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From Cornwall to Perthshire, the pandemic has brought a surge in popularity of alfresco venues and productions
Outdoor shows include Adventures with the Painted People in Pitlochry and The Comedy of Errors in St Albans
Staged at Immersive LDN in London, the event — based on the BBC series — whisks its audience on a journey through time and space
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 playwright on turning ‘The Father’ into an Oscar-winning film, rejecting rehearsals and conjuring Anthony Hopkins
Performing arts’ contribution far exceeds the risk of guaranteeing cover
‘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
In a short made by the FT, the playwright explores how Covid has led to a further erosion of our privacy
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
Impresario Howard Panter bets on live arts revival with £100m venue at Kensington’s Olympia
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
Venues pilot test-based system that could pave way for broader reopening of cultural institutions
The devastating impact of a total shutdown raises questions about how New York’s theatreland will emerge
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