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Bradley Riches on Heartstopper, new musical Babies and how coming out helped him embrace his autism

Bradley Riches on Heartstopper, new musical Babies and how coming out helped him embrace his autism
As Bradley Riches takes to the stage in Babies, he's found time to sit down with Big Issue to talk sexuality, neurodiversity, and how embracing both has helped him to understand himself
Maggie & Me author Damian Barr: 'Today's Tories are far beyond Thatcher's darkest dreams'

Maggie & Me author Damian Barr: 'Today's Tories are far beyond Thatcher's darkest dreams'
'Whose voices have the right to be heard?': Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades

'Whose voices have the right to be heard?': Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades
Liz Carr: 'I was told all the time I wouldn't live to be old – and I believed it'
Liz Carr: 'I was told all the time I wouldn't live to be old – and I believed it'
Artist Rhiannon Faith: 'I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope'
Artist Rhiannon Faith: 'I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope'
New play Capital! explores Edinburgh's financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor

New play Capital! explores Edinburgh's financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor
Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up

Hamilton tour review – an urgent production as America needs heroes to rise up
Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical review – nostalgia never felt so wicked

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical review – nostalgia never felt so wicked
Christopher Eccleston: Scrooge could be any one of those Tory ministers round the cabinet table

Christopher Eccleston: Scrooge could be any one of those Tory ministers round the cabinet table
The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas

The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas
Scene & Heard: The wild and wacky theatre project where kids write the plays

Scene & Heard: The wild and wacky theatre project where kids write the plays
How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime
Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests

Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests
Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws

Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws
It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic

It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic
Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale

This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale
'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
The story of the world's first drag ABBA tribute band

The story of the world's first drag ABBA tribute band
‘I criticise Israel because I love it, not because I hate it’

‘I criticise Israel because I love it, not because I hate it’
Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage

Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage
Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'
Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'
'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'

'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'
As 'I, Daniel Blake' hits the stage, here's why it's needed more than ever
