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It would be a tragedy if the lockdown left drama narrower and risk-averse. Our chief critic hears from Kwame Kwei-Armah, Indhu Rubasingham, Lynette Linton and Rachel De-lahay
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The NT’s popular online initiative continues with the ambitious 2019 adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Windrush novel and four more shows
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As he returns to his role in Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, the actor, writer and director talks about Black Lives Matter, Martin Luther King and the state of UK theatre
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This is a moment of movement: as people gather to push for change, collective dancing has become activism in motion
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The ballerina stars in a stylish short film made in isolation and is about to perform at the Royal Opera House after months away
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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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4 out of 5 stars.
Continuity review – gripping study of Irish republican terror
4 out of 5 stars.In Gerry Moynihan’s monologue, recorded at the Finborough in 2017, Paul Kennedy gives a magnificent performance
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The comedian, comedy writer and TV producer on the things that make her laugh the most
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The Australian standup feared she would spook audiences with her frank examination of trauma, but it made her a star
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MPs told future is grim unless government steps in with more support after Covid-19 crisis
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Actor says government intervention for the arts is needed as some venues are ‘teetering’
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UK’s leading institutions apologise after current and former students highlight racist incidents
Pictures & video
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The Guardian and the Unicorn theatre present a fun series of short performances, created in lockdown, for children aged three to eight. Anansi and the Two Dinners is available until 8pm on 27 June
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The Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, starring Tom Hiddleston, is being streamed for National Theatre at Home. Here are some of the other stagings of the bold and bloody tragedy
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John Boyega has issued an emotional rallying cry in support of Black Lives Matter at London's Hyde Park. 'I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race means nothing,' the Star Wars actor said. 'Black lives have always mattered'
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Throughout theatre’s shutdown, photographer Kurttz has been taking portraits of creatives remotely, capturing images from video calls. Portraits in Isolation is her document of this time, collaborating with each sitter
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British theatre teeters on the brink of total collapse and restaurants, pubs and cinemas are yet to reopen. Photographer Martin Godwin takes a stroll through an eery West End
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Willy Russell’s play, about a working-class woman’s Open University education, made a star of Julie Walters. It was first staged 40 years ago this summer – here’s a look back at its history
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The star of Nottingham Playhouse’s The Madness of George III, streamed for National Theatre at Home, talks about royalty, lockdown and theatre’s future
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4 out of 5 stars.