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Pia Catton: Theatre boards need to involve artists to help battle harassment
From London to Texas, non-profit theatres are cleaning up the fallout from sexual misconduct allegations. After the revelations and resignations, leadership searches are underway...
Mark Shenton: Our love of jukebox shows mustn’t be allowed to drown out original scores
“You already know you're going to love it!" proclaims the advertising slogan for Mamma Mia!, now heading for its 20th anniversary in the West...
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Production news round-up: Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals his first Young Vic season and Disney announces immersive Fantasia experience
This week's production news includes Kwame Kwei-Armah's first season as artistic director of the Young Vic in London, a new immersive experience from Disney at...
Playwright Chris Bush: ‘With social media, it’s like we’re learning a new language’
In her new musical The Assassination of Katie Hopkins, Chris Bush explores the polarising effect of Twitter and Facebook on public debate. She tells...
Shobna Gulati joins the cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Coronation Street and Dinner Ladies star Shobna Gulati is to join the West End cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
She will join the musical...
Back in the game: Chess returns to the West End
With a long history of rewrites and revisions, Chess is being revived at the London Coliseum this month. Nick Smurthwaite looks at the history...
Long Day’s Journey into Night review at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow – ’emotionally gruelling’
Eugene O’Neill’s script is torn between a tragic examination of familial conflict, realistic representation of drug and alcohol abuse, O’Neill’s need to demonstrate his...
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at Aldwych Theatre, London – review round-up
Brace yourself – here comes the next mega-hit jukebox musical. Tina, which opened with a bang in the West End this week and looks...
Critics of Colour Collective launches to promote theatre writers from diverse backgrounds
A new collective for people of colour who write about theatre has been formed to support the development of critics from diverse backgrounds.
The Critics...
Passing Places review at Dundee Rep, Dundee – ‘sparkles with comic banter’
It is 21 years since Steven Greenhorn's road movie for the stage had its debut at the Edinburgh Traverse. And, while it is firmly set in the late...
The Gulf review at Tristan Bates Theatre, London – ‘never edges towards surprising territory’
The heat is rising in the Alabama Delta. On an isolated fishing trip, Betty is trying to talk to her girlfriend Kendra, but Kendra...
Wellingborough Castle Theatre contract awarded to Parkwood Creative
Parkwood Creative, which operates Parkwood Theatres, has won the contract to run the Wellingborough Castle Theatre, taking its UK portfolio of venues to six.
The...
The Bekkrell Effect review at Roundhouse, London – ‘gently comedic and a bit confounding’
A circus inspired by nuclear physics? It’s hard not to think of the world’s premier political megalomaniacs and their social media sabre-rattling. Fortunately, The...
Liver Birds Flying Home review at Royal Court, Liverpool – ‘less than the sum of its parts’
Back in the 70s, The Liver Birds was ground-breaking TV – a show where the lead characters were two young women who were feisty...
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