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Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage on the government\u2019s response to the coronavirus crisis. We put questions to her from arts organisations around the country.

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of Shakespeare\u2019s birthday. To celebrate, actor Paapa Essiedu performs the iconic \u201cTo Be or Not To Be\u201d soliloquy from Hamlet for us live from his home. Paapa played Hamlet in Simon Godwin\u2019s highly acclaimed 2016 production at the RSC, which transplanted the action from Denmark to West Africa. It will be available to watch on iPlayer from tomorrow as part of the BBC\u2019s Culture in Quarantine series.

How can personal tragedy inspire comedy? Alice Fraser and Darren Harriott discuss talking about the death of a parent on stage \u2013 why do it, how do they make it work, and what has been the audience\u2019s reaction.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang \nProducer: Simon Richardson \nStudio Manager: Tim Heffer