Saturday, December 4, 2021
Indoor theatre is back. Despite audiences being inscrutable in masks, I’ve seen two packed shows and begun to believe that theatres are finally recovering after a dreadful year. But the ou…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:06AMTuesday, August 24, 2021
Created deep in the fens of East Anglia, Murmurations is a new drama about conservation in the age of extinction
It’s not been a great year for playwriting. In March 2020 I was deep in cas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMMonday, May 25, 2015
Why do playwrights still adhere to the philosopher's over-simplistic view of drama? It's a Greek tragedy
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWednesday, February 1, 2012
Failure for playwrights comes via rejection letters, bad reviews and audience walkouts. But when a play hits the spot, there's no feeling like it for both playwright and audienceAs this is t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMWednesday, January 25, 2012
Festivals such as Cambridge's Hotbed offer the ideal setting for the unfairly underrated dramatic fragmentLiving in Cambridge has many advantages (architecture, libraries, punting), but acce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AMWednesday, January 4, 2012
It seemed to be doing playwrights like me out of a job – but perhaps the battle between different performance traditions is finally overThere's always a special pleasure about going to the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:35AMWednesday, December 21, 2011
After the distractions of the Christmas run-up, Boxing Day gives on to a week of calm renewal. At least in theoryHolidays are curious times for playwrights. You tend to work around the house…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AMTuesday, December 13, 2011
I can't wait for the chance to collaborate with three other playwrights from across the continent. Maybe David Cameron could learn somethingAs the UK drifts out into the mid-Atlantic under t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMTuesday, November 15, 2011
In the second part of our Secret diary of a playwright series Steve Waters bemoans the elusiveness of the Muse, who sometimes visits in the dead of nightPlays are accidents waiting to happen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMTuesday, November 8, 2011
In the first of a new series, writer Steve Waters reflects on self-help, status anxiety and the perils of collaborationThe ideal Christmas present for any playwright is that classic text of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMTuesday, October 4, 2011
Even the biggest playwrights have to subsidise their work – but maybe we should celebrate writers' ability to survive in the theatre at allAs I start a new teaching post this autumn, it's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AM 
