Natasha Tripney

During the first lockdown, some felt this seismic shock offered a chance for the industry to rethink and reset, but how true has that proved? Theatremakers speak to Natasha Tripney about the developments that give them hope

Overcomplicated plot scuppers a technically ambitious musical update of Charles Dickens classic with a Broadway cast

Online production of the Old Vic’s Christmas hit starring Andrew Lincoln proves affecting despite the occasionally disorientating way in which it has been filmed

Despite the multiple failings of our government this year, fury has been in short supply – it is the job of theatremakers to hold those in power to account, and anger can be a useful tool, says Natasha Tripney

Thaddeus Phillips’ new show is an inventively filmed if at times elusive exploration of disconnection performed on Zoom

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ mega-hit struts and snaps back (briefly) into the West End

Technically impressive and genuinely magical

Mischief Theatre’s comedy mega-hit, an intricate piece of theatrical engineering, reopens

Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole of Sh!t Theatre rip into the Richard Curtis movie Love Actually with something pleasingly surreal and oddly moving

With the introduction of new tiered restrictions across England, a number of venues have been forced to cancel their Christmas shows. Natasha Tripney rounds up the festive favourites that will still be going ahead this month