Chris Wiegand is a theatre, comedy, and dance editor at the Guardian. He covers a diverse range of topics including arts and entertainment, theater, film and cinema, as well as health and wellness, often weaving in themes related to sports and sports business. Chris has been featured in notable publications such as Yahoo Sports Canada, The Irish Times, and Yahoo News UK.
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This is a sprightly adaptation of Chris Haughton’s popular book, adding circus skills, projections and BSL
By: Chris Wiegand
Tove Jansson’s beloved creations have their hibernation interrupted by snowball juggling and jolly ukulele tunes in this sweet adaptation
By: Chris Wiegand
Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld musical gets a West End spin and the Horrible Histories star’s Bottom are among this month’s highlights
By: Chris Wiegand
In Sonali Bhattacharyya’s tale, Liana Cottrill’s striking and gracefully realised mermaid is driven to leave her home not for a crush on a prince but in order to save the seas
The Olivier-winning star ‘excited and honoured’ to take the lead in the UK premiere of Marie and Rosetta, a 1940s-set two-hander from George Brant
Actor helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and West End
By: Chris Wiegand
Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, is remembered by her friend and fellow member of the budding National Theatre company in the 1960s
By: Chris Wiegand
As told to Chris Wiegand I'd seen Joan on stage before I joined her in the National Theatre company at the Old Vic in the 1960s.
By: Chris Wiegand
A meandering musical based on the Doris Day movie delivers the sure-shot showtunes in style with a whipcracking lead in Carrie Hope Fletcher
By: Chris Wiegand
Lowden first appeared in David Ireland’s two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his ‘hero’ Freeman
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