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The Last Laugh: Why there's such nostalgia for the funny men who brought the nation together
Theatre

The Last Laugh: Why there's such nostalgia for the funny men who brought the nation together

A new play paying tribute to three giants of comedy captures the men behind the masks, and their obsession with the perfect gag
How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
ballet shoes cast
Theatre

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

Drag star Le Gateau Chocolat: 'As a Black drag queen, I'm political… even when I don't want to be'
Drag

Drag star Le Gateau Chocolat: 'As a Black drag queen, I'm political… even when I don't want to be'

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that
Lin Coghlan and Jim Pope

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that

It’s time to honour Fife's political trailblazer Jennie Lee. My play is just the start
Theatre

It’s time to honour Fife's political trailblazer Jennie Lee. My play is just the start

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: 'The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester'
Gerry & Sewell cast at Newcastle Theatre Royal
Theatre

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: 'The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester'

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination
Julie Dawn Cole (in red) as Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Theatre

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination

Can the story of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol show us a way through the climate crisis?
The cast of new play Kyoto in rehearsals
Theatre

Can the story of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol show us a way through the climate crisis?

Bradley Riches on Heartstopper, new musical Babies and how coming out helped him embrace his autism
Theatre

Bradley Riches on Heartstopper, new musical Babies and how coming out helped him embrace his autism

Maggie & Me author Damian Barr: 'Today's Tories are far beyond Thatcher's darkest dreams'
Theatre

Maggie & Me author Damian Barr: 'Today's Tories are far beyond Thatcher's darkest dreams'

'Whose voices have the right to be heard?': Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades
Theatre

'Whose voices have the right to be heard?': Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades

Liz Carr: 'I was told all the time I wouldn't live to be old – and I believed it'
Liz Carr
Letter To My Younger Self

Liz Carr: 'I was told all the time I wouldn't live to be old – and I believed it'

Artist Rhiannon Faith: 'I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope'
Rhiannon Faith, choreographer and artistic director of Rhiannon Faith Company
Dance

Artist Rhiannon Faith: 'I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope'

New play Capital! explores Edinburgh's financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor
Theatre

New play Capital! explores Edinburgh's financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor

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
Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky rules the school in Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical Photo
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
Christopher Eccleston as Ebenezer Scrooge
Christmas

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

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

Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests
David Nellist is playing Big Issue vendor Jimmy McMahon in Protest Song
Our vendors

Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic
Nathaniel J Hall close up
Theatre

It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
Brassic FM - a DJ and a woman dancing
opinion

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale
The company of The Odyssey in rehearsals. Credit: National Theatre © Joseph Lynn
theatre and community

This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale

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