On Theatre

Midsummer fever dream

What is the direction of theatre for the next season?

Hip-hop with a Weimar vibe

Bertolt Brecht’s didacticism puts off a lot of people who are sympathetic to a marxist world view

Radio cashes in on theatre’s loss

Radio drama is prone to over-signalling regional differences, says Anne McElvoy

A tasty tester for a better year

The Comeback is a gutsy British response to a period of glum hardship

Carving out a new genre

Digital theatre is now beginning to offer stalls-starved audiences the kind of quality work they would have queued to see live

Smart work from the Old Vic

The Old Vic shows the way

A playwright who aims big

Anne McElvoy on writers and players who can transfer skills to the small screen from the big stage

Waiting for – anything

Krapp’s last tape might these days be a collection of WhatsApps and stored Instagram images, muses Anne McElvoy

A long-term bet we must take

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the show will go on again; it always does

Running scared of religion

Shelley’s story prompts us to consider the relationship between The Almighty and man