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
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
For Dublin-born actor Justine Mitchell, Brian Friel’s plays have provided a rich seam of inspiration in recent years. As she prepares to star in another, she talks to Fergus Morgan about her attraction to the work, ticket prices and her career highlights so far
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