Thursday, November 30, 2017
Theatre finds itself between a rock and hard place. The past couple of months have left many of us with a mix of emotions and
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Two new plays, Labour of Love and Ink, are currently running at the Noel Coward and the Duke of York, neighbouring theatres
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We all know how competitive the theatre profession is. “How many actors does it take to change a light bulb?” I heard
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Ask theatre devotees what first sparked their love of the stage, and many will answer that it was a show at their
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Can lyrics be literature? That was the subject of a platform event that took place during the recent Old Vic run of Girl
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It’s rather depressing to walk past Broadway’s Imperial Theatre at the moment. A notice pinned on its locked front doors reads: “The Great
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Harvey Weinstein has become the face of harassment, bullying and all that is bad within the entertainment industry. After the revelations of
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For many, the adverts and trailers before a film only add to the experience of going to the cinema. However, there’s been an
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Sometimes I think being the artistic director of a theatre must be a bit like being a Premiership football manager. In one
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Who are the most important people working each night in the theatre? The box office, ushers, actors and bar staff. They are
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The writer Philip Hoare describes Torquay as “a place about appearance and disappearance, changing to suit the times and its visitors”. He
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Shell suits, big shoulder pads, Dallas, Margaret Thatcher, Starlight Express… remember the 1980s? For British theatre, the decade may be best remembered
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As a producer, I sometimes feel I have failed when I look out at an audience for one of my shows and
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The end of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe was marked, as ever, with the various awards presented across the city, its annual take
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Edinburgh can frequently present surprises – not just in discovering shows but also unearthing artists appearing for the first time, or finding
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When the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival programme was launched, several of my colleagues raised an eyebrow that a new two-part play called The Divide by Alan Ayckbourn
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Seventy years ago, eight companies who had not been included in the inaugural Edinburgh Festival pitched up with their productions in protest. The
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Last week, the BBC announced it had performed an abrupt U-turn on its decision to axe the weekly Saturday Review, one of
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Just over a year ago, I was sat in a West End auditorium with the worst-behaved audience I had ever experienced at
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There is possibly more riding on Girl from the North Country when it opens next Wednesday at the Old Vic Theatre than any other show to play the
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“Everyone should train for the stage” was a 1980s slogan that ran on one of British Rail’s many advertising campaigns to promote using
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Why do we not see more critics given roles as associates or in literary posts within our producing theatres? This thought occurred
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As a 15-year-old in 1990 watching a preview of The Comedy of Errors from the balcony at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, I
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“Bring me the head of Yael Faber, and while you’re at it, a side order of whoever commissioned this dross,” was Matt Trueman’s opening line
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Only a small handful of actors are critic proof. These are the performers who can be cast in almost any production and
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And Broadway’s 2017 new musical biggest winner is… Anastasia. No, that’s not a typo. Anastasia, the new musical by Stephen Flaherty and
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I am sure that, like me, the recent terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena sits heavy on your mind. In the following
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In recent years, I have observed a development in the experience of theatregoing that worries me. Friends and colleagues virtually cartwheel with joy
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On May 21, after 146 years, the legendary Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey circus will pack up for good and with it
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What makes a play become a classic? Who decides? You can wait for the playwright to die, and assess the body of
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Anyone who has ever worked on Broadway will tell you how intoxicating it is to be a part of its theatre community. New
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