1,003 stories by "Chris Wiegand"
@sohoplace, London A new arrival at Alcoholics Anonymous meets with his apparently composed sponsor in David Ireland's knotty, often hilarious two-hander
Jack Lowden wasn't away from the sta…
Over the course of an illustrious career, Strouse composed music for Broadway shows such as Bye Bye Birdie and Applause but was best known for Annie's evergreen songs
The composer Charles St…
Greek theatre, Syracuse Two searing new productions, performed in a hallowed space by intense ensembles, bring strikingly fresh energy to the ancient dramas
Concurrent London productions rec…
Reading Rep theatreThree generations of soon-to-be-weds unload their emotional baggage into the Thames in Camille Ucan's comedy
Jerome K Jerome was not kind about Reading in Three Men in a B…
Francesca Moody and Gary McNair's innovative DIY solution to Covid restrictions will be revamped for a series of in-person, one-off shows
When the 2020 Edinburgh fringe was cancelled due to …
The musician is to debut as a theatre composer for W Somerset Maugham's 1926 comedy adapted by Laura Wade and directed by Tamara Harvey
Jamie Cullum is to make his debut as a theatre compose…
Krapp's Last Tape, in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self, is back for two star-powered revivals. This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect wi…
Behind-the-scenes look at the TV juggernaut's transformation into a theatrical spectacular, interactive acrobatics with Cirque du Soleil and a spellbinding tribute to Kneehigh are among this…
The Place, London Arresting show from Northern Rascals charts the growing distance between two young men
This bedroom looks like it has been ripped out of a building. Its walls are edged wit…
Unicorn theatre, LondonRejected by adults, the far-from-home heroine is embraced by cheering children in Debbie Hannan's comical show
If you took one of Tove Jansson's Moomins, sprayed them …
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Shakespeare's tragedy, a puppet-powered transformation for Yann Martel's novel and Anna Chancellor in a Restoration-era comedy are among this month's highligh…
Wardrobe theatre, BristolDaisy Kennedy and Mia Macleod tussle with capitalism, class cliches and the cost of living in this smart two-hander
Meet Daisy and Mia. One is working class, the oth…
Hampstead theatre, LondonSophie Melville and Laura Whitmore star in an ambitious yet flawed play about the pressures of parenthood
John Donnelly's new play is perceptive about early parentho…
Little Angel theatre, LondonThe big top pops up inside a book as puppeteer Lizzie Wort whirls through a jaunty carnival of acts
Roll up, roll up! Abracadabra! There's barely a trad circus tr…
Royal Court, LiverpoolA cast of more than 50 delivers an inspiring adaptation of David Peace's epic novel about a manager who prized socialism
In 2016, an adaptation of David Peace's The Dam…
Sherman theatre, CardiffRebecca Jade Hammond's assured drama about two girls groomed for drug trafficking switches between humour and terror
What a punchy play. Rebecca Jade Hammond has writ…
They came out of the blue and electrified Edinburgh with absurdist takes on Americana. Now the US pair are doing all three hits back to back " and dreaming of not having to share a room
It's…
Lancaster Academy, LeicesterRoss Willis and Ned Bennett's audacious adventure for schools is a cult in the making, with a post-apocalyptic plot, snappy gags and a trash-talking baby
This is …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThis brisk staging for young audiences has acrobatic witches and action-movie fights but misses some of the play's bloodcurdling weirdness
Here is a Macbeth for yo…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonThe cancellation in 2022 of a sex education show for children and their families is revisited in this hour of artistic self-assessment
The stage is dressed for an…
The Place, London Tom Cassani outlines conjuring techniques with a beguiling routine, while Compagnie Les Vagues make a teasing performance from tiny movements
Throwing shapes is expected at…
Furlough's Paradise, a 'lyrical' journey about grief, scoops award for female, transgender and non-binary playwrights
The Susan Smith Blackburn prize for female, transgender and non-binary p…
Theatre Royal, Bury St EdmundsAn all-female cast deliver Tallulah Brown's play about 17th-century East Anglians under threat of the self-styled Witchfinder General
The past sings to the pres…
Theatre503, London Playwright Ruth D'Silva explores cruelty and control but also kindness in a knotty drama focusing on a mother-daughter relationship
'Don't play with your food," Bernadette…
Little Angel Studios, LondonIngenious puppetry and jolly performances help animate the story about an ever-expanding indoor menagerie
Many young families quickly find themselves running out …