Theatre

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

Scientist Daisy Fancourt outlines the ways in which engaging with the arts can improve your health and metal wellbeing
Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change
Legislative Theatre in action
Democracy

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change

'We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place'
Theatre

'We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place'

Sara Bareilles: 'Everything in my life has changed because of Waitress'
Theatre

Sara Bareilles: 'Everything in my life has changed because of Waitress'

Cush Jumbo: 'I didn’t come from a place where we could afford to pay for anything'
Letter To My Younger Self

Cush Jumbo: 'I didn’t come from a place where we could afford to pay for anything'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Our Public House: How penis drawings on election night shaped play about UK democracy
Theatre

Our Public House: How penis drawings on election night shaped play about UK democracy

Alan Cumming: 'The High Life was always about Scotland’s place and the notion of independence'
Comedy

Alan Cumming: 'The High Life was always about Scotland’s place and the notion of independence'

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba: ‘Hunger changes people’
Interview

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba: ‘Hunger changes people’

OffWestEnd's Denholm Spurr: 'I slept in saunas while homeless. Now I champion independent theatre'
Denholm Spurr
Theatre

OffWestEnd's Denholm Spurr: 'I slept in saunas while homeless. Now I champion independent theatre'

Paul Ready: ‘After Motherland I wondered if people would be able to see me doing serious drama’
Theatre

Paul Ready: ‘After Motherland I wondered if people would be able to see me doing serious drama’

Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Rachel and her sister Flo and their mother, who also stars in the show. Image: Ikin Yum
Theatre

Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show
Theatre

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show

Rosie Jones: 'I thought I couldn't be disabled and gay – I'd never seen a gay disabled person'
Comedian Rosie Jones
Comedy

Rosie Jones: 'I thought I couldn't be disabled and gay – I'd never seen a gay disabled person'

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport

Oh, Mary! star Dino Fetscher on queer joy, disability and a 'world on fire'
Big Questions

Oh, Mary! star Dino Fetscher on queer joy, disability and a 'world on fire'

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: 'Northern voices need to be heard'
Theatre

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: 'Northern voices need to be heard'

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'
Johannes Radebe at Mamburu community, Limpopo province, South Africa. Image: WaterAid/ Lee-Ann Olwage
Interview

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'

Meet the Paddington actors bringing Britain's favourite bear to life on stage: 'We're making history'
Theatre

Meet the Paddington actors bringing Britain's favourite bear to life on stage: 'We're making history'

Britain would be nicer if people lived more like Paddington, says musical writer Jessica Swale
Paddington

Britain would be nicer if people lived more like Paddington, says musical writer Jessica Swale

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 
Best of the year

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 

West End star Ben Forster: 'I broke my back on stage – and that wasn't even the hardest part'
Theatre

West End star Ben Forster: 'I broke my back on stage – and that wasn't even the hardest part'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens' epic novel
Eddy Payne as David Copperfield at the Jermyn Street Theatre.
Theatre

David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens' epic novel

Porn Play review – this isn't just theatre, it's a wake-up call
Theatre

Porn Play review – this isn't just theatre, it's a wake-up call

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
Music

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement
Theatre

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement