Kate Wyver

As Cardboard Citizens celebrates its 30th anniversary, artistic director Adrian Jackson talks about founding the company that makes theatre with and for homeless people, its outreach work during the pandemic and the influence of his close friend Augusto Boal

Fuel Theatre’s valiant effort at making the climate crisis feel immediate, but the result is lukewarm

Two-hander written by Athena Stevens that only finds energy in the final episodes

Tender musical celebration of black joy and love, The Color Purple at Leicester Curve does a brilliant job of transferring intimate stage energy on to the screen

One of only a few artists to have worked at the NT as director, writer and actor, Clint Dyer became its deputy artistic director last month. He talks about falling in love with theatre at Stratford East, becoming the first black British director of a West End musical and promoting diversity

While theatres stand dark, producer Adam Blanshay has been busy finding a way for audiences to get a taste of the live experience at home. He tells Kate Wyver about his collaboration with the Theatre Cafe on a new web series featuring West End talent from Zizi Strallen and Marisha Wallace to Shan Ako and Bonnie Langford

Sadler’s Wells has been inviting in audiences since 1683 and, though the building is closed, it continues to do so. Artistic director and chief executive Alistair Spalding tells Kate Wyver about digital dance festival Dancing Nation – a partnership with the BBC

As her play The Whip, about the UK’s abolition of slavery, is named winner of the Alfred Fagon Award, former journalist Juliet Gilkes Romero explains how her forensic approach to theatremaking brings past injustices to account on stage

After meeting six years ago as students, producers Eliza Jackson and Jamie Lambert have gone on to form their own company, Lambert Jackson. They tell Kate Wyver why they charged for their work in lockdown and their hopes for a new-look West End

A celebration of European theatre persevering against the odds