Chris Wiegand is a theatre, comedy, and dance editor at the Guardian. He focuses on arts and entertainment, with a particular emphasis on theatre, bringing insights and coverage to a wide audience. Chris has also been featured in Yahoo Sports Canada, MSN, Yahoo Sports UK, Yahoo News UK, podcast.de, The Irish Times, and The Guardian.
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By: Chris Wiegand
Actor recounts ‘really scary’ situation after leaving the stage of the musical Beaches
Chris Wiegand The Pulitzer prize-winning musical Rent will return to London this autumn in a 30th-anniversary production starring Stranger Things' Gaten Matarazzo in his West End debut.
Read this exciting story from The Guardian May 20, 2026 issue. Grayson Perry’s life story is to be told in an “outrageous” stage musical co-created with the composer of Jerry Springer: The Opera.
By: Chris Wiegand
The Drag Race star brings nuance to the vocals and has a hoot with a frisky script but this bio-drama is too limited and ultimately cramps her style
By: Chris Wiegand
Chris Wiegand It plays out in 1960s London as the decade, and Garland's life, draw to an end.
By: Chris Wiegand
This musical from the company behind The Play That Goes Wrong unearths the invention of acting in ancient Greece – and finds little has changed
By: Chris Wiegand
Chris Wiegand Little is known about the real Thespis, father of tragedy in the sixth century BC.
By: Chris Wiegand
The late choreographer heightens Ophelia and Gertrude’s stories yet squanders some of the speeches in an intense hour
By: Chris Wiegand
There are drop-dead gorgeous designs and the performances are full of life but this off-kilter escapade has scattershot gags and unmemorable songs
By: Chris Wiegand
There’s a rare chance to catch a Tony-nominated hit live from New York, plus blasts from the past including Rent, The Audience and Hugh Jackman as a singing cowboy
