'socially distanced' version of 2019 sellout to shore up theatre's 'seriously perilous' finances due to the coronavirus pandemic Claire Foy and Matt Smith …
When Chester Storyhouse asked how freelancers were faring under Covid lockdown, it was left 'shocked and enraged' at how perilous their finances are. Now it is calling for national action Th…
BBC commissions choreographer Corey Baker's splashy new lockdown-friendly take on the classic ballet It has been performed by ballet companies in the grandest of opera houses around the worl…