Since last March I have been remembering a lifetime of plays. Each one has reminded me what we're missing Theatre is an artform of the memory. A night at the theatre is a fugitive experience…
On her 90th birthday, look back at some of the British actor's great roles in the West End, on Broadway and in film and TV Continue reading...
The acclaimed Swedish director's Projekt Europa will have a UK residency in Kent and collaborate with migrant theatre-makers Maria Aberg was having one of the busiest times of her 20-year th…
As the actor appears in a new production of Oscar Wilde's story, she talks about modelling, her anxieties for young people and the 'Pandora's box' of social media You're starring in a digit…
Leading artistic directors including Ivo van Hove, Shanta Thake and Thomas Ostermeier reflect on their nations' treatment of the arts during Covid. Introduction by Susannah Clapp In the disU…
Old Vic, London; available onlineJade Anouka sprints through American history, while all is calmly, inexorably revealed in Kiri Pritchard-McLean's subtle play about gaslighting The Old Vic h…
Available onlineWhile outrage against misogyny flares up once more, this collection of audio works by the Royal Exchange theatre celebrates marginalised and unsung female figures This year,…
There's a little while to wait before restrictions lift in the UK " here's the best home entertainment to tide you over Modern Toss on the road out of lockdown The OneAvailable now, Netfli…
Available onlinePart two in NTGent's Sorrows of Belgium trilogy is a visually arresting account of the rise of the Rex party and the horror of the second world war Director Luk Perceval's So…
Gemma Arterton and Emma Corrin will be among cast in set of dramas confronting urgent issues Producer Sonia Friedman and director Ian Rickson are to present a spring season of plays in the W…
Government has so far budgeted for £830m in Covid grants and loans but only £495m has been distributed Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A government fund…
Playwrights should be alive to the world, and that means being awake to the constant possibility of death Writers are fond of advising: "Write as if you are dying." The threat of death is me…
Available onlineIn Steppenwolf theatre company's creepy satire on palace life, two women have an intense teatime meeting It is tempting to assume that an American drama about black women cau…
Actor behind Blackstage UK web series says pandemic offers opportunity to address structural racism in arts British theatre needs to be "completely rebuilt" in the wake of Covid-19 to make i…
It began as a way to moan about the pandemic " or avoid childcare. Now Lockdown Parenting Hell is downloaded 2m times a month. The comedians chat fatherhood, burnout " and dreaming of the pu…
He's no stranger to walk-outs and trigger warnings. So the daring dramatist is amazed the BBC is broadcasting his dark new play about a Belfast woman's lockdown crisis A decade ago, David Ir…
Performing on the tips of the toes is part of the mystique of a female ballerina but male dancers devoted to the pointe technique want to be taken more seriously "I was always attracted to p…
Bajrang Dal hardliners in Madhya Pradesh threaten violence over plays 'disrespectful to the Indian flag' Rightwing Hindu vigilante groups in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have forced th…
After 60 years with the Bard, John Bell reflects on how the playwright turned home quarantine into a source of productivity As live performance venues reopen in Australia and move towards f…
BBC Radio 4David Mamet's new play, adapted as an audio drama, follows an indomitable Manhattanite willing to sacrifice everything to save her murderer son It is peculiarly low-key for a pla…
Actor and songwriter best known for playing Jim Trott in the BBC's comedy series The Vicar of DibleyTrevor Peacock, the actor and songwriter, who has died aged 89 after suffering from dement…
The actors and old friends talk about how theatre beats TV, the terror of standup " and the joys of making Yoko Ono crack up John Simm's dad encouraged him towards a career on stage; Tracy-A…
In this winning romcom, comedian Jessica Williams has a sparky energy that evokes theatre at its most immediate "I would literally rather have my period non-stop for a thousand years than ha…
Thirst Trap and Swimming Home are two new audio productions which audiences listen to while submerged " but don't expect a relaxing soak Two new immersive audio shows involve running a warm …
The rights to the novel which inspired Netflix's most watched limited series were acquired by a New York production company It's not quite checkmate on The Queen's Gambit. The wildly popular…