The much-hyped US musical is a feast for the senses, but its huge success poses wider questions about the future of theatre

Whether your kids are reluctant readers, avid bibliophiles or just need to be kept happy in the car, Sara Keating’s list of outstanding audiobooks for kids of all ages is here to help

Lisa McGee and Stacey Gregg are among the writers featured in an intermittently fascinating new compilation of short teleplays

BINGE pairs performers with one audience member at a time, using your viewing preferences to investigate your pandemic psyche

As anonymous love letters are read out and love songs played, the focus of this Zoom gathering is on members of the audience who have provided the material but, in some cases, remain uncommitted

AboutFace Theatre’s eight new three-minute plays, streamable on YouTube, explore a refreshing diversity of subject matter and tone

The children’s fable Anansi The Spider is being reimagined for a digital audience

Twenty years after it was first performed, and this time on screen, Mark O’Rowe’s play retains its immediacy and intensity

Sheridan Smith is a perfect fit for Fanny Brice, one of Broadway’s greatest stars

Echoes of lockdown ripple through this fraught mother-to-daughter monologue

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s acclaimed sex comedy is returned to its original theatrical setting, but the results are strangely mixed

The national theatre’s innovative response to an unthinkable time sees Irish theatre-makers doing some career-best work

Over the past week, intrepid kids have been testing out virtual workshops, taking on artistic challenges and watching online theatre productions on the Magazine’s behalf. Sara Keating gets their verdicts

The event, which runs online until April 24, gives artists an opportunity to earn income during the shutdown while also providing audiences with vital new work

Kieran Hurley’s new play examines social behaviour on the internet by dramatising how far people will go on a comments thread

The now-household name got his big break ably propelling this high-energy British farce, filmed in 2011

Hampstead Theatre’s 2018 production – now on Instagram – brilliantly answers the question ‘what happens to theatre when you can’t go see it’

A new production of the Russian author’s 1903 landmark work shares a strong resonance with certain Irish cultural mores

The Gate Theatre’s production of Nancy Harris’s desperately sad play unfolds like a thriller, but feels like a tragedy

A new play by Michael West is set in the 1970s, but speaks clearly to the current political crisis