In an unprecedented move, postponed musical Diana will be filmed without an audience and shown on Netflix before its new official opening in 2021 A musical based on the life of Diana, Prince…
Writer Ryan Calais Cameron hopes film about black veteran dying in police custody will ignite conversation about racism A play about a notorious case of a black man dying in police custody i…
In a new series, we open up Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton's archive of stage photos. This week: Anton Chekhov productions with a cast including the Redgraves, Dominic West and Chiwet…
The Edinburgh fringe may have been cancelled but there are plenty of online gigs to enjoy featuring Dane Baptiste, Ivo Graham, Sarah Millican and more The line between charity gigs and norma…
Available onlineThis half-hour play about call-centre workers is an unsettlingly effective study of the isolation inflicted by coronavirus The best theatre and dance to watch online This new…
This ingeniously designed mystery game is a summer escape made with wonder and wellbeing at its heart The best theatre and dance to watch online If you grew up reading The Famous Five and Th…
The drama first staged after the EU referendum has taken on new relevance and is being broadcast by the BBC. Its creator reflects on the 'emotional weight' of Britishness Mike Bartlett's 201…
From Brighton to Belfast, socially distanced performances are popping up in unexpected spaces, including the beach, a shopping centre and a church 'Dive in!" commanded the cover of Brighton …
He's a master of slapstick, a surrealist clown, the don of comic film roles from Roxanne to The Jerk. As he turns 75, comics including Reginald D Hunter and Rose Matafeo pay tribute to the h…
Available onlineFrom the carefree romantic opening to the confused carnage of the battlefield, Akademi's production is full of emotional detail It's 1888 when Lehna and Leela meet in an Amri…
Edinburgh University's ImprovBot uses data from eight years of past productions to invent tantalising no-shows You can see how it happens. The company has yet to start devising the show, but…
Monologue starring Ralph Fiennes to be part of Bridge theatre's reopening schedule Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage David Hare's experience of being sick with …
Available onlineMoving Edinburgh's international festival online, this selection of dance works shows a forward-thinking ballet company As a gallant effort to keep the show on the road (or t…
Lily Savage, The League of Gentlemen, Fleabag and a host of telly sensations started out on tiny stages at the extravaganza. In its absence, who will be next? Paul O'Grady's first night at t…
James's rich dialogue and clashing-cultures theme make his country-house play worthy of a renewed offer Henry James had a love-hate relationship with the theatre. He had boyhood dreams of be…
A socially distanced audience will sit among objects recalling Northern Ireland's prolonged conflict and the pandemic in a piece about mourning In a verse dedicated to his aunt, the Irish po…
Canadian actor whose shattering performance in Kiss of the Spiderwoman was one of the great turns of musical theatreThe Canadian actor Brent Carver, who has died aged 68, played only once in…
YouTubeFootage of Dara Ó Briain, Sarah Millican, John Bishop and Jason Byrne features in this attempt to recapture the mythic status of a renowned fringe night Greatest Ever Late 'n' Liv…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonJosé Saramago's timely, sinister story of a world in chaos reopens the theatre after lockdown and is narrated with savage rage by Juliet Stevenson After four months …
Garden theatre, London SE11; onlineTwo singing, dancing Victorian cross-dressers give the kiss of life to London's fringe theatre. And by Zoom to 2070 and Wonderland Here are some chinks in …
Available onlineHope Dickson Leach's magical, flickering film of past and postponed works is a dazzling theatrical relay race The test of a good production of Peter Pan is the scene where t…
Award-winning actor who brought intensity to roles ranging from Shakespeare to feminist comedyThere was nothing hidden or mysterious about Alison Fiske, who has died of cancer aged 76; as an…
In Hoppla!, Achterland and Mitten, the Belgian dance legend manages a dynamic mix of composition and choreography The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has always been engross…
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers " and our comedy critic " bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change? Meeting Flight of the Conchords a…
Writer says production of Dickens classic will debut at Nottingham Playhouse in October 2021 due to uncertainty over reopening of UK theatres Mark Gatiss's adaptation of A Christmas Carol ha…