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30/12/08 - North East Theatre
in 2008
Peter Lathan looks back at the theatrical year between Tyne and Tees
in 2008.
28/12/08 - The London Stage in 2008
Philip Fisher looks back at a year of London Theatre.
21/12/08 - Arthur Miller
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Christopher Bigsby.
03/12/08 - Brickbats in Cyberspace
Matt Boothman reports on a panel discussion about the relationship between
theatre criticism in print and blogging on the Internet.
30/11/08 - Somebody: The Reckless Life
and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando
Philip Fisher reviews the biography by Stefan Kanfer.
30/11/08 - The Sound of Theatre: from
the Ancient Greeks to the Modern Digital Age
Sandra Giorgetti reviews the book by David Collison.
23/11/08 - Gethsemane
Philip Fisher reads and reviews the text of David Hare's latest play.
16/11/08 - Now We Are 7
The British Theatre Guide is seven years old on 17th November.
10/11/08 - Molly Fox's Birthday
Philip Fisher reviews Deirdre Madden's novel about an actress, a playwright
and a TV personality.
06/11/08 - Stage Lighting Design: the
Art, the Craft, the Life
Philip Fisher and Peter Lathan review the paperback edition of Richard
Pilbrow's classic book on stage lighting.
02/11/08 - Handbook of Acting
Techniques
Philip Fisher reviews the book edited by Arthur Bartow.
02/11/08 - The Half
Philip Fisher reviews the book of photographs of actors preparing for
the stage by Simon Annand.
02/11/08 - Noël Coward
In His Own Words
Philip Fisher reviews the book compiled by Barry Day.
02/11/08 - From Pulchinello to Princeton
Sandra Giorgetti looks at puppetry in history and in contemporary theatre.
02/11/08 - The Little Angel Theatre
Sandra Giorgetti looks at the history and current situation of the Little
Angel Theatre.
10/10/08 - About Churchill:
the Playwright & the Work
Philip Fisher reviews Philip Robert's book about Caryl Churchill and
her plays.
19/10/09 - Caryl Churchill Plays:
Four
Philip Fisher reviews the fourth volume of Caryl Churchill's collected
plays.
19/10/08 - David Mamet - A Life
in the Theatre
Philip Fisher reviews Ira Nadel's biography of David Mamet.
19/10/08 - Carnival Masks of
Venice
Peter Lathan reviews a photographic essay by J C Brown.
12/10/08 - Oscar's Books
Philip Fisher reviews the study of Oscar Wilde's reading by Thomas Wright.
28/09/08 - A Strange Eventful
History - the Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Their
Remarkable Families
Philip Fisher reviews the biography by Michael Holroyd.
21/09/08 - The Mountain Comes to Mohammed
Octogenarian critic Blanche Marvin, recovering from an operation, has
a surprise visitor.
31/08/08 - My Fringe
Peter Lathan gives a personal perspective on the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe.
24/08/08 - Ian Rankin at the Book Festival
A report by David Chadderton.
24/08/08 - Richard Dawkins
Another report from David Chadderton.
20/08/08 - Simon Callow at the Book Festival
David Chadderton reports on Simon Callow's appearance at the Edinburgh
Book Festival.
20/08/08 - Liz Lochhead: Scottish Writing
David Chadderton reports on playwright Liz Lochhead's appearance at
the Edinburgh Book Festival.
19/08/08 - Charles Nicholl: Shakespeare
Revealed
David Chadderton reports on Charles Nicholl's talk on his book about
Shakespeare, The Lodger, at the Edinburgh Book Festival.
19/08/08 - Berkoff on Food
David Chadderton reports on Steven Berkoff's appearance at the Edinburgh
Book Festival.
18/08/08 - Michael Billington in Edinburgh
Philip Fisher reports on the Guardian critic's appearance at the Edinburgh
Book Festival.
15/08/08 - Women on the Streets
Lucy Ribchester talks to three of the Edinburgh Fringe’s five registered
female buskers.
