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As Complicité’s The Encounter goes online, its creator discusses the need to rebuild British culture ‘from the ground up’
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Covid-19 crisis draining theatre’s reserves, says artistic director, who announces new community schemes and streamed shows
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From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon
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With tours cancelled and rehearsal rooms closed, what’s the future for dance? Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson, psychotherapist Terry Hyde and choreographer Alexander Whitley assess the Covid-19 damage
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Yash Gill’s Power Half Hour, directed by Milli Bhatia, is among a new batch of Virtual Collaborators films released this week
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The musical comedian, improviser and composer on the things that make her laugh the most
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Comedian who formed a popular duo with his wife, Anne Meara, has died of natural causes
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The Mash Report has always turned tough topics into comedy. As it returns in lockdown, host Nish Kumar and standups Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Tom Mayhew talk about satire’s role in a crisis
Pictures & video
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Stiller, who formed an entertainment duo with his wife, Anne Meara, has died aged 92. Here’s a look back on his roles, including those alongside his son, Ben Stiller
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The nation has been pausing on Thursday evenings to applaud our NHS heroes – here’s a roundup of medical dramas snapped by our theatre photographer
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To celebrate the anniversary of the dramatist’s birth, here is a banquet of images from productions of his works by Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton and featuring Tamsin Greig, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes
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The Guardian photographer David Levene takes a look back at London’s biggest stage night of the year
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A corps de ballet in Rome share video as they dance in their homes under Italy’s coronavirus lockdown
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