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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Literary manager Stephanie Bain: ‘Sometimes you can prejudge too much what an audience wants’ by Amber Massie-Blomfield

One of Stephanie Bain’s key responsibilities as literary manager for London’s Almeida Theatre is scouting artistic talent. She tells Amber Massie-Blomfield what

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Friday, October 4, 2019

Amber Massie-Blomfield: The Old Vic should be applauded for scrapping single-sex loos – don’t let the Twitter storm compromise that decision by Amber Massie-Blomfield

This week The Old Vic has announced that it has scrapped single-sex toilets in favour of facilities for those of all gender

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Monday, October 22, 2018

Sound designer Tom Gibbons: ‘I don’t want to get pigeonholed into a certain style of sound’ by Amber Massie-Blomfield

The award-winning sound designer has carved out a wide-ranging career in theatre, working on some of the most dynamic shows at venues

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Monday, October 15, 2018

A year on from #MeToo, how much has theatre really changed? by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Theatre was thrown into the national spotlight with the emergence of the #MeToo movement. Led by the Royal Court, the industry pledged

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

How Susan Sontag staged Waiting for Godot during the brutal Siege of Sarajevo by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Twenty-five years ago, Susan Sontag staged Beckett’s classic amid the siege at the heart of the Bosnian War. Participants tell Amber Massie-Blomfield

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The power of theatre buildings by Amber Massie-Blomfield

The impressive architecture of the UK's theatres is often a legacy of stark class divides. Here, Amber Massie-Blomfield writes on the buildings that really are for everyone. The post The pow…

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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Quotas are a necessary corrective to challenge the gatekeepers of ‘good’ art by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Across the arts, the issue of quotas has risen again in recent months, criticised by author Lionel Shriver and – closer to

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Friday, July 20, 2018

Amber Massie-Blomfield: My first trip to Avignon showed me the unifying power of international festivals by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Outside Avignon station, a French bulldog was (I kid you not) cocking its leg against a poster for an English-language production entitled

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Hidden gems open up theatre to a wider range of audiences by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Two years ago, Amber Massie-Blomfield set off on a hunt for the UK’s most unusual venues. As she explains, the treasures she

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Will the NHS count the cost if it doesn’t harness healing power of the arts? by Amber Massie-Blomfield

The second Arts in Health conference will showcase programmes designed to take the burden off the health sector. Amber Massie-Blomfield explores the

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Monday, March 26, 2018

Theatre boards: what do they do, and are they fit for purpose? by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Boards wield ultimate power at theatres, yet operate largely behind the scenes. Controversies in other sectors have highlighted the risks of such

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Leadership shake-up is set to reinvigorate British theatre by Amber Massie-Blomfield

As Amber Massie-Blomfield nears the end of her tenure at Camden People’s Theatre, she argues why the executive director’s job is so

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Not all small theatres are big theatres struggling to get out by Amber Massie-Blomfield

As the Bridge Theatre opens – the first new large commercial theatre since 1973 – I’ve been thinking about the unique role

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Where art walks on the wild side by Amber Massie-Blomfield

During the course of two weekends, 10 miles of South Devon coast is being transformed by several site-specific performances. Amber Massie-Blomfield explores

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Make London affordable or arts will disappear by Amber Massie-Blomfield

What makes London a great city? It’s definitely not the weather – and probably not the tube at rush hour, either. I’m

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Amber Massie-Blomfield: How Lyn Gardner’s theatre blog changed my life by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Lyn Gardner has announced that her regular blog for The Guardian is to be cut. Although she will continue to write reviews

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Protests and theatres have always made for comfortable bedfellows by Amber Massie-Blomfield

When demonstrators take to the streets outside the Print Room on Thursday, they’ll join a long tradition of protests at theatres. From the recent, much retweeted

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Friday, October 28, 2016

Amber Massie-Blomfield: We need more female nudity, not less by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Disclosure: I am a female who has been naked on stage. In 2010, I was one of dozens of women who took

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Amber Massie-Blomfeld: This audience shaming has got to stop by Amber Massie-Blomfield

On The Stage website today, producer Richard Jordan complains about audiences he encountered on a trip to see Dr Faustus at the

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Friday, April 22, 2016

Amber Massie-Blomfield: We need radical initiatives to improve diversity by Amber Massie-Blomfield

According to the 2011 census, more than 40% of Londoners now come from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. But sitting in

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Youth theatre is about funding stars of the future – and snogging by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Throughout my teens, I was a member of Theatre Royal Bath Young People’s Theatre. That was pretty much the defining thing about

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Amber Massie-Blomfield: Explore tricky ethics, but don’t exploit the audience by Amber Massie-Blomfield

I was recently in an audience that, egged on by a charismatic performance artist, engaged in some noisy banter that edged perilously

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