Thursday, July 21, 2011
Katie Mitchell's new video installation at the V&A refracts Ophelia's death scene into five 20th-century dramatic stylesWho would win in a fight between the greatest theatre theorists of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:35AMMonday, July 18, 2011
From a four-storey-high dance show to intimate tales inside a camper van ... theatre got down with the gigs at this year's Suffolk music bashWhile the nation tuned in to watch Tom Pellereau …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AMThursday, July 14, 2011
As Ambassador Theatre Group begins installing 49,000 high-tech seats nationwide, I took my derriere along to test the latest development in theatregoingFew things in life draw the same low-l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27AMFriday, July 8, 2011
From a community theatre storm in East Yorkshire that went viral to Mamma Mia! in China, Matt Trueman considers the week in theatreMatt Trueman
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:41AMFriday, July 1, 2011
From dreamy moments as the Barbican to backstage bullying and Kevin Spacey's Shakespearean sensation, the highlights of the last week in theatreMatt Trueman
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMWednesday, June 29, 2011
Do theatremakers have a duty to warn the audience of any potential after-effects of a performance?Last night, I went to the theatre and I was healed. Healed, you ask. Yes, I know. It does so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:27PMThursday, May 12, 2011
High-concept theme or a bit of everything? Classics or new work? How do artistic directors find the right balance?You can say this about Sean Holmes: he's not a man to go back on his word. W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMTuesday, March 29, 2011
For the arts sector to survive, those in luck when the national portfolio organisations are named should not neglect those who miss outAt 10am on Wednesday, when the national portfolio organ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMTuesday, March 22, 2011
The sheer variety of British new writing means that refracting plays through the prism of national identity, as Aleks Sierz's new book does, feels blinkeredPick a play – any play written i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:40PMThursday, February 10, 2011
Theatre-makers need previews to fine-tune their shows. Reviewing them online before they're ready shows a lack of respect for all involvedA few days ago on this blog, Alistair Smith argued f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMThursday, February 3, 2011
Alien armies, incoming meteors, climate change ... Hollywood takes on global threats with gusto so why does theatre struggle?Under a vast black tarpaulin something is stirring. The plastic s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AMMonday, January 24, 2011
Artists need to come together and regain control of their future – and the perfect platform for collective action already existsFor the last five years, in an invariably cold room, assorte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMWednesday, December 15, 2010
They were the breakout hit of the 2007 Edinburgh fringe, but could 1927 tackle that difficult second show? Matt Trueman reports, and talks to other companies trying to make the leapThere was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMTuesday, December 14, 2010
Critics are right to notice the trend for plays that making powerful use of small, non-realistic details. What should we call it?Though three productions do not a new wave make, Michael Bill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AMThursday, December 2, 2010
An adaptation of The Great Gatsby breaks all the rules of page-to-stage drama to shed new light on the novel and theatre"Adapt or die," the saying goes. When it comes to theatre, however, th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:21PM 
