Fracked! Alistair Beaton on his anti-fracking satire
The playwright explains the genesis of his fiery comedy starring Anne Reid and James BolamIf you'd asked me five years ago whether I might one day write a comedy about fracking, I'd have won…
The playwright explains the genesis of his fiery comedy starring Anne Reid and James BolamIf you'd asked me five years ago whether I might one day write a comedy about fracking, I'd have won…
Alistair Beaton, the author of The Accidental Leader, one of five short plays now running at the Arts Theatre in London under the collective title A View from Islington North, wonders whethe…
It's either serious or it's funny. That's a view I quite often encountered when working in Germany. A theatre professional there once advised me to remove all references to writing televisio…
Dramatic pauses, a clueless Greek chorus of MPs, a surprise interval ... there's nothing quite like the latest Murdoch production at Portcullis HouseRarely has a new work had such massive ad…