Available onlineHannah Lavery's play about the death of a man in police custody in 2015 is both impassioned and poetic 'It's not Black Lives Matter," says one of the characters in Hannah Lav…
Available onlinePlaying to a live online audience, mind-reader Scott Silven appears to know our thoughts before we do The joy of a magic trick is in the moment. The magician defies the rule…
You are the solo performer and audience in this quietly transformative piece whose script is delivered to your door One of the things they teach playwrights is character development. If your…
Online via Gaiety, AyrThickSkin's intense, flickering two-hander about automatons in a totalitarian regime makes gripping, immersive VR viewing As if 2020 were not dystopian enough, ThickSki…
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh/onlineThe comedian " on a solo tour of UK theatres " finds warm and funny layers of humanity in the small details of everyday lives Daniel Kitson doesn't strike you a…
Available onlineUntimely deaths, ritual sacrifice, the supernatural ... steel yourself for a 90-minute immersive quest that's an escape room for the age of social distancing It's bad form to…
Available onlineThe imperilled astronauts' story is retold with a topical slant and a mastery of slow-burn tension What makes this play by Torben Betts gripping is the thrill of a life-and-d…
Available onlineLive Theatre's series of short plays range from the joys and perils of gardening to a howl of rage against a cruel stepmother Anyone remember the olden days? They used to hav…
Available onlineThe sacred salmon is the star of Pitlochry Festival theatre's series of poems and plays inspired by the mysterious River Tay You can't fault Pitlochry Festival theatre for i…
Available onlineTraverse flies the Edinburgh festival flag with audio plays tackling 'what happens after an earth-shattering event', doomsday cults and slippery politics This is the time of…
Edinburgh University's ImprovBot uses data from eight years of past productions to invent tantalising no-shows You can see how it happens. The company has yet to start devising the show, but…
Available onlineHope Dickson Leach's magical, flickering film of past and postponed works is a dazzling theatrical relay race The test of a good production of Peter Pan is the scene where t…
Available onlineCumming, Val McDermid and others explore pandemic life in this series from National Theatre of Scotland and the BBC During the Covid crisis, the Victoria and Albert Museum in…
Available onlineThere are a string of cartoonish events and a jangly slice of chart-topping indie pop in this play about missed opportunities Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and d…
Available onlineJack Nurse and Robbie Gordon debate the problems and prudishness surrounding pornography in a lively audio play adapted from the stage Stories to Connect Us is the name given…
Available onlineDarkfield's eerie two-person sound experience is a gothic horror that ingeniously overcomes the usual pitfalls of online theatre 'This is supposed to be a controlled space, a…
Available onlinePerformed live on YouTube and Instagram, this play's study of bling, hedonism and vacuous consumption stands in starker relief than ever WhatsApp pings with a message from my…
Available onlineMixing existential soul-searching with wry comedy, this is an adventurous production starring its viewers Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance online The stor…
Available onlineWinsome Pinnock's play, responding to JMW Turner's Slave Ship painting, is a timely contribution to the Black Lives Matter campaign Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre…
The playwright and the director Elizabeth Newman on how they reimagined their new theatre production for radio in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak 'We never ask the right question of the…
Available onlineIan Rankin's stalwart detective struggles with self-isolation in one of six quarantine-themed short films from the National Theatre of Scotland Hottest front-room seats: the …
Available onlineAndré Sills dominates the stage as a leader hungry for battle in Robert Lepage's up-to-date take on Shakespeare's tragedy Hottest front-room seats: best theatre and dance on…
Available onlineFrom a violent prisoner to a haunted children's entertainer, these up-close-and-personal new monologues by Rona Munro show us characters in retreat from the outside world ' H…
Available onlineMercury Theatre Colchester and St Helens Theatre Royal have both launched online pantomimes for isolated audiences Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to wa…
The world's biggest arts festival is loved for its camaraderie and inspiration. This feels like cancelling Christmas " but performers will respond creatively The story used to be about how e…