Arts ageism works both ways
Are we marginalising young people in the arts? We mount lots of theatre for them and are good at telling each other...
Are we marginalising young people in the arts? We mount lots of theatre for them and are good at telling each other...
This evidence gathering session at the House of Commons select committee cries out for verbatim theatre. “The object of this session is...
No wonder there are so many productions about just now. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a heart-warming, important story which...
Cygnet Theatre, Rosemary Branch. Measure for Measure is a strange play but I used to teach it to A level students and...
I review a lot of professional theatre. I also cover amateur shows, including student ones. Regularly doing both throws up some thorny...
Acting apprenticeships I reviewed Changeling Theatre’s rather good Hamlet last week in the ruins of the old Garrison Church at Woolwich. I...
The stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s What the Ladyird Heard has benefited from a great deal of development work since its first...
So what makes a good musical? Whatever it is, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Matador and Lord of the Rings didn’t have it....