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Director Michael Longhurst and writer Nick Payne discuss a new approach for the dazzling 2012 drama
The National Theatre reopens with a joyously theatrical piece. Plus: a poetic monologue at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and a revival of a radical 1973 drama in Hampstead
The theatre director on his latest collaboration, a 3.5-metre puppet refugee girl who will journey from Turkey to the UK
There’s reflection and entertainment as live performance returns with productions in Bath and London, with Eliot’s Four Quartets plus Walden and Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me
‘The Overseas Student’ tells the story of a shy young man in search of knowledge — and vegetarian food
It’s not subtle, but Sean Holmes’s exuberant staging works well as a welcome back party
Hit show calls on ‘players’ to come to a consensus, raising questions about leadership, compromise, power and control
From Ian McKellen and Cush Jumbo as Hamlet to adaptations of ‘Amelie’ and ‘Back to the Future’, the coming months promise a tempting array of productions
The theatre reopens next month with a drama set in a strange post-life institution
A season of dramas in London’s West End has taken the bold step of showcasing new writers
A German company’s livestream of Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Edward II’ illustrates how theatre has responded to the pandemic
As companies return to action, they are embracing the great outdoors — whatever the weather
The company’s new filmed production of Shakespeare’s play gains fresh resonance in the Covid era, says its director
After a devastating year of closures, theatre-makers around the world are preparing their comeback
Ben Brown talks about his new play, which imagines what was said when Graham Greene had dinner with Kim Philby in 1987
The National Theatre’s new filmed production for Sky Arts and PBS resonates at a time when touching has become taboo
Playwright Tristan Bernays has created a piece of filmed theatre from Bible stories
The Theatre Artists Fund is appealing for more support for freelancers who underpin the industry
A new drama based on ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ blends live action and digital imagery
Having been liberated by performing Beckett, the Irish actor is taking on Sophocles’s tragedy — with a twist
These immersive productions offer a chance to escape the world and share a live experience
The actors discuss stretching their acting and dancing muscles in a new drama livestreamed from London’s Almeida Theatre
Four vivid monologues by Peter Barnes have been revived and filmed in a rare outing for the dramatist
‘I wanted it to be full of joy and light,’ says Haynes of her new filmed drama about the death of her close friend
In her staging of Edouard Louis’ brutal autobiographical novel, Arbo wants us to see all sides
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