The best theatre to stream this month: comedians do Chekhov, Into the Woods and Dear Octopus
Get a taste of Edinburgh fringe, enjoy Shakespearean insights from illustrious actors and sing along with a handful of musicals in our pick of streaming shows
July 2024
Pat Heywood obituary
‘My poor kid has been haunted by it’: Harry Potter and the reviewer that mattered most
The waiting is over! Have the times finally caught up with Godot?
James B Sikking obituary
Must the show go on? Theatre’s plucky motto may be out of step with our times
Arifa Akbar
Hello, Dolly! review – Imelda Staunton plays the matchmaker with stunning results
Slave Play review – Jeremy O Harris’s intense study of sex and race demands debate
The mysterious art of the casting director: ‘When you see the truth in front of you, it’s the right person’
‘It’s licensed touting, essentially’: has sky high ticket pricing turned London theatre into the wild West End?
June 2024
Mean Girls review – Tina Fey’s high-school classic gets musical spin for the Insta era
Adrien Brody to make London stage debut as man who spent 22 years on death row
Ignore the West End critics – there are plenty of cheap theatre seats
Ian McKellen’s understudy to perform in final London dates of Player Kings
‘We needed this’: UK audiences thirsty for black British love stories, says playwright
Ian McKellen expected to make ‘speedy recovery’ after falling off stage
Top-price West End theatre tickets rise by 9% in a year and reach £300
‘I can’t understand a lyric’: Patti LuPone laments lost art of projection in musical theatre
A View from the Bridge review – Dominic West leads 50s drama into the present
Jodie Whittaker returns to London stage to play The Duchess
