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99 stories by "Chris Wiegand Stage Editor"

Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurousTheatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:10pm on May 11, 2026[SHARE]

Give theatre choreographers and movement directors their own awards, says union group by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

'If we celebrate the impact of physical storytelling, we must acknowledge the artists behind it,' says Equity body, calling out the lack of movement categories in major awards Choreographers…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24pm on April 19, 2026[SHARE]

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics' Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Other winners include Inter Alia's Rosamund Pike, Ivo van Hove for All My Sons and Hayley Atwell who beat her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston to best Shakespearean performance Brendan Gleeso…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:54pm on March 31, 2026[SHARE]

Russell T Davies's hit TV series It's a Sin to be adapted as 'visceral' dance show by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers It's a Sin, the award-winning T…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:48am on March 26, 2026[SHARE]

Quentin Tarantino's 'swashbuckling' play The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End premiere by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

The director's first play " an 1830s 'rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise' " is planned for early 2027 opening in London Since Quentin Tarantino announced last year that he had wri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36am on March 18, 2026[SHARE]

Paddington and Into the Woods up for 11 Olivier awards each by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Two musicals dominate nominations while Tom Hiddleston and Bryan Cranston vie for best actor, with Cate Blanchett and Rosamund Pike up for best actress' Olivier awards 2026: full list of nom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06am on March 5, 2026[SHARE]

'Summer is coming!': Royal Shakespeare Company to stage epic Game of Thrones prequel by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Novelist George RR Martin says RSC is 'obvious choice' to put on new play The Mad King, which will open after spring A new prequel to George RR Martin's blockbuster fantasy saga Game of Thro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:24pm on February 18, 2026[SHARE]

Think panto season is behind you? Oh no it isn't " some haven't opened yet by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

A trip to the pantomime is a Christmas tradition but they also lift the January gloom and even run later in the year The Christmas decorations have been packed away, kids are back at school …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:42am on January 14, 2026[SHARE]

Hilary Mantel story imagining Margaret Thatcher's assassination to be staged in Liverpool by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Short story set in 1983, and published a year after the former prime minister's death, considers 'what happens when people feel they don't have a voice' says director John Young Hilary Mante…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:32am on November 13, 2025[SHARE]

Love The Traitors and Only Murders in the Building? Visit The Mousetrap, says bold new director of West End perennial by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Ola Ince, who has refreshed Agatha Christie's record-breaking mystery, says 'we all fancy ourselves as detectives' Audiences left hungry for more suspense after the nail-biting Celebrity Tra…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:31am on November 10, 2025[SHARE]

Chadwick Boseman play about police brutality to receive UK premiere in London by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Deep Azure, written by the Black Panther star in response to the death of a fellow college student, will open at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse next year A play by the Black Panther star Chadwick B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32pm on September 16, 2025[SHARE]

Kenneth Branagh returns to the RSC for The Tempest and The Cherry Orchard by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Next summer, the star will appear in Stratford-upon-Avon first as Prospero and then alongside Helen Hunt in Chekhov's classic More than 40 years after his star-making performance as Henry V …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:36pm on September 11, 2025[SHARE]

Susan Sarandon 'terrified but excited' to make UK theatrical debut in September by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

The Oscar winner will appear alongside Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough when they play the same character at different ages in Tracy Letts' play Mary Page Marlowe Susan Sarandon is to make h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:18pm on June 30, 2025[SHARE]

Stampede in Soho: puppet animals on an epic trek bring wonder and warning to London streets by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Public art project The Herds is passing through capital on 20,000km journey from Congo Basin to Arctic Circle, inspiring climate action The animals went into the West End, not quite two by t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:02pm on June 28, 2025[SHARE]

New report says 'government must act' to ease pressures on British theatres by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Attendances are up and average ticket prices down, even in the West End, but the sector faces mounting and unsustainable strain A report by the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, rele…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:36pm on May 21, 2025[SHARE]

David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Harewood " who became the first black actor to play Othello at the NT in 1997 " will play the role at Theatre Royal Haymarket opposite Toby Jones as Iago David Harewood is returning to the r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:48am on May 8, 2025[SHARE]

Brendan Gleeson to make West End debut in Conor McPherson's The Weir by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Revival of the 'profoundly moving' Irish pub drama will open at the Olympia theatre in Dublin before arriving in London this autumn Brendan Gleeson will make his West End debut this autumn i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:12am on May 1, 2025[SHARE]

Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in 'punchy' new comedy by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

John Niven's debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995 It was the great Britpop showdown in the summer of 1995, billed as a c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54am on April 29, 2025[SHARE]

From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent Olivier awards: full list of win…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54am on April 7, 2025[SHARE]

Olivier winner John Lithgow attacks Trump's second presidency as 'a disaster' for US arts by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Speaking after his best actor victory, Lithgow said Donald Trump's administration 'has done some shocking, destructive things' especially its takeover of the Kennedy Center The actor John Li…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:36am on April 7, 2025[SHARE]

Lesley Manville calls for better funding for UK regional theatre by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Actor, who won an Olivier for Oedipus, says her 'bugbear' is that venues outside London do not get enough money Stars come out for theatre's Olivier awards 2025 " in pictures Lesley Manville…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:24pm on April 6, 2025[SHARE]

Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards Olivier awards: full list of winners The play Giant, which portrays children'…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:24pm on April 6, 2025[SHARE]

Robert Icke's modern-day Oedipus triumphs at Critics' Circle theatre awards by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Other winners include Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Romeo & Juliet, Danny Sapani as King Lear and Giant playwright Mark Rosenblatt A modern-day version of Oedipus, which turned Sophocles…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:54am on March 27, 2025[SHARE]

Ambika Mod to play porn addict in 'funny, unsettling and honest' play at the Royal Court by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

The One Day actor will star in Sophia Chetin-Leuner's Porn Play, one of four new premieres announced by the London theatre Ambika Mod is to star as an academic addicted to violent pornograph…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:42am on March 25, 2025[SHARE]

Jodie Comer to reprise Prima Facie role 'one last time' for a tour by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Suzie Miller's award-winning monologue hits the road next year, with the Killing Eve actor playing a barrister who defends men of rape and is assaulted herself Jodie Comer is to reprise her…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:12am on March 18, 2025[SHARE]
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