Shakespeare at a cricket ground, a festival in a bombed-out church and park-bench drama – plus more socially distanced shows to enjoy this monthAugust is over but there’s still time to enjoy open-air theatre season. Presented in York’s Rowntree Park, M…
Continue ReadingVikki Stone and Natasha Barnes’s new show celebrates comic songs for actresses – here are their favourites from musicalsFrom Sweeney Todd by Stephen SondheimMrs Lovett is the sort of role that every actress (including me) hopes they’ll play one day. Th…
Continue ReadingVikki Stone and Natasha Barnes’s new show celebrates comic songs for actresses – here are their favourites from musicalsFrom Sweeney Todd by Stephen SondheimMrs Lovett is the sort of role that every actress (including me) hopes they’ll play one day. Th…
Continue ReadingTristram Kenton’s photographs have accompanied reviews in the Guardian for more than 30 years. Ahead of a series of themed galleries, we open up his archive with 40 fabulous shots Continue reading…
Continue ReadingFrom live streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon The stage on screen: our guide to films about theatreAmy Trigg’s debut play about a twentysomething navigating friendship, romance and…
Continue ReadingThis is really happening. Fran Drescher, who starred as The Nanny for 146 episodes from 1993-99, is developing the sitcom into a Broadway musical, co-writing the book with her series co-creator, Peter Marc Jacobson, with music and lyrics from Rachel Bl…
Continue ReadingABC has announced it will debut its latest live musical event this fall with “Young Frankenstein Live!” produced by the legendary director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer, Mel Brooks. The network recently saw its hybrid live…
Continue ReadingTom Stoppard gets personal, Cush Jumbo does Hamlet, Hollywood names bring everything from tragedy to comedy … plus dance confronts shame and there’s standup open heart surgery Related: Enter stage right: 12 theatre stars for 2020 Related: Vault festiv…
Continue ReadingFrom the big stage to a dripping cave and someone’s front room, performers run the gamut from light to darkIt was a sticky, stormy and rain-soaked first week at the Edinburgh fringe, but nevertheless, the fizzy verbal pitches that accompany the confett…
Continue ReadingThere’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the world’s biggest arts festivalCrocodile Fever Traverse Playwright Megh…
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