Features

Asa Elliott, Su Pollard and Chris Jarvis in 'Sleeping Beauty' at the Bournemouth Pavilion (2012)

Panto: "It's all about the detail"

Simon Sladen speaks to Chris Jarvis all about his pantomime career, CBeebies and the great Danny La Rue.
Back L-R: Melli Bond (Creative Director), Charlie Ward (Park Theatre Associate), Jez Bond (Artistic Director), Amy Lumsden (Assistant to the Directors), Sarah Rutherford (Writer in Residence). Front: Nouska Hanly (Press & PR Manager), Hazel the Dog

"Rattigan or Ibsen wouldn't write like that...": Jez Bond of Park Theatre on panto

Simon Sladen speaks to Jez Bond, Artistic Director of Park Theatre and co-writer of this year's Christmas show Sleeping Beauty
L-R: Emma Donald, Ron McAllister and Julian Hirst

"Look, it's a man with a wig on!"

Simon Sladen speaks to South Hill Park, Bracknell about their 2013 pantomime Snow White.
Rufus Norris in rehearsal

Rufus Norris: the right man for the National job?

Philip Fisher reflects on the National Theatre's big announcement to day of the person to take over from Nicholas Hytner.
Heartbreak Productions Dracula sinks its fangs into UK tour

UK Dracula tour gets its teeth into Whitby

Heartbreak Productions director Peter Mimmack on an open-air version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, performed in Whitby Abbey with a new take on the 1897 classic.
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100 Years of Criticism: Key Changes

A report on the Critics' Circle Centenary Conference.
State of Play

State Of Play: Theatre UK—a few thoughts

Sandra Giorgetti writes her initial thoughts on reading the report from Ticketmaster UK following an online survey on theatregoing habits.
James Earl Jones as Benedick in the Old Vic production of Much Ado About Nothing

How old are Beatrice and Benedick?

Robert Tanitch does some research.
Brighton Hippodrome, at the top of the list among Britain's endangered theatres

Theatres at Risk: a new endangered list is announced

Report on Theatres Trust Theatres at Risk Register launched on 19 September 2013.
English Touring Theatre

The Best Play Ever

Thanks to the ingenuity of English Touring Theatre, we will soon know the title of the most popular ever play in English. The mouth waters at the prospect.
Blythe Duff in Ciara at the Traverse

Preview of some Edinburgh Fringe highlights

Just some of the performances that may be worth seeing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
But is it art? Willem Dafoe and Mikhail Baryshnikov in Robert Wilson's The Old Woman at the Manchester International Festival 2013

Yes, but is it art?

Nathan Gabriel, Assistant Professor of Theatre & Season Coordinator at University of Louisiana, Lafayette, speculates on a question that frequently occurs to reviewers, students and general audiences.
Sean Holmes - speech to the Critics Circle

Secret Theatre at the Lyric

Sean Holmes keeps the new Lyric Hammersmith season under his hat and challenges the status quo.
Grassroots Shakespeare London Producer and Artistic Director Siobhan Daly with Assistant Artistic Director Boris Mitkov

Doing Without a Director – That’s Grassroots Shakespeare’s Choice

Howard Loxton interviews Siobhan Daly, Artistic Director and Executive Producer of Grassroots Shakespeare London, who founded a company that goes back to “original practices” and directs itself.
Tim Webb MBE, Artisitic Director of Oily Cart

Making theatre for children with complex disabilities

Interview with Tim Webb MBE, Artistic Director of Oily Cart theatre company.
Howard Colyer

A talk with Howard Colyer

Sandra Giorgetti meets playwright Howard Colyer and discovers there were two nights that made him a playwright.
Kris Verdonck/A Two Dogs Company H, An Incident

The Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2013—Part IV

The fourth of Jackie Fletcher's reports from the 2013 Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels.
Pants on Fire's Pinocchio

Pants on Fire explores new fundraising initiatives

Being resourceful.
The 'House of European History in Exile

Tok Toc Knock in the Brussels EU Quarter

For the last three years, the Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS) has been offering a range of events in the Tok Toc Knock Festival centred on what is referred to as the EU District.
Gingerbread Project from Opera Holloway

Opera Holloway invites teenagers to perform at Toynbee Studios, London

Louise Lewis talks to Opera Holloway's music director Lewis Gaston about a project that will allow 12- to 15-year-olds to perform alongside a professional cast at Toynbee Studios.

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