Guest Blog: Garry Starr: How I Saved Theatre from Extinction!
In a world where people were busy binge-watching cat videos and falling down internet rabbit holes, the noble art of theatre faced an existential crisis.
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Guest Blog: Tina Williams, Artistic Director of Pied Piper Theatre on Empathy, Understanding and the Beauty of Sign Language in CAN BEARS SKI?
I first heard about the book Can Bears Ski? on the BBC news.
Guest Blog: Darren Raymond, Artistic Director of Intermission Youth, on 20 Years of Creating Opportunity and Transforming Young Lives For the Better
If you would have told me, 20 years ago, I would be leading Intermission Youth in celebrating 15 years of youth work and theatre, I would not have believed you.
Guest Blog: Niki McCretton, Artistic Director of Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company, on Children as Co-Writers and Her New Production of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
For many years, we have been enjoying adapting classic stories such as The Three Little Pigs.
Guest Blog: 'She Was More Than Just a Singer': Soprano Nadine Benjamin on the Legacy of 'La Divina' and 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS
Maria Callas, an extraordinary force in the world of opera, possessed a mesmerising ability to convey authentic emotion through her singing.
Guest Blog: 'This is a Happy Ending': J Spooner of Unlimited Theatre on Closing the Touring Company and Their Upcoming unAwards
27 years ago, in 1997, I co-founded a theatre company with five friends.
Guest Blog: Author Samantha Lane on the Importance of Play and Bringing CHARLIE COOK'S FAVOURITE BOOK to the Stage
I am super excited about bringing our adaptation of Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book to the stage because it is a combination of two of my big passions – play AND reading.
Guest Blog: 'The Future for Musical Theatre Writing is Bright': Producer James Lane on Developing New British Musicals and His Exciting New Show BABIES
It’s a particularly interesting moment in time for new musical theatre writing, and more specifically, British new musical theatre writing.
Guest Blog: 'We Have So Much More to Say': Writer Louis Rembges on the Importance of Queer History Beyond the 80s and His New Play ON RAILTON ROAD
All history is cyclical, it’s not just Tory prejudice we’re facing and when you chop the head off a hydra, only two grow back.
Director Monique Touko on Nostalgia and Young Talent in Reviving DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE at Guildhall
This October, Monique Touko will direct Roy Williams’ Days of Significance at Milton Court Studio Theatre, with Guildhall School actors in the title roles.
Guest Blog: 'I Never Thought I Would Ever Win' Director Kalungi Ssebandeke on Winning The JMK Award and Directing MEETINGS at the Orange Tree Theatre
In 2015, I happened to walk past a striking poster with an image of a African man in what appeared to be some kind of high ranking military garb with a glass of dark liquor in one hand and a cigar in the other.
Guest Blog: 'I'm Ready to Reveal Who I Really Am': Writer and Actor Tom Manning on Autism & Self-Ableism in His New Play INVISIBLE ANIMAL
When I graduated from Mountview in 2015 the word neurodivergent did not exist.
Guest Blog: Executive Producer Martin Derbyshire on Collective Theatre, London's Newest Stage
It feels bleak for theatre at the moment.
Guest Blog: 'We Aimed to Generate Hope': Writer & Performer Ben Target on Challenges and Grief in Bringing LORENZO to the Stage
My show LORENZO is a tribute to a remarkable man called Lorenzo, who I lived with during Lockdown, as his end-of-life carer.
Guest Blog: 'War as a Concept is a Circus': Director Nicky Allpress on Satire and Audience Connection in OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR
When I began re-reading the original material I instantly felt drawn to a circus backdrop in terms of design and aesthetic.
Guest Blog: 'Dance is a Very Queer Space': Dancer Zinzi Minott on her New Solo Show BLACK ON BLACK at Sadler's Wells
Black on Black is my solo dance performance that explores queerness, Blackness and the body as an archive.
Guest Blog: Writer Matthew Seager on his Play IN OTHER WORDS and the Power of Music on Those Living with Dementia
When making a show, If someone asks how long it ‘should’ take, for example, from initial idea to press night, I think I would have absolutely no idea what to say.
Guest Blog: 'We Will Rinse a Joke to Absolute Exhaustion!': Writer Nathan Parkinson on The Incredible Journey of POLICE COPS: THE MUSICAL
In 2015 our newly formed theatre company, then called ‘The Pretend Men’, debuted our first ever piece of work at The New Wolsey’s ‘Pulse Theatre Festival’ in Ipswich.
Guest Blog: Author Jodi Picoult on Cancel Culture and the Power of Rhetoric in Adapting THE BOOK THIEF
When history repeats…and how theatre can break the cycle.
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