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Theatre has returned to Regent's Park in London with a socially distanced revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, plus comedy nights under the stars. We look back at memorable past productions Co…
The cancellation of this year's Edinburgh festival and fringe left many performers without a stage " so Richard Davenport shot the saucy sea witches and confused sheep closer to home instead…
At Soho studios soon to be replaced by a hotel, ThisEgg theatre company turn a time of destruction into celebration
Amid traffic cones and breeze blocks, the diggers are out in Soho. Nothing…
In this year of Covid, the Willow Globe in Powys is providing a lifeline to its community, says Jamie Wilkes of the Wet Mariners theatre company
'We've got to do that again in an hour," one …
Doctor Who: Time Fracture has been adapted by the team behind long-running immersive F Scott Fitzgerald show The Great Gatsby
It has been a screen sensation for almost 60 years, with a huge …
Trans actors, Palestine, Tony Blair, typecasting, socialists with multiple houses … as she stars in Rose, a play that covers everything from the Holocaust to the six-day war, the actor let…
Union Bectu said 185 jobs will go at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd and 669 at Delfont Mackintosh
Redundancies at theatre companies owned by the leading west end producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh are …
A canal in east London is not where you'd expect to watch Royal Ballet dancers but passersby have been overjoyed by pirouettes and acrobatics
The squeak of a jogger's trainers and the ting o…
Podcast There are secret recordings, spoof calls and cringing reflections in the performance artist's attempts to find meaning in life
'I used to be a comedian," says Kim Noble in part three…
From an elegant ode to San Francisco to Japanese hip-hop in a park, here's how dancers are tackling our new normal
This is the good stuff when it comes to lockdown dance. It helps, of course…
Our series ends with a passionate play about gender politics and women's rights that still rings true
When Elizabeth Robins's play was first produced in 1907, it was billed as "A Dramatic Tr…
Les Misérables producer latest to announce job losses as industry struggles to weather Covid-19
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Brilliant stage designer hailed for her work with the RSC and the Royal Opera HouseIn a career ranging from Peter Brook's greatest productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Marat/Sad…
The festival may be cancelled but our writer is determined to recreate the experience at home. So she pours a cider, steps into her bath " and logs on to the fringe's freakiest shows
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Donmar Warehouse, LondonThere is no escape for a socially distanced audience all wearing headphones from Simon Stephens's powerfully menacing adaptation of José Saramago
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Rowntree Park, York This tangled monologue " delivered to a socially spaced audience with emphatic charm by Chris Hannon " is a diverting way to bring open-air theatre back to life
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Playwright and director says BLM and the lockdown have prompted him to stage a financially risky season of black work
British culture has been guilty of "hoodwinking" black people into think…
Watson, whose final performance in a new Wayne McGregor production has been postponed by Covid, will join the company's team of coaches
He has stunned Covent Garden audiences as the doomed P…
Created to provide paid work and connect people of colour with audiences during Covid, a new online arts festival aims to be around for the long-term
'You can't just keep pulling up chairs,"…
The comic, who was testing out new material, said 'You've ruined it' before leaving
The comedian Russell Howard cut short a standup set in Bristol on Wednesday night after discovering an aud…
New drama by Roy Williams and Clint Dyer will be given socially distanced production in Olivier theatre
Rufus Norris: Covid funding must do more than just allow theatres to survive
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Without the ability to create new work the sector is destined for decrepitude, stasis and irreversible decline
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Available online The choreographer goes back to barracks to portray how intense army training moulds raw recruits into a fighting team, with the mental and physical battles that ensue
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Amazon Prime Video to give $6m to support arts production community through Covid crisis
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At livestreamed event actor says it was thought before March people would not observe rules
The actor Sir Ian McKellen has said that the British government "underestimated" the public by ini…