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Chris Wiegand

Chris Wiegand is the Stage editor of the Guardian

April 2025

  • Soul Roberts and Sophie Thomas in Sunny Side by Northern Rascals at the Place theatre.

    Sunny Side review – teen spirit spirals in yearning dance drama

  • The Years staged in Amsterdam in 2024.

    From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus

  • At the ceremony … John Lithgow won the best actor Olivier award this weekend, for his role in Giant.

    Olivier winner John Lithgow attacks Trump’s second presidency as ‘a disaster’ for US arts

  • Lesley Manville with her Olivier award for Oedipus and John Lithgow with his award for Giant

    Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph

  • Lesley Manville calls for better funding for UK regional theatre

  • Beegu review – Alexis Deacon’s mellow yellow alien adventure hits the stage

  • Scraps review – posh frocks and meal deals in a class comedy

  • The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Macbeth, Life of Pi, Playhouse Creatures and more

  • Apex Predator review – supernatural psychodrama bites off more than it can chew

March 2025

  • Lizzie Wort performs Little Angel Theatre’s Miniature Travelling Circus.

    Little Angel Theatre’s Miniature Travelling Circus review – tiny treats for tots

  • Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly in Red or Dead at Liverpool’s Royal Court.

    Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan never walks alone as Liverpool FC hero Bill Shankly

  • Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, centre, in Oedipus.

    Robert Icke’s modern-day Oedipus triumphs at Critics’ Circle theatre awards

  • Horribly compelling … Londiwe Mthembu and Izzi McCormack John in Hot Chicks.

    Hot Chicks review – scorching account of county lines exploitation

  • Ambika Mod to play porn addict in ‘funny, unsettling and honest’ play at the Royal Court

  • ‘Our show fits in a duffel bag’: clowning duo Xhloe and Natasha on scoring a triple fringe whammy

  • Jodie Comer to reprise Prima Facie role ‘one last time’ for a tour

  • The LeftBehinds review – dystopian thriller finds the National Theatre firing on all cylinders

  • Macbeth review – a dynamic tragedy of somersaulting ambition

  • A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here review – notes on a scandal

  • Embodying the Impossible review – behind the tricks of the magic trade

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