Available onlineJeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's characters deconstruct their own lines in a witty four-hander staged cleverly for streaming From Singin' in the Rain to A Chorus Line, there is a…
As he publishes a moving memoir, the comedian and Bake Off contestant tormentor talks about homophobic heckles, still living with his parents " and why he's never been in love In a deserted …
Tristram Kenton captures the debuts and breakthroughs of famous future faces including Emily Blunt, Martin Freeman, John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and many more Continue reading...
Available onlineBuild yourself a cosy den and make your own props for an imaginative, stereotype-busting home theatre experience that can't be confined Taking children to the theatre always …
Mike Bartlett's monologue brings us the inner life of a despotic public figure and Luke Barnes's over-the-phone drama is profoundly creepy A powerful man has broken the rules of lockdown, fl…
New shows from Manchester's Hope Mill, London's National Theatre and the Red Ladder touring company have all been cut short by Covid as venues close their doors once more Two of this autumn'…
Available onlineIn lieu of NYCB's 2020 season, five short pieces by new choreographers frame the Big Apple in colourful new ways New York City Ballet won't perform again until September 202…
Cultural venues in much of the UK are now closed to audiences, but one thing is clear: the shared experience of art should never be taken for granted The late summer and early autumn saw a m…
Available onlineThese bite-sized, beautifully written short plays give a powerful voice to aggrieved heroines from Greek and Roman mythology This three-part series enters the hearts and mind…
With England's theatres under lockdown, our series of extracts from unstaged scripts continues with a play about 1940s Labour minister Ellen Wilkinson The irony of "forgotten women of histor…
Crucible, SheffieldThree fine actors portray more than 35 characters over decades in Mojisola Elufowoju's impressive production of Oladipo Agboluaje's new play The bad news is: a second lock…
Olivier, London; Chichester Festival theatre; live streamThe sequel to Clint Dyer and Roy Williams's Death of England, plus works by Sarah Kane and Steven Carl McCasland, evoke rage and prej…
YouTube In character as an offensively aggressive comic, Heidecker weaves dodgy jokes with engaging meta twists, but ultimately a lack of variety spoils the party Parody hack standup is a ge…
Undeterred by Covid, theatre-makers are beaming innovative plays into people's homes via Zoom, WhatsApp and Minecraft Since mid-March, theatre-makers have been faced with a dilemma: how do …
Amazon Prime VideoThe American comic largely abstains from telling about his adventures in celibacy in a slick and wry standup special It's an odd one, this. American comic Kevin James Doyle…
For his new Channel 4 documentary, Khan " a dancer and choreographer for more than 30 years " trained with three fighters as he explored his relationship with violence 'I've never felt so in…
Available onlineJuliet Stevenson, Linda Bassett and others bring to life a fantasy dinner party thrown as the Nazis overrun France All does not go smoothly at Steven Carl McCasland's fantasy…
The NT's artistic director says a forthcoming Romeo and Juliet film will be unlike any other production " and reveals his plan B for a lockdown Dick Whittington The National Theatre reopened…
From Paris rooftops to a giant yellow inflatable, dancers find new places to perform in this batch of enthralling shorts Ballet Vlaanderen's ongoing Imagination Is Alive series pairs musicia…
Producer appeals to government to give venues advance notice about reopening following lockdown Leading theatre producer Nica Burns has praised chancellor Rishi Sunak's extension of the furl…
The director of My Night With Reg at the Royal Court remembers the uproarious experience of working with the actor and comedian, who has died aged 67 We first did Kevin Elyot's play My Night…
Olivier theatre, LondonMichael Balogun delivers this monologue " a sequel to Clint Dyer and Roy Williams' Death of England " with deftly controlled energy 'There have been other moments in h…
The creator of the cult show is not going quietly into his 70s. He talks about coming out as trans, going 'loopy' on crack " and speaking in tongues after suffering a stroke Richard O'Brien …
Mark Rylance in Jerusalem, Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Tribes and Matt Smith in That Face feature in Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton's archive of shots at the revered London theatre Contin…
Crucible, Sheffield/onlineA three-woman cast powerfully captures the shifting fortunes of a Nigerian family down the decades, from Ibadan to Britain With a cast of three on an almost bare st…