385 stories by "Kate Wyver"
Rosana Cade's performance piece, Walking: Holding, is designed for one audience member to make their way through a city as they hold hands with strangers. It is an explosion. It is a whisper…
'I know that fairytales are often considered lightweight and superficial, but when you dig deep they provide us with incredibly important maps to help us understand what it is to be human.' …
If one set of windows in an urban area is broken and ignored, it sets a precedent for an area and leads to an escalation of crime. This criminological theory forms the springboard for Caitli…
Image by Helen Albert Deafinitely Theatre are the only deaf-led theatre company in Britain that provide performances and activities for both children and adults. I spoke to Artistic Director…
A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts combines Shakespeare, lemons and a game of strip-wrestling. Every performance is different because the protagonist of the show is picked from a hat b…
Once Upon A Time looks old age in the face. Ageing is a subject that director Agnieszka Blonska says we do not talk about or see on stage enough. The play tells the stories of three perfo…
When Erica Whyman started as Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013, she was excited by the brief set her by Director Gregory Doran. He wanted her to commission ne…
The twenty-first century musical In the Heights, set in Washington Heights in Manhattan, is coming to London. In 2008, In the Heights was nominated for 13 Tony awards and won four including …
Puppetry is all about movement. A group of puppeteers creating a show about an incurable muscle-wasting condition that takes away all mobility sounds like a paradox, but the deterioration of…
Drew McOnie has started a new theatre-dance company, and its first show, Drunk, is currently playing at the Bridewell Theatre. Kate Wyver caught up with him… Why have you cho…