Education secretary Gavin Williamson says money will be put towards Stem and medicine courses Ministers have been accused of "one of the biggest attacks on arts and entertainment in English …
Available onlineIn Gary McNair's jovial audio play, a woman rediscovers a connection with her home town and her dead father by following a Scottish football team for a season Who doesn't lov…
Award-winning wigmaker who was always in great demand for Broadway musicals, West End shows, film and televisionPatti LuPone's second-act wig for the 1979 Broadway production of Evita is sub…
Amid widespread cancellations of performances, theatre unions and trade bodies say 'a vital industry' has been let down Theatre unions and trade bodies claim the UK government has "let down …
Arcola Outside, LondonSwooning Sloanes give Marivaux's class criss-crossing comedy a modern twist in this theatre's new outdoor venue This modern version of Marivaux's romantic 18th-century …
After weeks of Covid-related cancellations, the industry is braced for what could be its most challenging period. Theatres in Glasgow, Manchester and London give their view Theatre is a hous…
The composer calls it 'a devastating decision that will affect the livelihoods of hundreds of people, and disappoint thousands' Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced the cancellation of the open…
A revival of The Browning Version at Riverside Studios has been called off after cast members' illness and self-isolation disrupted rehearsals A major summer theatre production starring and …
What does Mamet's 1992 play about a college professor accused of sexual harassment say in the wake of #MeToo? Lucy Bailey, director of its West End revival, discusses its power Director Lucy…
Steven Berkoff and Emmanuella Cole will not be part of production when it opens on Monday An age- and gender-blind production of Hamlet starring Sir Ian McKellen will open this week without …
This month, Lucy St Louis becomes the first woman of colour to play Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical in the West End The first black actor to star as Christine in The Phantom of th…
While capacity crowds are now allowed, productions are being shut down by isolation rules as cast members are 'pinged' Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage West End …
Chichester Festival theatreDaniel Evans's production bursts with energy as it foregrounds an anti-racist message in the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic I have always flinched from the seduct…
Available onlineMarianela Nuñez's irresistible Aurora, a Wayne McGregor pas de deux and one soloist's swansong are highlights of the Royal's 90th anniversary show As dance shakes out its …
The television presenter talks about walking the dogs in the park, a warm Co-op croissant and watching some nonsense on Netflix What time are you up? About 7.30am. We can't lie in because of…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonEmma Corrin and and Nabhaan Rizwan give excellent performances in Joseph Charlton's two-hander which has a fizzing hi-tech design Damien Hirst's conceptual art i…
The podcaster talks to the online satirist about the joys of rhyming, the limits of macho culture and mocking Matt Hancock George the Poet first met Munya Chawawa when he was invited on the …
The actor, comedian, writer and standup on the things that make her laugh the most Mitch Hedberg or Bernie Mac. Neither live, or alive, sadly. Continue reading...
Ian McKellen played Shakespeare's tragic prince in 1971. Now, half a century later, he has returned to the role at Theatre Royal Windsor " one of the year's hottest stage tickets Continue re…
Preston Park, BrightonLou Sanders, Ed Gamble and John Robins cracked jokes for an acres-wide crowd, with O'Doherty's delightful stream of consciousness the highlight Save for incapacitating …
The audience thought it was part of the play and gave us a round of applause. I remember thinking I was about to die When I was cast in a travelling production of Hamlet in 2011, I was very …
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough In Laura Wade's clever play, her heroine becomes a 50s housewife but 21st-century gender politics lurk under the Formica surface In the row behind me, a w…
It has a stellar cast including Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming. But sadly, Apple TV+'s Brigadoon parody is lacking in every other way What would you t…
Dumfries course teaches 11- to 18-year-olds how to create a persona, apply makeup and the history of drag "You can use drag to explore anything you want to," says Natalie Doidge, the organis…
Bush theatre, LondonRonkẹ Adékoluẹjo oozes charm and confidence in Benedict Lombe's superb memoir-monologue Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo is luminous in Benedict Lombe's passionate …