From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon• Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellations• Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageHampstead theatre’s productions of Beth Steel’s Wonderland, set during the miners’ strike of 198

A rich commodity history interwoven with the story of the ruthless Mancunian who became ‘coffee king’ of El Salvador During the American civil war coffee was mentioned more often in Union diaries than bullets or rifles. The army, it turned out, didn’t march on its ordnance so much as its adrenal glands, juiced up by a steady supply of five cu

From its Roman foundation to the 21st century, London has always been a city of migrants, as these rich histories, memoirs and novels showThe people of London have always been settlers from around the world, beginning with the Roman invaders who founded the city. While the growth of the imperial capital until 1945 largely depended on migrants from

Campaign to convert the former prison was backed by Reading council and luminaries including Stephen Fry but rejected by the Ministry of JusticeThe Ministry of Justice has rejected a bid to turn Reading prison, where Oscar Wilde was jailed for two years in 1895, into an arts centre.The Grade II-listed building, which closed as a working jail in 201

Italian tenor says lockdown can be a chance ‘to do things that often we would like to do’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has encouraged people to “not be...

We asked you to share your thoughts and experiences about this summer’s festival being cancelled because of the coronavirus. Here’s what some of you saidCoronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellationsThe best...

Available onlineThis touching show about the schoolboy and reality TV stand-out Musharaf Asghar is compellingly performedHottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch onlineThe best arts and entertainment during...

Dorian Lynskey’s The Ministry of Truth is among the contenders for the political writing award named after the dystopian classic’s authorDorian Lynskey’s “biography” of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece Nineteen...

A parasitic infection plagues a fishing boat in a low-budget Irish B-movie that provides modest entertainment before a damp endingThere’s going to be an understandable portion of audiences who will instantly reject the mere...

The nation has been pausing on Thursday evenings to applaud our NHS heroes – here’s a roundup of medical dramas snapped by our theatre photographer Continue reading...