Features

Four More Weeks of Pain?

18 June 2021

Philip Fisher takes a hard look at the impact of the cancellation of Freedom Day and reports on four different approaches.

[Comm]unity is Strength

17 June 2021

National news editor and London reviewer Sandra Giorgetti talks to Jack Studio Theatre artistic director Kate Bannister on the venue's reopening this week.

Could Andrew Lloyd Webber be swapping Cinderella for Midnight Express?

11 June 2021

Lord Lloyd Webber has announced that he will open Cinderella on 25 June, even if that means breaking the law and a potential prison sentence.

Back in a theatre... at last

6 June 2021

David Chadderton gives an account of his first visit to a theatre in more than 14 months, that still wasn't certain the day before the performance.

National Theatre Together - Press Conference 4 June 2021

4 June 2021

Philip Fisher reports on announcements from the National Theatre that promise an optimistic future.

A Chain of Moral Dilemmas

28 May 2021

Our editor's trip to Bolton has become mired in political controversy.

Curve season launch

23 May 2021

After 430 days, 'dark', Curve Theatre, Leicester has launched its new season at a special event.

Theatre Criticism

21 May 2021

Philip Fisher ponders the future of theatre criticism following a debate on Radio 3.

Three days to go

14 May 2021

Philip Fisher looks forward to the reopening of theatres and wonders why Lord Lloyd Webber has been forced to remortgage his house.

Theatre’s New Normal

8 May 2021

Is Boris Johnson's plan that theatres will open at 100% capacity from mid-June realistic?

Social distancing headaches

30 April 2021

Philip Fisher reports on the latest position on social distancing in Scottish theatres and contrasts it with the stance of the UK government.

Is Outdoors the New Indoors?

23 April 2021

Philip Fisher takes a look at outdoor offerings for summer 2021 including some new venues.

National Theatre at Home

16 April 2021

Philip Fisher reviews the National Theatre's new online video library.

Guinea Pigs

9 April 2021

Philip Fisher looks into his crystal ball to consider theatre visiting over the next few months.

Best Girl is back

7 April 2021

The return of a 2019 Fringe favourite in a new format for online audiences.

CRF2 unpacked

6 April 2021

A second round of funding from the Culture Recovery Fund was announced last week in which £26 million has been awarded to more than two thousand organisations.

A voice from the past, a message for the present

4 April 2021

National news editor and London reviewer Sandra Giorgetti talks to the team behind Talking Gods, a series of plays created and filmed by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company at her local venue, the Jack Studio Theatre.

The demise of the interval

3 April 2021

It may initially seem inconsequential but the announcement by Shakespeare's Globe that it is ditching the interval could have wider implications.

To paywall or not to paywall, that is the question

28 March 2021

National news editor and London reviewer Sandra Giorgetti looks at a recent report on consumption of online content.

The Week of the Passport

26 March 2021

Philip Fisher looks at two different issues that may require 'passports' to resolve.