31/07/08 - Tackling Text (and Subtext)
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Barbara Houseman.
10/07/08 - The Avignon Festival 2008
In the first of her reports from Avignon, Jackie Fletcher introduces
the Festival and reviews two productions.
08/07/08 - King Hedley II
Philip Fisher reviews the eighth play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
08/07/08 - Fences
Philip Fisher reviews the ninth play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
06/07/08 - Radio Golf
Philip Fisher reviews the last play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
28/06/08 - Stage Directions
Philip Fisher reviews the Michael Frayn's book.
06/06/08 - Middleton: Our Other Shakespeare
Anita Butler reports on the National Theatre's Platform at which Prof
Gary Taylor compared Middleton and Shakespeare.
30/05/08 - Water, Flasks and Packed Lunches
Twenty five hours of Shakespeare over four days: Anita Butler chronicles
four days of the RSC's Histories Cycle at the Roundhouse.
20/05/08 - The Last Cigarette
Philip Fisher reviews the latest instalment of Simon Gray's The Smoking
Diaries.
20/05/08 - Jitney
Philip Fisher reviews another play in the August Wilson Century Cycle.
14/05/08 - The Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Diary
Jackie Fletcher's diary of the Brussels festival, together with reviews
of the performances.
11/05/08 - Europe's Most Forward-Looking
Festival
Jackie Fletcher introduces the Belgian Kunstenfestivaldesarts
from which she will be reporting in the coming weeks.
07/05/08 - Two Trains Running
Philip Fisher reviews another play in the August Wilson Century Cycle.
30/04/08 - Seven Guitars
Philip Fisher reviews the fifth play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
27/04/08 - The Piano Lesson
Philip Fisher reviews the fourth play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
20/04/08 - Ma Rainey's Black
Bottom
Philip Fisher reviews the third play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
15/04/08 - The Last Days of
Judas Iscariot
Philip Fisher reviews the text of the play by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
15/04/08 - Joe Turner's Come
and Gone
Philip Fisher reviews the second play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
14/04/08 - So You Want to Be a Theatre
Director?
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Stephen Unwin.
13/04/08 - The August Wilson
Century Cycle
Philip Fisher introduces the new publication by Nick Hern Books.
13/04/08 - Gem of the Ocean
Philip Fisher reviews the first play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle
11/04/08 - Shakespearean Tragedy
Philip Fisher reviews AC Bradley's classic book.
06/04/08 - The Actors' Yearbook 2008
A book review by Philip Fisher.
06/04/08 - Fragments
Jacqueline Fletcher sent us a review of Becketts' Fragments at
the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, but it is also
an interesting look at Beckett and Brook (and the theatre) we're running
it as a feature article too.
18/03/08 - The August Wilson Century
Cycle
Philip Fisher previews Nick Hern Books' forthcoming publication of August
Wilson's Century Cycle and makes a suggestion to the National
Theatre.
09/03/08 - Renoir at the Theatre
Philip Fisher takes a look at an exhibition of theatrical interest at
the Courtauld Gallery.
17/02/08 - The Shakespeare Secret
Philip Fisher reviews the novel by J. L. Carrell.
03/02/08 - So You Want To Be a Playwright?
Philip Fisher reviews Tim Fountain's book in the So You Want To Be...
series from Nick Hern.
28/01/08 - Kingston's Rose - a Subjective
View
John Thaxter gives his personal view of the new Rose Theatre at Kingston
upon Thames.
27/01/08 - Tony and the Arts Council
Jackie Fletcher looks back at the arts and Arts Council England during
the Tony Blair years.
27/01/09 - Mahwaff and Woolf - Far From
a Load of Old Gibberish
Zia Trench looks at Mahwaff Theatre Company and writer/director BenWoolf.
13/01/08 - Wanda's World
- The Making of an Off-Broadway Musical
Philip Fisher sits in on a rehearsal and meets the show's creators.
06/01/08 - Lunchtime Theatre's Comeback
Zia Trench examines how lunchtime theatre is making a comeback in London.
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