Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital
The chief executive of Arts Council England has launched an impassioned defence of the or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMThursday, March 20, 2025
Lynette Linton, outgoing creative director of Bush Theatre, hopes production will lead to people getting more support
Part of the creative team behind a new play about the impact of dementia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMTuesday, March 11, 2025
A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was pulled last September in a dispute over one of the play’s songs
A review into the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMTuesday, February 11, 2025
Alterations, by Michael Abbensetts, follows a Guyanese tailor as he tries to establish himself on Carnaby Street
The National Theatre’s decision to stage a work by a “pioneering” and �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMTuesday, January 28, 2025
Oscar-nominated actor says she has had to compromise because of dearth of complex roles in UK and Hollywood
Hard Truths star Marianne Jean-Baptiste has said there is still “a dearth of gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMTuesday, December 17, 2024
Anti-corruption champion to examine Arts Council England projects and lack of facilities in some areas of country
Margaret Hodge will oversee a review into regional inequality in the arts af…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, November 27, 2024
Goold says he is seeking new challenge after more than decade in charge at the Almeida theatre
Rupert Goold is leaving the Almeida theatre after more than a decade in charge to take over at …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, October 10, 2024
As hundreds of personal effects belonging to playwright John Osborne go up for sale, Hare laments that the V&A is not bidding
The vital memorabilia and personal effects of our greatest p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMWednesday, September 11, 2024
Inaugural season to include adaptation of James Baldwin novel and an immersive rave
An immersive rave, voguing and an adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel Giovanni’s Room are all part of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMTuesday, September 10, 2024
Fifty drawings of displaced people will be exhibited in a London church, in collaboration with UN refugee agency
Providing safe routes for asylum seekers should be the focus of the UK govern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, September 3, 2024
Tinuke Craig says current black British theatre talent was developed when schemes to improve access were common
The lack of investment in arts schemes aimed at working-class children will cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMMonday, August 5, 2024
Glaswegian, 44, says angioplasty was ‘shot across the bows’ and she will now swap Red Bull for hummus
A car breaking down when you’re hours away from an important Edinburgh fringe warm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PMWednesday, 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 10:06AMWednesday, 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 02:36PMWednesday, 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 01:06AMFriday, 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, 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 07:24AM 
