An interview with leading actor David Harewood, as he returns to UK theatre for the first time in ten years.

In postive news for actors and the entire live entertainment industry, UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden has revealed plans to use mass testing and “emerging technologies” to enable theatres to reopen by Christmas.

Magazine edited by Theo Bosanquet for Coventry City of Culture, celebrating 40 years of 2 Tone music (PDF)

We’re still working out what comes in its wake, and this process can be daunting. But green shoots of opportunity are beginning to emerge. Many of the jobs I do now did not exist when I started out (this guest editor post being a prime example). And although much of the work I produce doesn’t sit in the bracket of traditional journalism, it’s worth pointing out that the fundamental purpose of any piece of editorial content, whatever its source of patronage, is the same - to attract and engage a readership.

Cover feature reflecting on the past, present and future of the Edinburgh International Festival

James Graham’s surprise hit about the fraught Westminster wranglings of the 1970s – first seen in London at the National Theatre in 2012 – has made its long-awaited West End transfer against a starkly changed political climate. Originally its subject matter seemed to chime perfectly with the ConDem coalition. Now, in an age of Brexit and Trump, it serves as a reminder of the perennial challenges of democracy itself. Largely set in the Tory and Labour rival whips’ offices, 'This House' highlight

The Palace Theatre in London’s West End has seen many hits over the years, Les Miserables among them. But surely nothing can compare to the hysteria surrounding its latest tenant, the eighth installment of the Harry Potter saga, titled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Nine years after the final novel’s publication, J.K. Rowling’s most beloved characters are back in a two-part play created by Rowling, playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. Anticipation has been feverish around the wo

Last time I interviewed playwright David Greig our subject matter was light: we were discussing the opening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the West End juggernaut musical directed by Sam Mendes for which Greig penned the book. That was three years ago, and boy have a few things changed since. On a personal level, Greig has taken on the artistic directorship of Edinburgh’s historic Royal Lyceum theatre. And at a national level, his native Scotland has gone through two epoch-shifting refer

"I don't think I'm that interesting as a real person," reveals Reece Shearsmith during a break in rehearsals for Martin McDonagh's hotly-anticipated new play Hangmen. "I prefer being the puppet master, presenting the weirdos to the world when required." His latest 'weirdo' is Syd, a former assistant hangman coming to terms with the abolition of capital punishment in 1965. It's McDonagh's first new play to premiere in the UK in over a decade, and as such quite a coup for the Royal Court, where i