Stephen Daldry

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

Cage fights, chat shows, train platforms: the strangest places films have found their stars

Looking to cast a new film sensation? Then visit a prison, look at Instagram or head to a station. Because that’s where these future stars were hanging out

Graeme Virtue

08, Nov, 2017 @11:26 AM