As she publishes a moving memoir, the Corrie, Dinnerladies and West End star talks about her three-decade battle with typecasting " and almost dying of Covid-19 Shobna Gulati is speaking ab…
Greenwich + Docklands international festival A basketball court becomes a stage to deliver short plays of protest over racial injustice, completing a fine festival embedded in its London com…
Bridge theatre, LondonRochenda Sandall is sensational as a woman suspicious of her husband's behaviour, while Kristin Scott Thomas's genteel dowager revels in nostalgia This pair of monologu…
Bridge theatre, London Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologues were TV gold during lockdown. Seeing Monica Dolan and Lesley Manville perform them live is even better The quietly desperate wo…
After her villainous role in the explosive police drama, the star is playing an isolated woman in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads and an activist in Steve McQueen's Small Axe Rochenda Sandall i…
Various locations, London In this immersive, socially distanced show which the audience follows on foot, an unhappy woman meets her leather-jacket-wearing guardian angel We have been instruc…
Nora Ephron's romcom was brilliantly written and perfectly cast with an elegant score. Our chief theatre critic, who loves the film, writes a letter after seeing its stage adaptation Dear Sl…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Many black theatre-makers say they feel unwelcome in major venues. Are some performances for black-only audiences the answer? And how can a play spur white audiences to confront their own bi…
Hallowed quiet gives way to personal laments in an interactive re-creation of house-front chatter Lockdown culture: the best theatre and dance online 'Some of our best conversations are in c…
I bristle at the idea that plays are 'not the real thing' unless they are live " I fell in love with Shakespeare and Beckett through televised performances Every theatregoer I know is desper…
Available onlineFloods plunge Britain into a state of emergency in an engrossing audio play performed by 14- to 18-year-olds Ben Weatherill's audio play is set in the year 2025 when a flood…
Available onlineThe chef's mouth-watering memoir is now a 'part radio play, part animated film' in which even a biscuit is a trigger for grief Nigel Slater's feted memoir has been reheated b…
The Booker-winning writer has returned to the stage, penning a drama defending the NHS. She talks about 'bittersweet' success " and getting caught up in attacks on Nicola Sturgeon Bernardine…
Available onlineThis socially distanced adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's novel cleverly moves between times and places, with only an author narration striking a wayward note The story and st…
Disney+Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical is smart, witty, funky and leaves us reflecting on America's past and future Hamilton was hailed as revolutionary theatre in 2015, with its rapping 18th-c…
They're separated by a two-metre stick but their chemistry is as strong as ever. The Crown stars on their socially-distanced take on Lungs; lockdown diets and naked drawings Claire Foy and M…
Available onlineRichard Nixon's downfall may be resonant with our age, but in Adam Donen's experimental sound dramatisation the psychological noise drowns out the story Hottest front-room se…
Available onlineThere are astute lyrics and energetic performances in this tale of a relationship, from first night to marriage to break-up Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dan…
Available onlineA gay love triangle leads to a generational battle over queer identity in this beguiling, Zoom-broadcast comedy of manners Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and danc…
Available onlinePain, anger and everyday racism are examined in this powerful series of short films from the Bush theatre A week ago, the Bush theatre asked six writers for their dramatised …
Available onlineTen short plays responding to the rise in racist attacks since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak have a cumulative power Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and d…