55 stories by "Chris Wilkinson"
Fancy being a musical producer in New York? For $1,000 you'll even be credited on the poster for a production of Godspell
With arts organisations struggling financially, corporate sponsors have a vital role to play - and that includes alcohol distributors
Our writer marvels at the Christmas cheer of theatre bloggers and asks who is most deserving of seasonal charity donations
The blogs are off as the legions of online amateur theatre reviewers take on their craggy old print-based critics
Matt Trueman caused a furore by suggesting it was unethical for bloggers to review shows early. But are these amateur critics as innocent as they claim to be?
UK theatre's post-cuts future is prefigured in the US, where venues have to charge punters through the nose to stay afloat
Our writer marvels at the Christmas cheer of theatre bloggers and asks who is most deserving of seasonal charity donationsIt's that time of year again, when bloggers pour themselves a glass …
Theatre is under attack around the world, bloggers find. Even the Red Cross seems to be getting in on the act
Is it possible, or even desirable, to make a living as an artist in the theatre? The blogging community has been chewing it over
A New York venue has begun offering childcare in a bid to get parents to buy tickets. Plus a tribute to an academic greatTheatres will do anything to get audiences through the doors. But, as…
Among many theatrical recipients of New Year honours was Anne Carroll, who has inspired young people for decades
Bloggers debate whether conventional theatres can be spaces to 'think with', while the American actors' union comes in for criticism online
Does the physical presence of actors make eroticism less exploitative on stage than on screen?
Bloggers wonder whether theatre students need to broaden their horizons. Plus: plays need the right-sized space to breathe, Tennessee Williams rarity discovered
Bloggers debate the pros and cons of theatregoers being dragged up on stage. And what will theatre look like in 20 years?
Want to keep abreast of the global theatre scene? Let me sign off by saying there's no better way than trekking the blogosphereThis is, by my (very) rough calculations, my 175th Noises off b…
New rail plans could leave a London theatre homeless; elsewhere bloggers discover the Bard is missing on Broadway and consider watching theatre in a foreign languageWe begin in campaigning m…
This week, theatre bloggers are debating the relationship between money and quality, the cost of drama training and actors in dangerCan you buy good theatre? The question comes from August S…
Theatre bloggers size up the big issues including shrinking cast sizes, expanding activism and Rebekah Brooks's hairIs Broadway getting smaller? Ken Davenport of the Producer's Perspective, …
The value of healthy relationships tops the bill as bloggers debate the funding motives of a theatre that is consulting artistsOur journey around the blogs begins this week at the Intiman th…
In this week's bloggers' roundup: is copyright cramping creativity? And what's with all the artistic manifestos?Let's turn first of all to the tricky issue of copyright. Nick Olivero of Boxc…
Can the uneasy marriage between playwrights and those who help promote their work be patched up? Bloggers offer relationship adviceThis week's Noises Off is riven with internecine conflict. …
The explosion in Shakespeare stagings gets bloggers heated under their ruffs, while elsewhere theatres are struggling to stay hipIt turns out that the Rose theatre's Stephen Unwin isn't the …
Playhouse closures have got bloggers training the spotlight on private subsidy. Plus, a rare peek into the rehearsal roomTheatres are dying. At least, so the blogs appear to believe. As the …
