Theatre Unlocked 1: George Floyd remembered, a classic transformed, and a call to action re climate change

THEATRE UNLOCKED A Broadway legend in concert lends musical buoyancy to this week's ever wide-ranging theatrical array

A Broadway legend in concert lends musical buoyancy to this week's ever wide-ranging theatrical array

We're easing out of lockdown, haircuts are being had, and the theatre continually shape-shifts to accommodate these changing times. All credit to the 14 writers who have conjoined forces in urgency and haste to create 846, a collection of audio plays responding to the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Album: The Chicks - Gaslighter

★★★★ THE CHICKS - GASLIGHTER The Chicks have ditched the Dixie but kept the country

The Chicks have ditched the Dixie but kept the country

I have had an obsessive-loop Dixie Chicks tune for every eventuality of my life so far – “Ready To Run” for a big break up; “Wide Open Spaces” for road tripping; “Cowboy Take Me Away” for whimsical love affairs; “Not Ready To Make Nice” for general rage and “Travelin’ Soldier” for a good old cry.

On the Record review - #MeToo turns its lens to the music industry, gives the mic to women of colour

★★★ ON THE RECORD #MeToo turns its lens to the music industry, gives the mic to women of colour

An unflinching look at #MeToo, misogyny in hip hop, and the burdens of black women

On the Record, the latest documentary from Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (acclaimed directors of The Hunting Ground), dives into the sexual misconduct allegations against music mogul Russell Simmons, the so-called ‘Godf

Small Island, National Theatre At Home review – big-hearted story hits every beat

★★★★★ SMALL ISLAND, NT AT HOME Big-hearted story hits every beat

Andrea Levy's Windrush epic bursts triumphantly onto the stage – and our screens

A British-Jamaican man is confused. It's the Second World War, and he signed up for the RAF on the understanding that he would serve as a pilot overseas. But instead he's ended up as ground crew in a grey Lincolnshire village. "You are overseas, aren't you?" sneers his sergeant.

Theatre Lockdown Special 10: Epic plays from the National Theatre and Broadway alongside voices raised in protest

LOCKDOWN SPECIAL 10 Epic plays from the National Theatre and Broadway alongside voices raised in protest

The state of Britain then and now gets a look-in, as do animals in human form

As lockdown continues, National Theatre at Home has announced its final sequence of plays, and several of the very best are being saved for last. That certainly applies to this week's offering, Small Island, whose dissection of Britain's racist past couldn't be timelier.

Romantic Comedy review - a not-so-guilty pleasure

★★★★ ROMANTIC COMEDY Tough yet passionate look at joys & flaws of romcoms

Elizabeth Sankey's tough yet passionate look at the joys and flaws of romcoms

Only those who really love you can deliver the hard truths, and for filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey, that one love is romantic comedies. Better known as one half of band Summer Camp, Sankey is a self-confessed romcom expert, having watched nearly every film from the 80s onwards.

Moffie review - heart rates will rise with Oliver Hermanus’ powerful war film

★★★★ MOFFIE Heart rates will rise with Oliver Hermanus’ powerful war film

A visceral LGBTQ period piece set against the backdrop of the South African Border War

Oliver Hermanus’ potent fourth feature Moffie certainly has a controversial film title. A homophobic slur, it can be translated from Afrikaans as "faggot". If you were to see buses with film posters emblazoned with the title in translation, there might rightly be cries of outrage.

Jane Eyre, National Theatre at Home review - a fiery feminist adaptation

★★★★ JANE EYRE, NATIONAL THEATRE A fiery feminist adaptation

Sally Cookson's take on Brontë is innately theatrical and ferociously resonant

The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched by over 2.5 million people, either on the night or in the week since its live streaming, and raising around £66,000 in donations.