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Guest Post: Director Marlie Haco On Gendered Violence, Exploitation, And Reviving FIREBIRD At Southwark Playhouse
July 14, 2026
Since the 2010s, grooming gangs have remained a recurring feature of the British news cycle.

Guest Post: 'How Do We Find The Next Generation Of Playwrights?': Young Writers Associate Beth Flintoff On The Royal Court's Nationwide Young Playwrights Award
July 9, 2026
The Young Playwrights Award is a free, open-access competition for any teenager in the UK interested in writing a play, spearheaded by Beth Flintoff (Associate Playwright & Young Writers Associate at the Royal Court Theatre).

Guest Post: 'Plays About Kenya Are Hard To Come By': Actor Grace Saif On Activism, Politics And Representation in A FINE IDEA
June 8, 2026
Here in the UK, the Finance Bill 2024 Gen Z Protests in Kenya were a moment that came and passed by unnoticed.

Guest Post: Alexander Campbell, Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Dance
June 5, 2026
For as long as I’ve been a performer, I’ve been fascinated by what makes a performance compelling.

Guest Post: 'The Message Is So Universal': Actor Idriss Kargbo On THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
June 1, 2026
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a bold musical which tells the true story of William Kamkwamba who had the courage to dream in the face of impossible odds.

Guest Post: 'It's Hard To Imagine A Higher Level of Genius!': Soprano Ellie Neate On Mozart, Danielle de Niese And Wild Arts' THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
June 2, 2026
Why bother doing another Marriage of Figaro? There are four more happening in 2026, from traditional powerhouse companies Royal Ballet and Opera, Glyndebourne, Opera North and Scottish Opera.

Guest Post: Artistic Director of The Egg, Kate Cross, On The New Adaptation of THE SECRET GARDEN
May 22, 2026
The Egg Theatre is a pioneering space in Bath where children and young people discover the power of theatre.

Guest Blog: Samantha Lane on Adapting TOTO THE NINJA CAT AND THE GREAT SNAKE ESCAPE For The Stage
May 13, 2026
Adapting Toto the Ninja Cat and The Great Snake Escape for the stage has been both an honour and an enormous responsibility.

Guest Blog: 'I Don’t Think You Have Seen This Before': Writer Titas Halder On The World Premiere Of His New Play, FOAL
May 1, 2026
I never thought once thought about what the songs were about when I was a kid, I was just trying to learn the basslines – but now, with a few brain cells more, listening to the lyrics, the thematics of these songs are revealed as lurid, dark, satirical, political.

Guest Blog: 'The Downtrodden Deserve Their Stories To Be Told': Actor Arthur Boan on Playing Chief Bromden in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
April 23, 2026
In the late nineties, my childhood self was growing up in the wilderness surrounded by bears and wolves on a remote island in the James Bay, Canada.

Guest Blog: Dave Wybrow on Why HOWIE THE ROOKIE Feels More Urgent Than Ever
April 21, 2026
We are staging Howie in the round because it offers special possibilities: people can see each other’s faces, which gives actors the chance to play to different sections of the audience for others to witness.

Why Two River Theatre Is Shifting to 7:30 PM Curtains
April 17, 2026
Not long ago, I found myself doing that familiar pre-theater math: watching the clock at the end of the workday, checking train times, wondering if there was time to grab a quick dinner, and thinking, “Can I actually make this curtain without it feeling rushed?” It is a small thing, but it can m

Guest Blog: Ben Pettitt Wade on Ten Years of MEET FRED: Puppetry, Inclusivity and Neurodiversity
April 15, 2026
Ten years ago, we introduced the world to a two-foot puppet made of cloth at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe.
Broadway Seder: A Cultural Experience for the Theater Community and Friends
April 13, 2026
As a grown-up theater kid, seeing a Broadway actor out and about in the “real world” always had a bit of a “seeing a teacher in the grocery store” feeling to me.

Guest Blog: 'Two Lolas Are So Much Better Than One': Actor Tosh Wanogho-Maud on Alternating An Iconic Role in KINKY BOOTS
April 10, 2026
Firstly, I guess I should start off by introducing myself.

Guest Blog: Writer Hannah Caplan on Conversations in The Age of Therapy Speak in Her Debut Play, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
March 25, 2026
As the stigma around therapy continues to fade and people speak more openly about their experiences, the language of therapy has quietly slipped out of the consulting room and into everyday conversation.

Guest Blog: Actor and Writer Laura Kay Bailey on Her New Show, ROWLING IN IT
March 23, 2026
Laura K Bailey was cast as J.

Guest Blog: Writer Caroline Slocock on Bringing the Story of Ruth Ellis to the stage in RUTH
March 17, 2026
Ruth Ellis was a nightclub hostess who shot and killed her violent upper class lover after a long abusive relationship.

Guest Blog: Director Kirsty Patrick Ward on Collaboration and Development of MANIC STREET CREATURE
March 2, 2026
As a Director, reviving a show you’ve directed before can be a rare thing these days.

Guest Blog: Paul Bradshaw on Barriers to Creatives and Bringing His Double-Bill TELL ME STRAIGHT and AGGY to The Park Theatre
February 17, 2026
Being the first benefit-class theatre maker to have a double bill programmed at Park Theatre I’ve been asked to write about the barriers faced by low-socioeconomic creatives.
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