Stella Duffy: The problem with theatre outreach
There is a problem with the concept of outreach. If a theatre is genuinely serving its community, being part of the community,
There is a problem with the concept of outreach. If a theatre is genuinely serving its community, being part of the community,
Stella Duffy, the writer and theatre-maker, calls for a radical rethink of cultural policy in the UKI write this from the National Rural Touring Forum conference in Nottingham " which includ…
Artistic excellence can only ever be subjective, writes Stella Duffy " let's demand instead excellence of engagement and participation Continue reading...
Another week, another call for the death of Arts Council England. If it's not the Daily Mail, it's an opera tsar charmingly
Another week, another call for the death of Arts Council England. If it's not the Daily Mail, it's an opera tsar charmingly suggesting that problems at the English National Opera would be so…
As the Olympics did for sport, a nationwide project could show that art, culture and science are also core passions for Britain"Choose what you want to do ... dance, talk or be lifted up to …
Losing a child is terrible, but our play dares to suggest that it may be possible to find hope in miscarriage or infertilityWhen my friend and colleague Emma Deakin miscarried she looked for…
The trailblazing director wanted to create cultural spaces across the UK. In 2014, her centenary year, you can make it happenIn January, at Improbable's annual Devoted and Disgruntled event,…
Our friend Kate Crutchley, who has died of cancer aged 69, was an actor, director and under-acknowledged pioneer in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and women's theatre.She was …
Confirmation of the lack of female actors, writers and directors has made me ask how best to tackle this inequalityIt's a relief to know that what I regularly see " so few women on stage, so…