After a tough year for theatre, our chief critic celebrates the joy of the Christmas show, while five festive performers reveal how it feels to be waiting in the wings Remember your first ev…
20 July 1938 " 10 September 2020 The actor and writer, who wrote an episode of Doctor Who for Rigg, recalls the joy of seeing her flit effortlessly between serious drama and outrageous camp …
Theatre Royal BathRosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger are captivating in David Mamet's 1992 two-hander about a university student and professor in a battle of power, privilege and consent An …
Almeida; Bridge; Big House; Hampstead, LondonAs theatres ease into the new normal, the Almeida and Big House celebrate connection and isolation, while Nicholas Hytner's A Christmas Carol del…
The late actor took on Brecht, Falstaff and panto and will be remembered for her collaborations with Joan Littlewood Peter Bradshaw on her film career Fame is a funny thing. Barbara Windsor …
Available onlineThis belter of a production is larger than life, with cartoon accents, embellished dialogue and eye-popping outfits King Shirley XII has an awful lot of clothes. His dressing…
Garrick theatre, London Panto innuendo, outrageous caricatures and death by crispy pancake haunt a riotous Christmas whodunnit A cast of drag kings and queens have been summoned to a West En…
From a weather room to dating in the bar, the theatre is inviting audiences to experience 'editions' of a weekly paper staged in its building. Our critic gets an exclusive look From an alley…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonThe emotional and physical distance of this epistolary novel for the stage is ideal for Covid-era theatre, performed here with power and finesse Pandemic theat…
New government loans welcomed by National Theatre as 'a vital lifeline that will form part of our recovery' Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than £165m…
Carmen Ali and Siân Docksey are among the comedians who riff on their experiences as strippers. The pandemic has revealed both industries to be precarious " but they're looking out for ea…
Available online The Pin's Alex Owen, Katy Wix and Lolly Adefope are among the cast in a superb series about a delusional wannabe auteur Where there is sitcom, there is (usually) self-delusi…
Available online Filmed at Pitlochry when a live show was prevented, Elizabeth Newman's charming adventure channels star power to rescue festive spirit Elizabeth Newman is the director who …
Almeida theatre, LondonDevised with the company, this is a bold but rough-hewn and perplexing production lifted by soothing music 'This is not a corona play," the production notes state. It …
The Unicorn and Filskit Theatre company present a Christmas treat for children aged two to five. Huddle is the tale of an Emperor penguin and his new chick learning how to thrive against the…
Bush theatre, London Reece Lyons stars in Travis Alabanza's thought-provoking play which explores trans safety and is set in a public toilet Rosie is trapped in a bathroom. Tugging at her ve…
Hampstead theatre, LondonThis revival of Harold Pinter's two-hander about a pair of Beckettian hitmen raises questions for the age of strongman politics There is an "amusing story" about the…
Available onlineA melancholic fairytale, African shadow puppetry and a haunted proscenium are among the first five offerings from the Lyceum's series of Christmas plays How many ways are the…
Available onlineThe I'm a Celebrity survivor and Masked Singer host makes irresistible use of his tabloid sex scandal in this fun set Standup doesn't work on TV, they used to say. But now TV…
The dancer, who has been announced as the new artistic director of the Leeds-based company, shares his ambitions for the future Dane Hurst was learning to dance in "a ramshackle, termite-inf…
Tristram Kenton photographs theatre performances in unusual locations, in the latest selection from his archive Continue reading...
Chloé Lopes Gomes claims she was repeatedly told she did not fit in because of her skin colour The first black female dancer at Berlin's principal ballet company has accused the institution…
Bridge theatre, LondonSimon Russell Beale stars in an economical Dickens adaptation that reminds us of the richness of live theatre What has made this Victorian tale of child poverty, stalki…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonPaul Harvard's debut play, about homophobia and sexual assault, shows promise and has a complex lead but lacks focus Exploring the life of a man trying to quit t…
Russell Maliphant places movement front and centre of A Christmas Carol and dance is also boosting screen successes like Lovers Rock and Giri/Haji Dance and cinema have a common source. The …