Cast and crew members from one of the West End’s most boisterous musicals have stood in silence outside their still-closed theatre, pleading for a date when they can reopen to
One has mouldy cereal in his beard and revoltingly hairy ears; the other has a glass eye and a possible case of the dreaded shrinks. Their domestic life involves frogs
A play written by John Godber during lockdown is to be performed by the playwright, his wife and their daughter at the Stephen Joseph theatre in Scarborough. It is the
Here are some chinks in the dark. Billed as the first London fringe show since lockdown, Fanny and Stella is also the debut of the tiny Garden theatre, a bright
Earlier this year, Mat Fraser found himself in Los Angeles pitching a TV pilot in which he would play the lead. Things couldn’t have gone better but the project was
I’m 24, sitting in a windowless meeting room in the old Everyman theatre annexe, sharing awkward glances with the other members of the young writers’ group. In sweep Gemma Bodinetz
The £1.57bn recovery package for the arts is without doubt fantastic news. The UK’s creative industries made their arguments – and thankfully, the government is addressing the crisis we are
A series of short plays will tell the story of the Covid-19 crisis from the perspective of black frontline workers, to ensure their contribution to British life is not erased
The easing of coronavirus restrictions means that England’s theatres are permitted to reopen from 4 July, albeit without live performance. But many major UK venues are not in a position
The UK’s theatre industry has been hit by a “perfect storm” that will “turn into a tsunami” of close to 3,000 job losses without direct government intervention, the head of
