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Beth Steel, Frances Poet, Dawn King and Janice Okoh nominated despite many plays being postponed or cut short due to coronavirus
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Tyson, who has died aged 96, was the talk of Broadway when she appeared in The Trip to Bountiful in 2013. Her co-star pays tribute
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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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Weg met Eddy Bellegueule review – a four-way triumph
5 out of 5 stars.
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The idea that the artform skews left is widespread, but the prevalence of comedians punching down suggests otherwise
From the archive
Pictures & video
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When the curtains close on each performance of Sydney Theatre Company’s one-woman show, the most common phrase you’ll hear is, ‘How did they do that?’
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Clayton Anderson was still a teen when he ran away with the circus in the late 80s – taking along his camera to capture sword swallowers, tattooed ladies and a human torch
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The Unicorn and Filskit Theatre company present a Christmas treat for children aged two to five. Huddle is the tale of an Emperor penguin and his new chick learning how to thrive against the odds. Narrated by Madeline Appiah.
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We mine the archive of Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton for the great creations of designers including Tim Yip, Rae Smith and Tom Scutt
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Written by James Graham and produced by the Guardian in partnership with the National Theatre, this short musical film takes stock of an extraordinary year and resets for the one ahead
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As Helen Mirren looks back at her career in a Talking Shakespeare event online on 23 November, we celebrate some of the stars’ regal performances for the RSC
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When the playwright tried dance to cope with grief, it led to a new drama, about his mother, his childhood and Jemima Puddle-Duck
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Modern masterpiece Jerusalem storms back and Trevor Nunn goes underground with Beckett, while Bob Marley gets a musical and Frankenstein becomes a ballet
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Tim Key review – banter, bathing and terrific poems about our new normal