Acclaimed children's playwright David Wood has warned that young theatre audiences are becoming more middle-class because fewer schools are organising trips to
Leading theatremakers including Vicky Featherstone, Rufus Norris, Dominic Cooke and Maxine Peake tell David Benedict about the writer's influence on their work
Theatre PR David Bloom is leaving Target Live after 19 years to set up his own live entertainment agency, Story House. Bloom,
'I had a night in which everything was revealed to me. How can I speak again?' The early hours of the morning when
Leading playwrights including Timberlake Wertenbaker, Charlotte Jones and Tanika Gupta are demanding theatre makes bigger strides to address the under-representation of female
International touring can be a wonderful experience. It creates friendships that last many years and memories that last a lifetime. One downside,
Lindsay Kemp, who has died at the age of 80, was a maverick figure. His combination of charisma, eclecticism and a uniquely
With a background in engineering, Marty Moore worked his way up via a training placement at the National Theatre and freelance work
Comedians including Angela Barnes have won the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award panel prize for an initiative offering free taxi rides to vulnerable
Marking 30 years since the introduction of Section 28 " the law that banned the "promotion of homosexuality" in UK schools "
In his one-man show Prairie Flower, Ryan Simms takes on the role of his late father, East London gangster Danny O'Halloran. Simms
Matthew Morrell trained for three years at Central School of Ballet in London before taking on a postgraduate course at the Academy
After 40 years running Polka Theatre, Stephen Midlane is retiring. He tells Lyn Gardner about working with world-famous children's authors, why it's
With myriads of fringe theatres to choose from, picking the right venue for your show can be a daunting prospect. As the
Cleverly mixing contemporary and historical, director Stefan Herheim’s take on Rossini’s already heavily altered account of the Perrault fairytale puts the music
Earlier this month, leading performers including Michael Xavier and Emma Williams called on producers to do more to make it clearer when
Nothing to Be Done was my debut play as a writer. The beautiful wee absurdist tragicomedy played a number of international festivals
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has posted record sales across the three-week festival with a year-on-year rise of 5.25% to an estimated 2.8
A new theatre initiative has been set up for black audiences, which aims to help widen access and increase discussion around plays
How did you start off in theatre? As a young person, I loved theatre but the thought of being on stage myself
Maddie Rice had the unenviable job of taking over from Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the touring production of Fleabag, but she slid into
The Sydney-born actor and writer made his name in London by following his performance in Yerma with an equally acclaimed turn as
Ensemble companies are recognised for providing a rare opportunity for actors to work within a stable and enriching environment, enabling them to
Another month, another dynamite hashtag orbits the theatre Twittersphere. As delighted as I was to see news of the triumphs of the