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Chris Wiegand

Chris Wiegand is the Stage editor of the Guardian

October 2024

  • The Cat and the Canary at Minerva theatre, Chichester.

    The Cat and the Canary review – 1920s mystery stuffed with preposterous pleasures

    Colourful characters gather for a will reading in this horror-comedy, given a larky update with stylish sequences
  • Toby Thompson in The Little Prince

    The Little Prince review – twinkling spin on Saint-Exupéry’s flight of fantasy

    Performance poet Toby Thompson has a breezy rapport with the young audience as he retells the bittersweet novella with modern trimmings
  • Sharon Duncan-Brewster stars in The Loved One, an audio drama directed by Lu Kemp.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: James Earl Jones drives Miss Daisy, Ed Harris takes on Sam Shepard

    The Hollywood giants are joined online by audio noir from Danny Krass, Nicole Scherzinger’s Norma Desmond and a one-woman 25th birthday party

September 2024

  • Danyah Miller in The Mystery of Little Angel Theatre.

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    The Mystery of Little Angel Theatre review – Robin Stevens brings juicy intrigue in dynamic whodunnit

  • Thom Yorke.

    Hamlet Hail to the Thief: Thom Yorke revisits Radiohead album for Shakespeare show

  • Daisy Edgar-Jones at a screening of On Swift Horses at the Toronto International Film Festival.

    Daisy Edgar-Jones to star in new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • Obsession … Simon Snashall in the lead role in The Truth About Harry Beck.

    The Truth About Harry Beck review – the tortuous journey behind the tube map

  • Dear Evan Hansen review – affecting account of teen torment embarks on UK tour

  • Brie Larson to make her West End debut in revenge tragedy Elektra

  • From Salt-N-Pepa to Romeo and Juliet: how rap sparked Sam White’s passion for Shakespeare

  • Dressed for success: Malmö launches Roxette jukebox musical Joyride steered by Brits

  • ‘Like a gig with your favourite 90s artists’: KT Tunstall composes Clueless musical

  • Letting it go: Frozen fans bid farewell to West End musical

  • The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Andrew Scott’s Vanya and an Othello with three Iagos

August 2024

  • Josh Glanc

    Josh Glanc: Family Man review – fun and games with an avuncular oddball

  • Flippant … Wankernomics with Charles Firth, left, and James Schloeffel.

    Wankernomics: As Per My Last Email review – humdrum office hellscape

  • Refusing to be reined in … Anke van Engelshoven, Romy Seibt and Lena Ries in Show Pony.

    Show Pony review – what happens when the circus says goodbye to you?

  • As serious or silly as you like … Ben Welch as RaveRend and Lawrence Cole as Trev in House of Life

    House of Life review – glittering benediction from a joyously funky double act

  • The 39 Steps review – comic homage to Hitchcock thriller goes off the rails

  • A Jaffa Cake Musical and The Gummy Bears’ Great War: Edinburgh fringe stages battles with bite

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