Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Ageism standing in way of older writers breaking into the industry, playwrights claim
The phrase “emerging playwright” should not be restricted to those under the age of 40, leading UK t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMWednesday, July 17, 2024
Manager ‘was everything we didn’t have in our politics’, insists James Graham as he rewrites ending of play
The playwright James Graham has paid tribute to the outgoing England footbal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMThursday, July 4, 2024
Children’s experiences form basis of play that weaves 150 years of care system history into narrative
When theatre-makers Matt Woodhead and Helen Monks gathered with a small group of child…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMThursday, June 20, 2024
As Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters transfers to West End, she is only third black British woman to have play staged there
Theatre audiences are “thirsty” for romance stories told from a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMFriday, May 17, 2024
Trio of plays co-created by Roy Williams explores British identity in the era of Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter
The co-creator of the Death of England series of plays has said the deca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMTuesday, May 7, 2024
Exclusive: Audience had ‘vitriolic reaction’ to European tone of musical, forced to close early
Rufus Wainwright has defended his musical Opening Night, which was forced to close early a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMThursday, May 2, 2024
Speaking at launch for West End adaptation, Cleese complains about literal-minded viewers ‘not playing with a full deck’
John Cleese said that he decided to cut the N-word from a scene i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMDavid Byrne calls for urgent state support for young playwrights, particularly those from minority or working-class backgrounds
David Byrne, the artistic director of the Royal Court theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMWednesday, May 1, 2024
Writer of Make Good: the Post Office Scandal says postal workers’ interviews helped describe ‘the power of the state coming down on you’
The creators of a new musical about the Post Of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMThursday, April 25, 2024
Women in Theatre Lab will act as incubator for playwriting and acting talent and address gender inequality
Gemma Arterton, Joanna Scanlan and Stella Kanu are some of the figures backing an i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMFriday, March 22, 2024
Campaigners call for ‘outdated structures’ that undermine progress and encourage inequality to be dismantled
Cultural organisations and equality campaigners have called on high-profile f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMWednesday, February 28, 2024
ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’
Arts Council England (ACE) has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMTuesday, February 27, 2024
Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’
The writer of Slave Play, the controversial Broadway production about race and sexuality t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMSaturday, February 24, 2024
Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move
Birmingham’s cultural figures from Carl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMThursday, February 22, 2024
Team behind Little Amal puppet hope to create ‘visceral engagement’ with issues caused by climate emergency
The production team behind the Little Amal puppet, which raised awareness abou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMThursday, February 15, 2024
Exclusive: Incoming Rada president says he wants to pass down what he learned from mental health struggles as a graduate
David Harewood has called for acting graduates to be taught “resili…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMWednesday, February 7, 2024
Exclusive: Director says he is interested to see response of new audiences at a time of growing instability
The global theatrical phenomenon War Horse is returning to British stages for the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AMWednesday, January 31, 2024
Council has found one-off funding pot after announcing 100% cut, but people in county say sector is being destroyed
As a chant of “Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts!” echoes of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PMFriday, January 26, 2024
Theatre dedicated to new writing says it is ‘reassessing staff teams’ after sharp rise in production costs
The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, January 16, 2024
Royal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience
The Royal Shakespeare Company is attempting to attract new audienc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMTuesday, December 19, 2023
Open letter signed by top playwrights, actors and directors demands Israel free members of Freedom theatre
Israel-Gaza war – live updates
Some of Britain’s most heralded playwrights, act…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Claudia Rankine, whose latest play, The White Card, is to tour the UK, warns of negative effect on mental health
Footage of violent racist incidents such as the murder of George Floyd is tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMThursday, April 21, 2022
Comedians such as Nish Kumar say they have noticed a change since crowds have returned to clubs
It was halfway through a show in Shrewsbury when Nish Kumar noticed an audience member being d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMTuesday, April 19, 2022
The Family Sex Show organisers receive abuse over UK production aimed at children as young as five
A theatre show that promised to reimagine sex education by discussing the issue in a frank …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMThursday, April 14, 2022
Theatre’s chief hopes production gives younger people understanding of the price paid by radicals in the past
The world premiere of a musical about the “young, sexy, radical” early lif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMSaturday, September 25, 2021
The actor and playwright is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting faces of British theatre. Now he’s stepping into the shoes of Bob Marley in the new West End musical Get Up, Stand Up
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMWednesday, August 11, 2021
Mistaken for drug dealers? Monitored by police? A new play staged in a Bradford car park weaves stories of everyday racism, faith and petrolheads
“I don’t go out, I don’t really go cl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMWednesday, June 23, 2021
Barbican denies Sir Nicholas Kenyon’s departure was prompted by claims organisation was ‘insidiously’ racist
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican’s managing director for 14 years, is to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMTuesday, June 15, 2021
Written by Yvvette Edwards and Irenosen Okojie, the ‘timely and clear-eyed’ play will be live-streamed in July
The publishing industry’s lack of diversity is to be the focus of a new c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMFriday, June 11, 2021
Book details more than 100 instances of alleged prejudicial behaviour at the arts organisation
The Barbican has been described as “institutionally racist” by its own staff, who have comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMThursday, June 10, 2021
Mawa Theatre Company hope to make classic works accessible to diverse audiences
The team behind the UK’s first all-black, all-female Shakespearean theatre company say it is planning to re-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM 
