Theatre

London Tide creator Ben Power on power of the Thames – and why Dickens' London is 'our London'
Ben Power

London Tide creator Ben Power on power of the Thames – and why Dickens' London is 'our London'

The National Theatre's new adaptation of Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend places the Thames at the heart of the action
It's time for trans women to be given space to tell our stories in our own words
trans women/ 52 monologues
Laurie Ward

It's time for trans women to be given space to tell our stories in our own words

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up
DeAngelo Jones, Shaq Taylor, Billy Nevers and KM Drew Boateng in Hamilton. Photo Danny Kaan
Theatre

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical review – nostalgia never felt so wicked
Theatre

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical review – nostalgia never felt so wicked

Christopher Eccleston: Scrooge could be any one of those Tory ministers round the cabinet table
Christmas

Christopher Eccleston: Scrooge could be any one of those Tory ministers round the cabinet table

Barbie, boygenius and King's Coronation: These are the best cultural moments of 2023
Cultural highlight sof 2023: Barbie
Best of the year

Barbie, boygenius and King's Coronation: These are the best cultural moments of 2023

The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas
Theatre

The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas

Scene & Heard: The wild and wacky theatre project where kids write the plays
Scene & Heard Actors group
Theatre

Scene & Heard: The wild and wacky theatre project where kids write the plays

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime
Perth Prison: Inmates taking part in Beside Me
prisons

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime

Playwright David Ireland: 'Why I can't seem to stop writing about the Troubles'
Mural on the Shankill Road
David Ireland

Playwright David Ireland: 'Why I can't seem to stop writing about the Troubles'

Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws
Theatre

Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws

Nina Sosanya: 'I never wanted to be part of the popular gang'
Nina Sosanya
Letter to my Younger Self

Nina Sosanya: 'I never wanted to be part of the popular gang'

'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
Peyvand Sadeghian as a child in Iran
First person

'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

Paapa Essiedu: 'It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do'
Paapa Essiedu
Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu: 'It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do'

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’
Ruby McCollister in a flowing white gown, for her Edinburgh debut
macabre cabaret

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’

Grenfell survivor Tiago Alves: 'We were all normal people living our normal lives'
Tiago Alves, a survivor of the Grenfell Tower fire near Latimer Road,
Interview

Grenfell survivor Tiago Alves: 'We were all normal people living our normal lives'

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'
Actor Pearl Mackie in rehearsals
Grenfell

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Aisha/ Learning disability
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

Suranne Jones: 'I’d love to tell mum about my son'
Suranne Jones in black and white
Letter to my Younger Self

Suranne Jones: 'I’d love to tell mum about my son'

As 'I, Daniel Blake' hits the stage, here's why it's needed more than ever
A scene from I Daniel Blake the movie
Theatre

As 'I, Daniel Blake' hits the stage, here's why it's needed more than ever

Adjoa Andoh: 'The generosity of other Black actresses was amazing'
Adjoa Andoh
profile

Adjoa Andoh: 'The generosity of other Black actresses was amazing'

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh: 'My first dream was to be a bass player in a punk band'
Adjoa Andoh
Culture

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh: 'My first dream was to be a bass player in a punk band'

Dixon and Daughters: Vital National Theatre production shows how trauma can echo through generations of women
Actress Bríd Brennan (Mary) sits on the sofa in Dixon and Daughters at the National Theatre.
review

Dixon and Daughters: Vital National Theatre production shows how trauma can echo through generations of women

Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system
Deborah Bruce and director Róisín McBrinn in rehearsal for Dixon and Daughters
women’s prisons

Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system

Danny Robins on the return of Uncanny: ghostly monks, poignant poltergeists and famous UFOs
Danny Robins, the man behind Uncanny
ghosts

Danny Robins on the return of Uncanny: ghostly monks, poignant poltergeists and famous UFOs