Is theatre reviewing teachable?
Critics Kate Maltby and Libby Purves at Critics Circle Awards Last week two unrelated things happened to make me think hard and...
Critics Kate Maltby and Libby Purves at Critics Circle Awards Last week two unrelated things happened to make me think hard and...
Annemarie Lewis Thomas is composer, musical director and founder principal of Musical Theatre Academy. MTA has just won the Stage School of...
Michael Volpe is the director of Opera Holland Park but his background is unusual. He spoke to Susan Elkin Tell me about...
Poor SATS results putting pressure on a headteacher’s job… a new play examines the issues and Susan Elkin meets the playwright. Plays...
Children don’t read enough. They have too little experience of story – through books, theatre or whatever. It leads to diminished imaginative...
The English Folk Dance and Song Society and Cecil Sharp House have long occupied a special place in my heart. My father,...
Photo credit: Ellie Kurttz Lavatories in theatres – or rather lack of them. It’s one of my favourite topics and I’ve lost...
Is one of your new year resolutions to read more books about whatever aspect of the theatre industry you’re involved in or...