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…
Minack theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall; Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterAn unflappable duo braved the elements in Willy Russell's comedy drama, while Shakespeare's crowd-pleaser cheere…
Bridge theatre, LondonIn the return of live indoor theatre, Ralph Fiennes delivers the playwright's fury at the government's response to the virus " and his despair when he catches it himsel…
British artistic director says immediate termination of her contract is 'inexplicable' The British arts director Ruth Mackenzie has lost her job at one of France's most prestigious theatres …
Prestigious Ballet West ceases operations following claims against former vice-principal One of Scotland's most prestigious ballet schools has closed after allegations of sexual misconduct a…
Available onlineCommissioned by Sadler's Wells, Jonzi D's new black-and white film powerfully weaves poetry and dance in a tribute to black women who have suffered violence The best theatre …
Jennifer Lunn wins £2,500 prize for drama Es and Flo, whose fringe premiere was sabotaged by the Covid pandemic A drama about an ageing lesbian couple's love, and their experience of disc…
Available online The familiar story of transformation, in the company's 2010 production, is given a free video outing two months before a new live ballet is set to debut The best theatre and…
A theatrical reading of the children's classic, directed by Ned Bennett, will be free online One has mouldy cereal in his beard and revoltingly hairy ears; the other has a glass eye and a po…
The superbly physical dancer is retiring as a principal of the Royal, although he will continue to work as a coach. Here is a feast of his career highlights, all photographed for the Guardia…
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…
Just after becoming a new father, the author and dramatist abandoned his family. Charlie Gilmour, his son, tries to solve the riddle of the man he never really knew Within minutes of my arri…
The first new indoor musical since theatres closed in March is a version of the Meg Ryan romcom starring Kimberley Walsh. Will it persuade West End producers that the show can go on despite …
User Not Found, Dante or Die's story about loss and digital legacy, has been refreshed for a lockdown audience who have grown accustomed to grieving and creating intimacy online 'If your par…
Audiobook, available onlinePenguin's fine pandemic audio festival delivers hours of laughs from comics including Jordan Brookes, Glamrou, Mo Amar, Michelle de Swarte and Sheeps 'I'm just ima…
Alan Cumming puts his trademark drollery to diabolic effect in this exhilarating twist on Little Red Riding Hood Each week through these Covid months the National Theatre of Scotland has bee…
Hip-hop dance, optical illusions and pre-Tinder internet dating all feature in Zoo's eclectic digital programme The best theatre and dance to watch online For those missing the Edinburgh fes…
A gentle and touching new story from New Perspectives theatre company unfolds in six deliveries, spanning two continents and three decades A postcard slips through the letterbox and lands li…
The standup and TV personality on the things that make him laugh the most The sheer quality of the sketches by Irish comedy troupe Foil Arms & Hog make it hard to single one out. Continu…
Lebanon's performers rally to fundraise and tell stories of survival in country devastated by disaster The deadly explosion in Beirut on 4 August was likened to 15 years of war in 15 seconds…
Available onlineJawole Willa Jo Zollar's three-decade-old piece on homelessness takes on potent new meaning during Covid crisis The best theatre and dance to watch online Some dances seem ti…
Available onlineNeighbours clash over racism and sexism in the Abbey theatre's virtual production of Lisa Tierney-Keogh's highly topical drama The six members of a Dublin residents' associat…
This interactive solo performed by Lucy Aarden as the Stratford playwright is irresistible " even the chickens love it 'Ovid wrote The Metamorphoses in quarantine. What are you doing with yo…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis concert version of Timothy Sheader's revelatory 2016 production made a virtue of distancing on stage " were there a roof it would have blown off 'C…
John Godber's B&B drama " performed by the playwright, with his family " launches programme that includes one-woman Christmas show A play written by John Godber during lockdown is to be …