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Radio and television producer who was head of plays at the BBC and steered productions of work by Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Ibsen, Strindberg and Athol Fugard

The award-winning Syrian novelist on Aleppo, the city of his ‘soul’, his fascination with the late 19th century, and his youthful introduction to Chekhov

Sherlock star to appear in Vanya, a Simon Stephens adaptation of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya

"Master Gardener" completes what the writer-director Paul Schrader has described as a kind of trilogy, and what I've come to see as a fascinating game of topical bingo.

The actor turned novelist on creating authentic working-class characters, swapping Dublin for New York aged 16, and why sewing is like writing

The director’s latest eco-theatre production gives us fragments of Chekhov’s dialogue and a searing reading of our relationship with nature

Our film critic CJ Sheu was at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to review nominees for the Asian Cinema Observer Recommendation Prize. Here he gives brief reviews of entries from Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Hong Kong, and South Korea.

For many in Ukraine, this is a war of ‘decolonisation’ – and that includes Russia’s celebrated artistic heritage, says Charlotte Higgins

After winning the Booker Prize for debut novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, the author returns to the short-story form with new collection ‘Liberation Day’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about his fascination with Custer’s Last Stand, what John Steinbeck taught him about socialism and learning to embrace uncertainty

The Jabirr Jabirr and Bardi actor-turned-director is best known for her film and TV work, but her first love is theatre - and in 2023, she's directing a whopping four shows on Australia's main stages.

Vinay Patel’s sci-fi adaptation boldly goes into the future on a rickety starship while exploring entrenched hierarchies and class