Stephen Daldry
The 50 best TV shows of 2021
The great telly countdown hits the top spot with a furiously joyful, gut-wrenching five-part drama that was funny and full of life
22, Dec, 2021 @6:03 AM
Meet Little Amal, the puppet girl refugee about to walk 8,000km
Later this month, a giant puppet will trek from the Syria-Turkey border to Manchester, in a moving-theatre show of solidarity with asylum seekers
Claire Armitstead
04, Jul, 2021 @2:00 PM
No lights, no camera: UK TV producers face equipment shortage
Film and television industry struggles with surge in demand for high-end shows fuelled by lockdown binge viewing
Jim Waterson Media editor
13, Jun, 2021 @1:33 PM
Rush review – Rupert Everett searches for the meaning of monogamy
A gay love triangle leads to a generational battle over over queer identity in a beguiling, Zoom-broadcast comedy of manners
Arifa Akbar
25, Jun, 2020 @4:41 PM
The Inheritance, Company and Come from Away win big at Olivier awards
Subsidised theatre’s impact on West End highlighted by winning productions
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
07, Apr, 2019 @8:15 PM
Olivier awards 2019: full list of winners
The Inheritance, Come from Away and Company are among the shows that have triumphed at this year’s ceremony
07, Apr, 2019 @6:58 PM
The Inheritance wins best new play at UK Critics' Circle awards
Matthew Lopez’s epic drama wins three prizes, while Marianne Elliott’s production of Company is named best musical
Chris Wiegand
29, Jan, 2019 @2:00 PM
The Jungle review – vital drama of hope and despair at the Calais camp
This vivid recreation of life in the sprawling refugee camp is a priceless piece of theatre that enlarges our understanding while appealing to our emotions
Michael Billington
06, Jul, 2018 @1:00 PM
Sprawling epic of gay life The Inheritance to transfer to West End
Matthew Lopez’s sold-out two-part play at the Young Vic will move to the Noël Coward Theatre in September
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
16, May, 2018 @6:00 AM
The Inheritance review – Angels in America meets Howards End
Stephen Daldry directs a stellar cast, including Vanessa Redgrave, in a rollercoaster epic about gay men in New York
Michael Billington
28, Mar, 2018 @11:01 PM
The Jungle, play about Calais migrant camp life, to get West End run
Playhouse Theatre will stage immersive production of work by Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
12, Mar, 2018 @7:00 AM
The Jungle review – intimate tragedy from across the Channel
Testimony from Calais refugees makes vital drama in a compelling but unsentimental document of our times
Susannah Clapp
24, Dec, 2017 @7:50 AM
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