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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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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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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
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
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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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