Creatives and producers have warned that the shock closure of London’s Vault Festival will limit opportunities for shows to be developed and seen, leading to dominance by a "small group of people who can afford to make work"
Vault Festival provided a platform to many emerging, and later successful, artists. If British theatre is committed to supporting its future, venues now need to up their game
Thanks to Arts Council England’s recently published analysis on opera and music theatre, ‘relevance’ is back on the agenda. But the report and its conclusions do not show true understanding of art and artists
As he leaves HOME to become Manchester’s full-time cultural chief, the outgoing director and chief executive talks to Lyn Gardner about putting art at the heart of the city’s reputation
“Writing makes me less anxious about my acting career”
Every year, thousands of artists, companies and venues make and receive work facilitated by an Arts Council England project grant. But with application success rates dropping and the costs of making theatre spiralling upwards, is this source of funding becoming a risk too far for everyone involved? Lyn Gardner investigates
An actress with true ‘star power’, Sarah Siddons was one of the most famous performers of her day, but she had to work hard to maintain her public image. Playwright April De Angelis talks to Nick Smurthwaite about what attracted her to Siddons’ life story
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