‘I don’t know if my body can do this’: does A Chorus Line still ring true for dancers?
As the classic 1975 musical about Broadway hoofers sets off on tour, professionals reveal how much has – and hasn’t – changed since its debut
March 2024
Check tickets, play a dragon, feed the cat: the volunteers who go all out to keep theatres going
Offering up their time and energy, unpaid staff have become a crucial support for an embattled industry. They explain what’s in it for them
February 2024
‘I hope it will send a message’: musical Rent to be reimagined with deaf actors
Using an ensemble cast of deaf and hearing actors, director Lilac Yosiphon aims to explore the isolation felt by the deaf community during the Aids crisis in the 1980s
December 2023
Christmas shows: Evita; Peter Pan review – from Argentina to Neverland, a search for connection
Evita review – oh what a circus as musical gets bizarre update
September 2023
Metamorphosis review – Lemn Sissay adaptation is more poetic than dramatic
This staging of Kafka’s story is physically exciting, even tireless, but it hits an early peak of terror then has nowhere to go for two hours
May 2023
Shamel Pitts: Black Hole review – fragile glimpses of an Afrofuturist world
The US dancer conjures a potent spectacle filled with mysterious symbolism as three figures strain, combine and detach in stirring, almost ritual patterns
December 2022
2022 in Culture
The best theatre of 2022
In a superb year for the stage, our chief critic gives 10 shows an extra round of applause. Plus, Guardian theatre reviewers each pick their 2022 standout
November 2022
The Wizard of Oz review – carnivalesque trip down the Yellow Brick Road
Catwalk-ready costumes, expressive puppetry and a knockabout cast make this a fun, if rather cluttered, production
This physical, modern-day version is immersed in violence, with gang members vying for sex and authority around a pool table
August 2022
Finding Home review – Idi Amin’s expulsions remembered
Fifty years on, these specially commissioned pieces movingly and unflinchingly reflect the experiences of Ugandan refugees in Britain
June 2022
Culture in peril
Cancellations, costs and chaos: UK theatres grapple with rising Covid cases
Infections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes
May 2022
Ballet Hispánico review – Latinx bite, humour and vogueing in heels
The New York company makes a long-awaited English debut with a colourful and lively triple bill that interrogates Latinx stereotypes while celebrating self-actualisation
March 2022
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical review – hits, heartache and rollerskates
Molly-Grace Cutler is in fine voice in this jukebox musical but the story shortchanges the singer-songwriter’s achievements
January 2022
Feel the sequins: touch tours and headset hosts are a sensation for visually impaired audiences
A writer who had felt shut out from stage plays finds out how Curve Leicester’s A Chorus Line is presented with audio description and a guide to the costumes
December 2021
Best culture 2021
‘Beautiful, profound, uplifting’: readers’ favourite stage shows of 2021
A Chorus Line review – one singular sensation
November 2021
No turkeys allowed! 25 of the best shows to book for Christmas 2021
Looking for a jolly good trip to the theatre this winter? Here’s our pick’n’mix selection of musicals, pantos and festive spectaculars, featuring circus tricks, high kicks and puppet rodents
September 2021
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review – Big Daddy’s birthday party still blazes
An imaginative staging of Tennessee Williams’ classic foregrounds the southern drama’s roots in Greek tragedy
June 2021
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber review – blows off lockdown cobwebs
Powerhouse renditions of songs from Joseph, Phantom, Superstar and more – plus memories from the man himself – dazzle in an inventive show
