Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh were intoxicating as Pig and Runt " two characters at war with a world that didn't care about them 'It's a play about two pigs who go to a disco." These intri…
The former artistic director of the Gate Theatre moves his theatrical vision further west Programming a theatre during a pandemic has been like trying to nail jelly to a set of constantly mo…
Theatres are regularly criticised as unwelcoming places for working-class people. Christopher Haydon argues that the industry needs to take decisive action to
Following Gavin Henderson's anti-quota backlash, Christopher Haydon argues that promoting under-represented groups not only helps make theatre representative of society, but is
Director Christopher Haydon on his new staging, which casts Sierra Leonean actor Patrice Naiambana in the role of Davies, a tramp whose predicament mirrors the immigrant experienceDuring reh…
As theatremakers, we are often quick to laud the 'liveness' of theatre. The fact that we experience stories through the prism of
What is Michael Billington's problem with amateur performers? In a recent blog for the Guardian, he lauds the Royal Shakespeare Company's current
After helping to put on performances in the Jungle refugee camp, I've seen how theatre can become a shelter, literal and emotional. With the camp now under threat, British and French authori…