There is a problem with the concept of outreach. If a theatre is genuinely serving its community, being part of the community,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMStella Duffy, the writer and theatre-maker, calls for a radical rethink of cultural policy in the UKI write this from the National Rural Touring Forum conference in Nottingham – which incl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMArtistic excellence can only ever be subjective, writes Stella Duffy – let’s demand instead excellence of engagement and participation Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMAnother week, another call for the death of Arts Council England. If it’s not the Daily Mail, it’s an opera tsar charmingly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMAnother week, another call for the death of Arts Council England. If it’s not the Daily Mail, it’s an opera tsar charmingly suggesting that problems at the English National Opera would b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMAs the Olympics did for sport, a nationwide project could show that art, culture and science are also core passions for Britain"Choose what you want to do ... dance, talk or be lifted up to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AMLosing a child is terrible, but our play dares to suggest that it may be possible to find hope in miscarriage or infertilityWhen my friend and colleague Emma Deakin miscarried she looked for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22AMThe trailblazing director wanted to create cultural spaces across the UK. In 2014, her centenary year, you can make it happenIn January, at Improbable's annual Devoted and Disgruntled event,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMOur friend Kate Crutchley, who has died of cancer aged 69, was an actor, director and under-acknowledged pioneer in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and women's theatre.She was …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMConfirmation of the lack of female actors, writers and directors has made me ask how best to tackle this inequalityIt's a relief to know that what I regularly see – so few women on stage, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM