1,003 stories by "Chris Wiegand"
Old Laundry theatre in Bowness-on-Windermere will change its name next year and premiere show to mark 10th anniversary of comedian's death
A theatre in the Lake District is to be renamed for…
The Space Man singer said he was honoured to take lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera, due to open at the London Palladium next summer
The singer-songwriter Sam Ryder, best known for hi…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonInitially buckling under the world's weight, seven dancers shed fear and hold on to joy as they replace climate anxiety with collective action
Eulogising a show f…
Passenger reworks songs from his hit musical while Tanika Gupta gives Ibsen a Hollywood makeover and TikTok becomes a stage for young playwrights
When Rachel Joyce's bestseller about a retir…
The hit Scottish comedy about suburban neighbours will move from screen to stage next year at Glasgow's Hydro
Two Doors Down, the BBC comedy series about a suburban Scottish couple with cons…
The Hollywood actor will star in a new version of the Chekhov classic by writer-director Simon Stone at the Bridge theatre from July
Star Trek's Chris Pine will boldly go to the Bridge next …
New Wolsey theatre, IpswichA couple mourn the loss of their daughter in an adaptation that is far better at conveying sadness than suspense
Daphne du Maurier's 1971 story Don't Look Now open…
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonA young officer becomes the de facto carer of a vulnerable inmate in Evan Placey's well-observed play about a stretched Prison Service
A decade ago, playwr…
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonThe performance artist's first solo show in five years considers the plight of our planet, with a compelling mix of standup, songs and folk horror
It may cont…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonFeaturing 20 of the band's disco-funk songs, this jukebox musical has sparkle but comes with an infuriating concept and little depth of characterisation
Fifty ye…
The OC star will take the role made famous by Barbara Stanwyck in James M Cain's classic noir tale of murder and deceit, touring the UK in early 2026
Mischa Barton is to make her UK stage de…
Curve theatre, LeicesterIn a moving memory play, Anna Jordan charts the course of a relationship which begins with the sharing of a mobile hotspot
Most of us simply dig up memories but the c…
Kontakthof is a 1978 show full of tenderness, violence and horror. Now, in a spectacular production, its first performers are bringing it back. But would Bausch have approved?
Theatres are h…
Performance of the once controversial poem was planned for its 40th anniversary but will now double as a tribute to writer who died last week
Tony Harrison's state-of-the-nation poem V is to…
The Other Palace, LondonGeorgina Castle and Josh St Clair make a likable couple who endlessly replay their first meeting but this adaptation needs more emotional punch
Perhaps it's unfair to…
Old Red Lion theatre, LondonPuppetry and silent cinema techniques are used to retell Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel and its film version in a show played for laughs rather than thrills
Rep thea…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonMatthew Xia directs a consummate adaptation of the 1972 Jamaican thriller, whose irresistible soundtrack is bolstered by new songs
Scene-setting doesn't g…
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolEllie Hurt directs a dynamic production that boasts sensational lead performances by Zoe West and Alicia Forde
Romeo and Juliet is a play that lives or dies by the…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonAlmost 30 years on, the Irish playwright's intimate drama brims with painful memories and comedy " brought to dazzling effect by a flawless cast
Conor McPherson'…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonA fixation on how to frame Bram Stoker's story disrupts the flow of this feminist reboot, killing the fear factor
Drac is back. Earlier this year, the caped bloodsuc…
Minerva theatre, Chichester Justin Audibert's lucid production is classically considered, with a fine cast making full unsettling use of the intimate space
By the tim…
The Tony award-winning actor will play the marshal in a London stage adaptation of the 1952 western that won Cooper an Oscar
Billy Crudup is to take on the role that won Gary Cooper an Oscar…
Rebecca Lucy Taylor will play Maggie, a role originated by Helen Mirren, in a 'landmark' 50th anniversary production in London in March
Fifty years after Helen Mirren originated the role, Re…
Royal Court theatre, London Katie Mitchell, Nina Segal and Melanie Wilson's 'experiment in performance' uses expressive performance and inventive sonic effects to bring a wordless world to l…
John Cleese's stage version of his beloved sitcom, a cast recording of Cornish musical The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Robert Wilson's production of Handel's Messiah are among Septem…