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Chris Wiegand

Chris Wiegand is the Stage editor of the Guardian

August 2024

  • Brilliantly boastful … Richard Fleeshman as Shakespeare.

    Something Rotten! is a riotous Shakespeare musical ripe for the West End

    Chris Wiegand
  • Lindsay Duncan in Dear Octopus.

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: comedians do Chekhov, Into the Woods and Dear Octopus

July 2024

  • The cast of Shrek the Musical

    Shrek the Musical review – sludgy show leaves you green about the gills

  • Rosemarie Akwafo (Nona) in Rough Magic at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

    Play time
    Rough Magic review – zany riff on Macbeth bewitches young audience

  • Finn Cole in Red Speedo.

    Red Speedo review – moral dilemmas and personal fears surface in doping drama

  • Boris Charmatz leads a workshop for Cercles in Avignon.

    ‘It’s mind-blowing for me’: Boris Charmatz on leading Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal

  • Close Up review – zoom in on a sporty dance of cool control

  • Forever (Immersion dans Café Müller de Pina Bausch) review – a heartbreaking redux

  • La Vie Secrète des Vieux review – older people reveal the full glory of their sex lives

  • The Paddington Bear Experience review – the Marmalade Day jamboree must go on!

  • ‘Dream come true’: Elizabeth Newman to be Sheffield Theatres’ artistic director

  • Grud review – sliding floors as teenager’s two worlds collide

  • Edinburgh festival 2024: 12 tips for families

  • Acrobats on a bridge, dance in the cathedral: Lausanne’s free festival of priceless performance

  • The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Shakespeare v the Tories, Mel C’s dance show and more

June 2024

  • Mark Uhre as Nick Bottom with members of the company in Something Rotten!. Stratford Festival 2024. Photo: Ann Baggley.

    O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival

    The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline
  • Class … Charlie Burn, Elèna Gyasi, Georgina Castle, Grace Mouat and Elena Skye in Mean Girls.

    Mean Girls review – Tina Fey’s high-school classic gets musical spin for the Insta era

    Plastics and fellow students give high-grade performances but the songs and production don’t get quite enough As

    • Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey to play Richard II on London stage

    • ‘Absolute outrage’: arts in state schools must be a priority for next government, say theatre leaders

    • Top-price West End theatre tickets rise by 9% in a year and reach £300

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