Our series on forgotten theatre classics continues with Wertenbaker's stylish dissection of Thatcher-era morality I recently caught on BBC Four a repeat of Andrew Marr's History of Modern Br…
Consummate host Kiri Pritchard-McLean sets the stage for Frankie Boyle and others in a show with true comedy-club feel Lockdown laughs: where to watch online comedy The Covid Arms started…
Creation TheatreHG Wells' dystopian classic is recast as a live online event in this glossy telling that veers between hope and despair Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance t…
Outstanding Zoom drama from New York, a deluge of monologues from Dublin and an astonishing solo performance by Andrew Scott The theatres have been dark " in that terrible, expressive phrase…
UK's leading institutions apologise after current and former students highlight racist incidents The UK's most prestigious drama schools have apologised for not doing enough to combat racism…
Following the cancellation of its UK tour, the cast of Bourne's acclaimed dance production perform it in their living rooms and gardens in a 12-minute lockdown film Hottest front-room seats:…
The Guardian and the Unicorn theatre present a fun series of short performances, created in lockdown, for children aged three to eight. Anansi and the Two Dinners is available from 11am on 6…
Bumper takings for TV streaming services should be used to support performing arts industries, says Mendes as he outlines other rescue measures The director Sam Mendes has outlined a rescue …
The Donmar Warehouse's production of Coriolanus, starring Tom Hiddleston, is being streamed for National Theatre at Home. Here are some of the other stagings of the bold and bloody tragedy M…
Available onlineStopgap Dance Company's disabled and non-disabled dancers create a mood of quiet suspension in an abandoned shopping centre Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dan…
Nottingham Playhouse revival of Alan Bennett's play is the 11th production in the NT's popular online initiative The National Theatre is to present Nottingham Playhouse's revival of Alan Ben…
Prolific playwright acclaimed for her work at the Royal Court and the RSCThe varied and prolific career of the playwright Louise Page, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a rarity in the Bri…
Roy Alexander Weise reunites actors from his 2016 production of Katori Hall's play to raise funds for the legal costs of protesters Katori Hall's acclaimed play The Mountaintop, set on the …
John Boyega has issued an emotional rallying cry in support of Black Lives Matter in London's Hyde Park. 'I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race m…
Available onlineLee's 2018 film of Antoinette Nwandu's powerful play, written as a response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, resonates after the George Floyd killing Two homeless men in Sp…
Available online With weariness and seething frustration, the comedian sounds off in style about gender inequality and sexism The starting point of Jen Brister's 2018 show Meaningless, no…
As Josie Rourke's Donmar production of Shakespeare's tragedy is streamed for National Theatre at Home, its star recalls the thrilling intimacy, the brutal fights " and the cold shower Hottes…
British theatre teeters on the brink of total collapse and restaurants, pubs and cinemas are yet to reopen. Photographer Martin Godwin takes a stroll through an eery West End Continue readin…
Play will incorporate face masks and physical distancing into its immersive staging Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A vastly reduced capacity and masks that d…
Available onlineThe company's years of operating underground inform a dynamic approach to online drama that goes far beyond talking heads Belarus Free Theatre began rehearsing an adaptation …
How do you make audiences laugh in a town that hates show-offs and loves to hassle performers? Our writer gets some hot tips as she continues her comedy tour In 2005, you could fit the whole…
Ian McKellen and Lesley Manville perform in fundraising videos organised by Collins for Equity's benevolent fund for creatives The actor Michelle Collins has warned that the screen and stage…
Available onlineParticipants delve into the dodgy dealings of a Tory MP and big pharma in this clever blend of theatre and gaming Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watc…
The playwright and the director Elizabeth Newman on how they reimagined their new theatre production for radio in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak 'We never ask the right question of the…
Throughout theatre's shutdown, photographer Ellie Kurttz has been taking portraits of creatives remotely, capturing images from video calls. Portraits in Isolation is her document of this ti…