Helen Mirren has joined playwright Michael Frayn and London’s Royal Court Theatre artistic director Vicky Featherstone in signing an open letter to culture minister Ed Vaizey urging him to look seriously at the findings of…
Tag: new writing
Cuts will impact on new writing, say leading theatre directors
Theatres are becoming more “risk averse” when commissioning new writing due to cuts to art funding, leading theatre directors have warned. National Theatre associate director Marianne Elliott said that venues will be less likely to…
Bush overhauls new writing policy
Bush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis has announced an overhaul of the London venue’s new writing policy. The company currently runs a policy where a playwright can submit an unsolicited play to the Bush at…

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