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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Our Little Amal has travelled thousands of miles – but there is still far to go by David Lan

Meeting presidents and a pope as well as migrants in cities from Lviv to Guadalajara, the 12ft puppet created by Handspring is an emblem of the global plight of refugees We were theatre peop…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM

Monday, June 14, 2021

Extract: David Lan's As If By Chance by David Lan

Adventures in Palestine from the memoir of the former artistic director of the Young Vic In June 2001 the London Festival of International Theatre brought Amir Nizar Zuabi’s Alive from Pal…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:24AM

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

David Lan: In the age of apartheid, theatre resisted by David Lan

The theatre director and writer looks back at the spirit of protest that fuelled daring dramas staged in South Africa 50 years ago I grew up in South Africa during the bleak, violent, seemin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM

Thursday, February 2, 2017

European productions aren't 'infecting' our theatre – they're telling hard truths by David Lan

The National’s Hedda Gabler, directed by Ivo van Hove, captures all the contradictions in Ibsen’s play. It’s these shows that help us through dark timesAs the lights went down on Ivo v…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Nicola Thorold obituary by Marcus Davey and David Lan

Our colleague and friend Nicola Thorold, who has died aged 51 of leukaemia, was a champion of innovative grassroots theatre. As chief executive of the Independent Theatre Council (1993-2000)…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PM

Monday, November 30, 2015

David Lan: Arts funding reprieve is welcome but mysterious by David Lan

The wait is over. Arts and culture have been awarded slightly better than standstill funding for the next five years in the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:55AM

Monday, May 25, 2015

The Young Vic hits middle age - and discovers some grey areas by David Lan

As the youth-oriented theatre turns 40, artistic director David Lan talks about blending firebrand ideals with a more mature outlook

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Patrice Chéreau: directing in the shadow of death by David Lan

The great French director, who died recently, took some persuading to do a play in London – and was seriously ill when he did. But the experience was life-changing, recalls the Young Vic's…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM

Friday, May 25, 2012

The Suit: the show that sums up Peter Brook's theatrical odyssey by David Lan

Peter Brook's writings made me want to do drama – and his restless exploration of the form, and the world, makes him one of its greatest living exponents"I can take any empty space and cal…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:08AM

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Classics for a New Climate: how to produce a low-carbon-footprint play? by David Lan

From reducing transportation costs to recycling scenery, theatres can think much harder about the energy they use. Admittedly we called a halt at rooftop cyclistsA big part of producing thea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PM

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