Lyn Gardner

With many freelancers contemplating leaving the industry, funders must seize this moment for change and support individual artists or risk losing them forever

Lyn Gardner talks to Bridget Keehan, director of Project Hush, which was due to open at the Rhydymwyn Valley tunnels in Wales. She also looks at a significant show that opened this week in a previous year

If theatre wants to be seen as an art form that is radical, political and on the side of equality and social justice, then pointing out the government’s inadequate response to this pandemic is crucial, says Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner talks to Theresa Heskins, director of Marvellous, which was due to open at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme. She also looks at a significant show that opened this week in a previous year

Covid is forcing British theatre to embrace groundbreaking work, says Lyn Gardner, but the mainstream needs to stop acting like a magpie and nurture artists instead

Lyn Gardner talks to Brigid Larmour, director of The Merchant of Venice, which was due to open at Nuffield Southampton. She also looks at a significant show that opened this week in a previous year

In theatre’s hunt for new platforms, going digital isn’t the only option, as shown by initiatives such as New Perspectives’ postcard drama Love from Cleethorpes, says Lyn Gardner

In the latest look at a show that should have opened this week but couldn’t because of the coronavirus lockdown, Lyn Gardner talks to Dipo Baruwa-Etti, whose play An Unfinished Man was due to open at the Yard Theatre in London. She also looks back to a significant show that opened this week in 1993

In the latest look at a show that should have opened this week but couldn’t because of coronavirus, Lyn Gardner talks to John Riseboro, co-founder of Anti Disposition, which was due to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Gray’s Inn Hall in London. She also looks at a significant show that opened this week in a previous year

Cities have always been a lure for artists because they are exciting and places where you can reinvent yourself. We must not write their obituaries, says Lyn Gardner