Theatre

Bonnie Oddie: 'There's no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying'
Theatre

Bonnie Oddie: 'There's no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying'

Bonnie Oddie turned the story of accompanying her mother to Dignitas for an assisted death into a show at the Edinburgh Fringe
Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’
Actor Shonagh Marie in Bullet Tongue
Arts

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’

Dame Elaine Paige: 'The pandemic awakened me to the idea that I was on a treadmill with my work'
Dame Elaine Paige
Letter To My Younger Self

Dame Elaine Paige: 'The pandemic awakened me to the idea that I was on a treadmill with my work'

Jinkx Monsoon: ‘Billionaires have no one to blame but themselves if they’re hated’
USA 250

Jinkx Monsoon: ‘Billionaires have no one to blame but themselves if they’re hated’

Tanya Reynolds: 'Women can never relax'
Theatre

Tanya Reynolds: 'Women can never relax'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera
Opera

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera

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

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'

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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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