1,004 stories by "Chris Wiegand"
As plays return to the stage here are some of the best " from Rent in Manchester to James Graham's Bubble in Nottingham
Roy Williams and Clint Dyer's Death of England was a turbocharged mono…
The actor and author on starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, her Ballet Shoes sequel and the government response to theatre's crisis
More than six months have passed since the pande…
The world's longest-running play had been due to welcome socially distanced audiences next month but is now delayed 'in view of uncertainty and with greater restrictions looming for London'
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Producer of the Olivier award-winning hit says costs can 'just about be covered' when it restarts as a socially distanced production " but significant financial risks remain
The hit farce Th…
The Crown's Erin Doherty will star in Crave, staged for socially distanced audience and available online around the world
Sarah Kane's play Crave is to be livestreamed when it is staged for …
Old Vic, LondonMichael Sheen, Indira Varma and David Threlfall are a superb trinity for Brian Friel's powerful monologues
The Old Vic's livestream of Faith Healer " with the divine cast of M…
Performer stages protest to 'go to bat' for imperilled workforce overlooked by post-Covid reopening of schools, offices and pubs
The best theatre and dance to watch online
Beverley Knight h…
The Garden theatre at the Eagle, LondonA cast of six including Strictly's Joanne Clifton perform Stephen Schwartz's breezy songs in a new outdoor venue
What a way to woo an audience! Pippin…
Dick Whittington presented in new in-the-round season that includes sequel to hit football play Death of England
The National Theatre in London is to reopen next month with a season that inc…
Tributes paid to 'brilliant actor' who excelled in Shakespearean roles and worked with Federico Fellini, Stephen Frears and Roman Polanski
The acclaimed British classical actor Barbara Jeffo…
London venue will host 'dynamic, political and disruptive' performances around its building
The Royal Court theatre in London is to reopen to audiences in November, not with a play on either…
Actors will visit all of the city's wards offering a choose-your-own pantomime programme as a response to Covid
York Theatre Royal puts on one of the most famous pantos in the land. Even hea…
Hit show about the six wives of Henry VIII aims to boost confidence in live theatre and will also be staged in Salford
It is, perhaps, the perfect musical for a nation under a "rule of six" …
Judi Dench joins cast of A Marvellous Party to mark Coward's 1920 playwriting debut and raise money for performers' charities, while Emma Thompson features in Zoom reading of Private Lives
T…
Production featuring spectacular effects will transfer to Adelphi theatre in May
London's West End theatres remain mostly shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic but, if the calculations are …
Brian Friel drama promises 'emotional thwack', with star joining David Threlfall and Indira Varma at the Old Vic
Michael Sheen is to return to the stage in a revival of Brian Friel's Faith H…
Shakespeare at a cricket ground, a festival in a bombed-out church and park-bench drama " plus more socially distanced shows to enjoy this month
August is over but there's still time to enjo…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
