How Peter Hall took on Thatcher – and secured public subsidy for the arts
The founder of the RSC, who has died aged 86, leaves a complicated legacy. But we should thank him…
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Kate Maltby
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“A sympathy for the brokenness of humans“: The mythic, grotesque work of Sam Shepard
The Oscar wining actor and acclaimed playwright has died at the age of 73.
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My Brilliant Friend is one brilliant failure
Adapting Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet to stage proves too great a task for April de Angelis.
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The Print Room’s “Yellowface” scandal reveals deeper problems with British theatre
Howard Barker’s play In the Depths of Dead Love was picketed on press night. But is it racist, or…
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Revolution in the shed: the radical theatre of Buzz Goodbody
Goodbody was the first female director hired for a leading UK theatre, and transformed a corrugated tin hut into a…
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Having Theresa May in charge will perpetuate the Tory lie that the party is a great place for women
Any woman who spends much time around the Conservative party is used to seeing Maggie surface as the spectral…
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