2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
Taking over a theatre building for the first time can come as a shock for artistic directors and they soon learn that
Old Vic, BristolScaramouche Jones, born at midnight on December 31 1899, a strange, pale, white-skinned "oyster" who popped out of his Gypsy prostitute mother in a fishmongers in Trinidad. A…
"Please don't feel ashamed of having a day job to support your dream of working in the arts. A lot of people
Mind the Gap has become a world leader in creating work with, and not just for, learning-disabled actors and theatremakers. Lyn Gardner
Competition to find the next hot emerging playwright can be fierce among theatre publishers hoping for a long and rewarding relationship. But
Some theatre is like a haunting. It is a prickle down the spine, a sense that you are watching something uncanny, something
Garrick, LondonNot exactly your usual West End fare (after the bloody splatterfest, you might be feeling a little too queasy to face dinner à deux), Martin McDonagh's play is a hugely enj…
Money makes all the difference. Back in the 1990s, when I was travelling the country reviewing regional theatre, the evidence of years
Curve, LeicesterSue Townsend's tormented teenage hero makes a jaunty appearance in this smart, low-key musical adaptationIt is more than 30 years since Sue Townsend created Adrian Mole, the …
News that creative arts graduates earn 15% less than the average university leaver five years after graduation " and so may expect
She wrote Mamma Mia! Now she's back " with another story about a wedding. Lyn Gardner meets the down-to-earth Catherine JohnsonCatherine Johnson is downing an energy drink that promises to p…
Last week I was invited to speak on a panel about space and place at the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference
As theatre company Quarantine hands over the stage to ordinary people, joint artistic director Richard Gregory tells Lyn Gardner how deaf performers,
It would have been nice, of course, to see another woman appointed to head up a major theatre. But never mind, it's
I spent part of last week at the Edinburgh International Children's Festival. It's one of an increasing number of children's arts and
Curve, LeicesterIt's the early 1990s, the Northern ÂIreland peace process is taking its faltering first steps, and INLA man Mad Padraic is hard at work pulling out the toenails of ÂBel…
Vaudeville, LondonIt's hard not to warm to the sweet silliness of Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens's tribute to Morecambe and Wise"Where would you be without me?" asks Eric Morecambe. "Be a c…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThe YouTube star plays a girl trying to escape a failing resort in Rob Drummer's ill-pitched revival of Judy Upton's playOne wag has worked out that if every follo…
Peter Hall was once at a party where a woman collared him and said: "What would poor Samuel Beckett's career have been
Attenborough Centre, BrightonInviting guest performers of all ages to serve as art objects, Gob Squad's show is a meditation on beauty and decay Beauty, creativity and decay are neatly entwi…
As her 1986 drama Leave Taking is revived at the Bush, the playwright talks about the pain of being neglected, the barriers faced by writers of colour " and her new play about London'I am a …
Home, Manchester Scottee's show is an act of 'fat rebellion' with a cast who share their stories and consider their identities through dance A large bearded man is dancing centre stage. Sudd…
Hope Mill, ManchesterThis verbatim piece about Martyn Hett, one of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, is a joyous meditation on friendshipVictoria Melody once described funerals as…
Every night that I am at the theatre, I marvel at the talent on display. And I often muse why one particular
Norfolk and Norwich festivalThe breakdancing Barely Methodical Troupe prove truly inventive as they transform each other into human marionettesEveryone gets tied up in knots at times. Or wan…
