In Germany, I saw a white woman dress as a gorilla to play Othello. Yet the best that Britain seems to do is Clybourne Park – a play which aims for laughs rather than a serious examination…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMSome say that theatre is all about liveness and intimacy, others that it needs to be epic in scope. Both can't be right, surely?Does size matter? It strikes me that the biggest single issue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:39PMBy focusing on economic arguments in defence of the arts, we've swallowed the coalition's lineI've been noticing a trend in articles by young theatre-makers addressing the forthcoming cuts i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMRecent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response?In the past month, three ra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13AMRecent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13AMTheatre photography normally operates via two angles: the ubiquitous close-up or the mid-torso action shot. But what can the photos really tell us about a play? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:19PMSex and scandal are integral to this classic Viennese play, but British directors seem to be shy of telling it like it isIf most new openings seem to be about communism at the moment, it's s…
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