'Identity Crisis' creator Phina Oruche on identity, the limits placed on black performers and speaking her own truth through a one-woman show.
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Beyond the Big Top: Contemporary Circus & Compagnie XY’s ‘It’s Not Yet Midnight…’
Roundhouse circus producer David Pitt on Compagnie XY's 'It's Not Yet Midnight...' and what to expect from contemporary circus.
Read More »‘Benighted’ Playwright Duncan Gates on the Process of Adaptation
Benighted playwright Duncan Gates discusses the process of adapting J.B. Priestley's 1927 novel for the stage — and the lessons he's learned along the way.
Read More »SLEEPLESS: Living in the Shadow of a Genetic Condition
SLEEPLESS director and writer Hannah Barker explores the impulse to use theatre to explain the horrifying condition of living with a genetic disease.
Read More »‘In Memory of Leaves’ and the Power of Site-Based Work
Natasha Landridge discusses the power of site-responsive work and the motivations behind her piece In Memory of Leaves in this guest blog.
Read More »Kicking the ‘Habit’: Depicting Nuns on Stage & Screen
Ahead of the debut of his play We Wait in Joyful Hope at Theatre 503, playwright Brian Mullin argues for a more truthful depiction of nuns on stage & screen in this guest blog.
Read More »War Horse gallops to number one! – Sponsored
With over 200 theatre venues and over 32,000 theatrical performances each year, London has one of the highest theatre attendances in the world. When investing time and money in going to see a show, theatre-goers need to know that their hard-earned cash is going to be well spent. So which show is taking the West End by storm at the moment? TicketTree.com, a leading theatre break specialist, reveals that War Horse, set in the conflict of 1914 England, has had an ...
Read More »Centre Stage: the future of London’s smaller theatres
In his second guest blog for Everything Theatre, London Assembly Member Tom Copley discusses the recently published Centre Stage report, which looks at how to protect the capital’s smaller theatres.
Read More »The BBC Performing Arts Fund
In a guest blog for Everything Theatre, we hear about the BBC’s Performing Arts Fund in 2013. Applications have recently opened, and this year a series of schemes focussed on theatre have been launched. Since it was established in 2003, the BBC Performing Arts Fund (BBC PAF) has supported and awarded grants to 1,250 individuals and 237 community groups from across the UK. We receive our income from voting lines on BBC One entertainment programmes, such as The Voice. This ...
Read More »How to protect London’s small theatres?
In a guest blog for Everything Theatre, London Assembly Member Tom Copley talks about the challenges facing small theatres in the capital, and about the investigation he is leading to look at what can be done to assist them.
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