Lyn Gardner: New showcase could demand more of the festival and help shape its future development
So, Arts Council England has indeed grasped the nettle of providing financial support for English companies who want to come to the
So, Arts Council England has indeed grasped the nettle of providing financial support for English companies who want to come to the
Fringe work picked up for film and TV can prove lucrative for the writer, but what about everyone else? Theatremaker Steven Atkinson
The nominees have been announced for this year's Edinburgh Comedy Awards, which see London Hughes become the first black British woman to
A former pottery in north London is to be transformed into a children's puppet theatre and bookshop after plans for the scheme
A new campaign group has been set up to bring the at risk Garston Empire in Liverpool back into use as an
The relationship between performance and animals is to be explored by a theatre academic from the University of Surrey, who has been
Opera in the City Festival opens its third season with what must be a UK premiere, and a great rarity anywhere: a
There has been a change to the advertised lecture today and the professor seems more than usually enthusiastic to explain why. He
It's an unwritten rule at the Edinburgh Fringe, that, whatever you do, don't mention 'the M word'. No, not that " don't
Bait Theatre is going to Kill the Princess inside us all. Tired of society selling us false fairy tale endings, it's decided
August 26, 2004: We reviewed the troubled and somewhat delayed opening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest " featuring Hollywood star
Madani, his sister Maryam and Alex are best friends. After Alex defends Maryam from a racist bully at school they become inseparable
In the past few years, theatre has rightly begun to take a long, hard look at diversity, on and off stage. Theatres,
You don't get much Shakespeare at the fringe " something about five-act tragedies not quite fitting into the average hour-long slot "
The catastrophic collapse of Preston Guild Hall's operator should give many UK local authorities pause for thought. It has become increasingly common
For Ed Coleman's new play, which originally saw the light at this year's Vaults Festival, the author questions how much we will
Austin wakes up on a beach and reimagines himself as Black Ulysses, thirsty for adventure but ever fearful of the problems that
Theatre ticket prices have got "completely out of hand" in both the commercial and the subsidised sectors, Robert Icke has claimed. The
More than 8,000 people have signed a petition calling on exam board Pearson to reverse last-minute changes to grade boundaries for a
Michael Grandage's charitable organisation has announced the recipients of its fourth year of bursaries, including 16 individual awards and partnerships with the
If an actor is touring in a show do they have to arrange their own transport and accommodation? And do they get
I'm in a cafe in Edinburgh with more than half of the fringe run under my belt, reflecting on how things have
Prisons these days are just like holiday camps, argues Gary Keegan in this piece of documentary theatre from Irish company Brokentalkers. Comedian
As fringe musicals go, this is proper. It has a complete plot, strong characters, fully orchestrated songs, a nice bit of choreography.