Audio drama

The best theatre to stream this month: The Old Man and the Pool, Bedbound and more

Watch Mike Birbiglia’s hit comedy about mortality, Colm and Brenda Meaney in Enda Walsh’s two-hander or choose from a flock of Swan Lakes

Chris Wiegand

01, Dec, 2023 @12:01 AM

The best theatre to stream this month: That Face, Macbeth and Dance Umbrella

Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a revival of Polly Stenham’s debut play, London’s international dance festival and Patrick Stewart suffering toil and trouble

Chris Wiegand

01, Oct, 2023 @10:00 AM

The best theatre to stream this month: Doctor Who does Shakespeare, and a visit to the nit nurse

Ncuti Gatwa stars in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Zadie Smith relocates Chaucer to Kilburn, plus dance, storytelling and fringe drama

Chris Wiegand

01, Aug, 2023 @5:00 AM

The week in audio: Digging With Flo; Intrigue: Burning Sun; Blum; The Ashes – review

NTS Radio fosters deep chats at the allotment, Radio 4 investigates K-pop sex scandals, a Swiss drama takes its time, or there’s always the cricket…

Miranda Sawyer

01, Jul, 2023 @4:00 PM

The best theatre to stream this month: Like Water for Chocolate, Heart and more

Our roundup of the drama to enjoy at home in July includes a glorious adaptation of the Laura Esquivel novel and Saoirse Ronan in The Tragedy of Macbeth

Chris Wiegand

01, Jul, 2023 @5:00 AM

The best theatre to stream this month: Emilia Clarke in The Seagull and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes a Big Night of Musicals, You Bury Me and James Earl Jones in King Lear

Chris Wiegand

01, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM

The week in audio: Terri White: Finding Britain’s Ghost Children; From Gay to Ze; Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?

White’s emotional investigation into kids in abusive households is a must-hear. Plus, queer parents debunk gender roles and a hilarious return for Radio 4’s spy drama

Miranda Sawyer

25, Mar, 2023 @5:00 PM

Blaccine: First Dose review – Black voices speak out about the pandemic

Three monologues, told from a Black British perspective, tackle subjects ranging from distrust of the medical system to the gentrification of Brixton

Arifa Akbar

10, Jan, 2023 @1:27 PM

The week in audio: Desert Island Discs; Today guest editors; The Dark Is Rising; Terry Hall

The fleeting return of Kirsty Young, a mixed bag of guest editors, some midwinter magic and fond memories of Terry Hall

31, Dec, 2022 @5:00 PM

The best theatre to stream this month: Billie Holiday’s blues, McKellen’s Lear and Newsies

Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a Tony award-winning musical, international dance and a radical dramatisation of the crucifixion story

Chris Wiegand

01, Oct, 2022 @5:01 AM

Gilly Gilly review – Cush Jumbo’s searing play about abuse let down by mundane details

Delivered with rage, as a woman reckoning with her past, this audio drama written and performed by Jumbo takes too long to get to the point, stalling in domesticity

Arifa Akbar

26, Sep, 2022 @12:06 PM

Mrs Wickham review – Austen spinoff sees despairing Lydia ‘banished’ to the north

What happened next to headstrong Lydia Bennet, the most rock’n’roll of the Pride and Prejudice sisters? This intriguing take by Sarah Page reunites Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn

Arifa Akbar

26, Sep, 2022 @10:49 AM