New playwriting prize for comedy launched in honour of Victoria Wood
Conceived by the artistic director of Birmingham Rep, Sean Foley, the award will be open to all with the winner receiving £25,000
April 2022
Gavin Millar obituary
I’m Sorry, I [Still] Haven’t a Clue … how radio’s smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years
February 2022
The week in theatre: The Collaboration; Good Fun
Warhol and Basquiat prove fertile inspiration for writer Anthony McCarten, while an early play by Victoria Wood reveals more than a glimpse of the marvels to come
December 2021
King’s Head theatre toasts Victoria Wood and Tom Stoppard in season of rare plays
Dramas by Bryony Lavery, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Stephen Jeffreys also feature in readings to mark the venue’s 50th birthday
July 2021
Talent review – Victoria Wood’s first play comes home
Talent review – Victoria Wood drama tackles the squalid side of celebrity
June 2021
It started on stage
‘Explosively funny’: Victoria Wood’s song-filled slog to comedy glory
Joyce Grenfell inspired her, she wrote her own musical at school and a fringe theatre show with Julie Walters paved the way to TV fame. As Victoria Wood’s Talent returns, we revisit her early stage years
March 2021
Watched with mother
Jordan North: 'Other kids were out drinking – I was watching the Vicar of Dibley'
The Radio 1 DJ and I’m a Celebrity runner up on a childhood spent watching sitcoms with his mum, from the Dawn French classic to The Royle Family and Keeping Up Appearances
November 2020
Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood by Jasper Rees – review
This profile of the astute observer of domesticity is warm-hearted and full of detail
October 2020
Book of the day
Let's Do It by Jasper Rees review – Victoria Wood, perfectionist
Victoria Wood special to revisit comedian's favourite TV moments
August 2020
Lockdown culture
From Acorn Antiques to Funny Girl: the most hilarious songs for women
Vikki Stone and Natasha Barnes’s new show celebrates comic songs for actresses – here are their favourites from musicals
March 2019
Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge exploded into our living rooms with Fleabag, her vicious comedy about an angry, awkward woman. As it returns, Guardian writers pick their TV heroines
September 2018
Life of Victoria Wood celebrated in Bury exhibition
Show in comedian’s home town includes original scripts, song sheets, photos and costumes
November 2017
Mary Berry to reunite with Mel and Sue for BBC Christmas schedule
Former Bake Off judge will join comedians to host party for town in South Wales, while other programmes include tribute to late Victoria Wood
June 2017
Dying Laughing review – savagely funny documentary about standup
Sarah Silverman, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Stewart Lee, Garry Shandling and Victoria Wood feature in this film about the craft and catharsis of comedy
May 2017
Victoria Wood statue to be built by creator of Eric Morecambe memorial
Graham Ibbeson, whose work the late comedian is said to have admired, will sculpt lifesize bronze for her home town of Bury
April 2017
TV review
Our Friend Victoria review: a lovefest in honour of a silly, sweet and brilliant talent
Sound and vision
The best TV shows this week: Idris Elba and Freida Pinto join the resistance in Guerrilla
