The great South African playwright keenly observed the damage of racism " and his courageous works told the world Athol Fugard, political dissident playwright, dies aged 92 Athol was always …
Meeting presidents and a pope as well as migrants in cities from Lviv to Guadalajara, the 12ft puppet created by Handspring is an emblem of the global plight of refugees We were theatre peop…
Adventures in Palestine from the memoir of the former artistic director of the Young Vic In June 2001 the London Festival of International Theatre brought Amir Nizar Zuabi's Alive from Pales…
The theatre director and writer looks back at the spirit of protest that fuelled daring dramas staged in South Africa 50 years ago I grew up in South Africa during the bleak, violent, seemin…
The National's Hedda Gabler, directed by Ivo van Hove, captures all the contradictions in Ibsen's play. It's these shows that help us through dark timesAs the lights went down on Ivo van Hov…
The wait is over. Arts and culture have been awarded slightly better than standstill funding for the next five years in the
As the youth-oriented theatre turns 40, artistic director David Lan talks about blending firebrand ideals with a more mature outlook
The great French director, who died recently, took some persuading to do a play in London " and was seriously ill when he did. But the experience was life-changing, recalls the Young Vic's a…
Peter Brook's writings made me want to do drama " and his restless exploration of the form, and the world, makes him one of its greatest living exponents"I can take any empty space and call …
From reducing transportation costs to recycling scenery, theatres can think much harder about the energy they use. Admittedly we called a halt at rooftop cyclistsA big part of producing thea…