How Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre Is Bringing New Writing Talent to The World
Thanks to its famous annual Fringe festival, Edinburgh is well known as a place to discover new...
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“An Inspector Calls”: Blasting Open the Drawing Room
J. B. Priestley’s most famous play An Inspector Calls has had quite an interesting life. Written...
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Variety Night at the Lyceum: a Social Event
David Greig’s artistic directorship at the Royal Lyceum Theatre brings a new Variety Night for Sunday nights in Edinburgh
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Making Shakespeare Live with Birds of Paradise
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company prove that somewhere between Glasgow and Hong Kong, Shakespeare lives
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Behind the Scenes at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre
Housed inside a stunning Grade II listed building, Manchester’s Royal Exchange is the country’s...
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Review: “Anastasia” At The Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House’s production of the real-life mystery of Anastasia comes to a close today....
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National Theatre Asks Actors Over-80 to Improvise Play Without Script
A new play staged by the National Theatre will thrust actors in their 70s and 80s onto the stage...
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How Theatre Is Tackling The Biggest Issue of All: The Future of Our Planet
Oil, Ella Hickson’s new play at the Almeida, begins in a bitingly cold Cornwall in 1889 when a...
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“Shopping and F***” is Back – How it Rocked Then and Why it’s Relevant Now
Shopping and Fucking was the most iconic play of the 1990s. As it is revived, 20 years on, we look...
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Steakhouse: Live Art, Live Writing
Performance festival Steakhouse Live returns for 2016 with a beefier line-up and a new embedded...
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Welsh Theatre – Curse or Blessing?
“Though we have a nascent theatre tradition, we do have a long tradition of performance…Our writers are indicative of a nation that is still wrestling…with positive identifications of self.” – Ian Rowlands
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Finding The Balance: Scotland Aims For 50/50 By 2020
Scotland’s five centrally funded performing companies make formal pledge to achieve a 50/50 gender balance across their boardrooms by 2020.
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Unlimited Festival: Making an Impact in Glasgow
Tramway’s Unlimited Festival at Glasgow is showcasing exceptional new work from disabled artists and trying to make a lasting an impact in Glasgow.
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“The Merchant of Venice” Opera That’s Been 55 Years in the Making
For a composer in search of characters and a good plot, Shakespeare might appear a rich source,...
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“A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer” Heading to the National Theatre
In 2001, at the age of 20, I was diagnosed with stage 3 metastatic testicular cancer. As a cancer...
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Blast Theory on “a Mission to Maintain a Sense of Liveness and Participation”
The Brighton-based Blast Theory is one of the world leading interactive performance companies that...
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Simon Starling and Graham Eatough: “At Twilight: A Play for Two Actors, Three Musicians, One Dancer, Eight Masks (and a Donkey Costume)”
Set in the leafy grounds of Holmwood House in Glasgow’s Southside, Simon Starling and Graham...
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London: Integrated Casting
It is sad to record that the main controversy provoked by this summer’s West End mega-hit, Harry...
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London: The Americans are coming!
Some of the best shows on the London stage hail from across the pond, and more American delights...
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London Theatre: In Mourning for Brexit
Earlier this month, on 16 August, I went to a small, slightly stuffy London venue called Theatre...
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