1,043 stories by "Chris Wiegand"
The OC star will take the role made famous by Barbara Stanwyck in James M Cain's classic noir tale of murder and deceit, touring the UK in early 2026
Mischa Barton is to make her UK stage de…
Curve theatre, LeicesterIn a moving memory play, Anna Jordan charts the course of a relationship which begins with the sharing of a mobile hotspot
Most of us simply dig up memories but the c…
Kontakthof is a 1978 show full of tenderness, violence and horror. Now, in a spectacular production, its first performers are bringing it back. But would Bausch have approved?
Theatres are h…
Performance of the once controversial poem was planned for its 40th anniversary but will now double as a tribute to writer who died last week
Tony Harrison's state-of-the-nation poem V is to…
The Other Palace, LondonGeorgina Castle and Josh St Clair make a likable couple who endlessly replay their first meeting but this adaptation needs more emotional punch
Perhaps it's unfair to…
Old Red Lion theatre, LondonPuppetry and silent cinema techniques are used to retell Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel and its film version in a show played for laughs rather than thrills
Rep thea…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonMatthew Xia directs a consummate adaptation of the 1972 Jamaican thriller, whose irresistible soundtrack is bolstered by new songs
Scene-setting doesn't g…
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolEllie Hurt directs a dynamic production that boasts sensational lead performances by Zoe West and Alicia Forde
Romeo and Juliet is a play that lives or dies by the…
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonAlmost 30 years on, the Irish playwright's intimate drama brims with painful memories and comedy " brought to dazzling effect by a flawless cast
Conor McPherson'…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonA fixation on how to frame Bram Stoker's story disrupts the flow of this feminist reboot, killing the fear factor
Drac is back. Earlier this year, the caped bloodsuc…
Minerva theatre, Chichester Justin Audibert's lucid production is classically considered, with a fine cast making full unsettling use of the intimate space
By the tim…
The Tony award-winning actor will play the marshal in a London stage adaptation of the 1952 western that won Cooper an Oscar
Billy Crudup is to take on the role that won Gary Cooper an Oscar…
Rebecca Lucy Taylor will play Maggie, a role originated by Helen Mirren, in a 'landmark' 50th anniversary production in London in March
Fifty years after Helen Mirren originated the role, Re…
Royal Court theatre, London Katie Mitchell, Nina Segal and Melanie Wilson's 'experiment in performance' uses expressive performance and inventive sonic effects to bring a wordless world to l…
John Cleese's stage version of his beloved sitcom, a cast recording of Cornish musical The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Robert Wilson's production of Handel's Messiah are among Septem…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghKate Ireland's warmly delivered one-woman show considers the pressures of productivity, rules and rewards at school and beyond
She has been given 60 minutes out of h…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghAlexander Burnett and Ellie Whittaker dive into multiple roles in a bubbly show with plenty of audience participation
This highly physical comedy about two competiti…
McEwan Hall, EdinburghThe sharply dressed quintet perform acrobatics that often complement the 50s chart hits on the jukebox
For their fifth season at the fringe, this quintet of Kenyan acro…
theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, EdinburghThis playful performance explores loneliness, liberty and life in early adulthood through two adventurous cats and their demanding humans
Ellie Rose Amit …
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghThere's a hint of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in the cocksure, poppy aesthetic of this charismatic display of acrobatics, tumbling and clowning
It wouldn't be the E…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghChakira Alin's buoyant show is shot through with bitterness as she gives a lucid account of Hackney's transformation
In her solo show about the aftermath of gen…
Summerhall, EdinburghOli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer bring absolute focus to a shatteringly powerful show of street dance choreo and techno beats
This could be the definition …
Summerhall, EdinburghThe theatre-maker's childlike passion for stories and illustrations makes facts a hoot in this faux seminar
You can't argue with the title: here is a weird, wonderfully …
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghCombining folk song, true crime, macabre comedy and more makes it hard to keep up with the already complicated 1892 case
How do you stage the life and trial of Lizzi…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghAn anti-work activist and a nepo volunteer join the group for a research study in Dan Bishop's polished play
When plays get under way we wait for something to happen…
