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Written and directed by Nina Raine, the acclaimed medical drama Tiger Country, staged at Hampstead theatre in 2015, is available to watch for free until 10pm on Sunday 26 April
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Artistic director says theatre sector is in ‘premier league of risk’ caused by Covid-19 and calls on increased government support for freelancers
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Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin explain how political exile prepared them for lockdown and why their latest project is about fairytales
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The artist reflects on the events that inspired Hampstead theatre’s #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, streamed by the Guardian this month
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From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon
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Maria Bamford: Weakness is the Brand – a comic totally in command
4 out of 5 stars.Therapy, foreplay and the nature of standup all fall into the crosshairs of a scattergun show that never fails to find its target -
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Zara review – giant baby leads her army into your living room
3 out of 5 stars.
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From Robbie Fairchild’s electric escape to Francesca Hayward’s head-spinning pirouettes, here are five joyful homemade clips
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Wit and four-letter artistry have made Glasgow a comedy stronghold – and with the clubs shut, the laughs are going online
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The TV host, who changed his name to protest the fashion brand’s heavy-handed legal action, has decided to ‘go back to the Lycetts’
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This streaming event hosted by Anna Mann on NextUp was a valiant experiment in performing live comedy without an audience
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Top comics pick the routines that make them howl with laughter, from Eddie Murphy on Rocky to Eddie Izzard on penknives and Michelle Wolf on women’s worst enemies
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Playwright whose comedy There’s a Girl in My Soup broke West End records and became a film starring Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn
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Jez Butterworth’s acclaimed play about English myths is to be revived in 2021, directed by Ian Rickson
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Hilary Bettis’s immigration drama 72 Miles to Go … was one of many off-Broadway shows that didn’t make it to the stage after the Covid-19 outbreak, leaving the playwright ‘heartbroken’
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As the National Theatre streams its acclaimed staging of Shakespeare’s comedy, its star recalls playing Malvolia and eliciting help from the audience
From the archive
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25 February 1970: Thirty-three years after she first danced the title role in Giselle, the British ballerina talks about reprising the role with partner Rudolf Nureyev
Pictures & video
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To celebrate the anniversary of the dramatist’s birth, here is a banquet of images from productions of his works by Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton and featuring Tamsin Greig, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes
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The nation has been pausing on Thursday evenings to applaud our NHS heroes – here’s a roundup of medical dramas snapped by our theatre photographer
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The Guardian photographer David Levene takes a look back at London’s biggest stage night of the year
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Venues around the world may have closed their doors because of the coronavirus but you can still toast theatre with these celebratory scenes, snapped by Tristram Kenton
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A corps de ballet in Rome share video as they dance in their homes under Italy’s coronavirus lockdown
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With Jennifer Saunders playing Madame Arcati in London, and a new film adaptation with Judi Dench on the way, we look back
Europeans
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Original drama from across Europe: A Swedish dad warns of the internet undermining democracyOriginal drama from across Europe Sweden: A Swedish dad warns of the internet undermining democracyEuropeans part of This is Europe
You may have missed
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Theatres may be closed but you can celebrate the Bard’s birthday on Thursday by watching one of his plays online
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In Death of a Salesman, Dennehy – who died aged 81 this week – was generous, committed and like a jazz musician on set, says his co-star
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Reinventing courses that rely on physical contact is a challenge, but digital training could be the perfect curtain-raiser into theatre’s brave new world
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As the RSC’s Twelfth Night is streamed online, the actor recalls putting on Malvolio’s yellow stockings and how pub theatre led him into comedy
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Musical stars from Broadway and the West End perform songs whose lyrics let us reflect on the coronavirus crisis
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We asked you to share your thoughts and experiences about this summer’s festival being cancelled because of the coronavirus. Here’s what some of you said
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Quarantine Players Stars and theatre fans unite for new Shakespeare solos