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Chris Wiegand

Chris Wiegand is the Stage editor of the Guardian

May 2025

  • Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea in Krapp's Last Tape.

    Holy Krapp! Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memory

    Krapp’s Last Tape, in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self, is back for two star-powered revivals. This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect with their past
  • Brendan Gleeson attends the Los Angeles premiere of Joker: Folie a Deux in Hollywood in 2024.

    Brendan Gleeson to make West End debut in Conor McPherson’s The Weir

    Revival of the ‘profoundly moving’ Irish pub drama will open at the Olympia theatre in Dublin before arriving in London this autumn
  • Detail from the artwork for Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things – The First Shadow.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: how Stranger Things shook the stage

    Behind-the-scenes look at the TV juggernaut’s transformation into a theatrical spectacular, interactive acrobatics with Cirque du Soleil and a spellbinding tribute to Kneehigh are among this month’s highlights

April 2025

  • Liam Gallagher and Damon Albarn take part in the Music Industry Soccer Six Tournament at Mile End Stadium, east London, in 1996.

    Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in ‘punchy’ new comedy

  • Soul Roberts and Sophie Thomas in Sunny Side by Northern Rascals at the Place theatre.

    Sunny Side review – teen spirit spirals in yearning dance drama

  • The Years staged in Amsterdam in 2024.

    From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus

  • At the ceremony … John Lithgow won the best actor Olivier award this weekend, for his role in Giant.

    Olivier winner John Lithgow attacks Trump’s second presidency as ‘a disaster’ for US arts

  • Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph

  • Lesley Manville calls for better funding for UK regional theatre

  • Beegu review – Alexis Deacon’s mellow yellow alien adventure hits the stage

  • Scraps review – posh frocks and meal deals in a class comedy

  • The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Macbeth, Life of Pi, Playhouse Creatures and more

  • Apex Predator review – supernatural psychodrama bites off more than it can chew

March 2025

  • Lizzie Wort performs Little Angel Theatre’s Miniature Travelling Circus.

    Little Angel Theatre’s Miniature Travelling Circus review – tiny treats for tots

  • Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly in Red or Dead at Liverpool’s Royal Court.

    Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan never walks alone as Liverpool FC hero Bill Shankly

  • Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, centre, in Oedipus.

    Robert Icke’s modern-day Oedipus triumphs at Critics’ Circle theatre awards

  • Horribly compelling … Londiwe Mthembu and Izzi McCormack John in Hot Chicks.

    Hot Chicks review – scorching account of county lines exploitation

  • Ambika Mod to play porn addict in ‘funny, unsettling and honest’ play at the Royal Court

  • ‘Our show fits in a duffel bag’: clowning duo Xhloe and Natasha on scoring a triple fringe whammy

  • Jodie Comer to reprise Prima Facie role ‘one last time’ for a tour

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