Lyn Gardner

Edinburgh Fringe showcases the imaginative and the innovative. We need those theatremakers when building a future for the sector

Lyn Gardner talks to Ellie Keel producer of Sap, which was due to open at Paines Plough’s Roundabout at the fringe

With the fringe cancelled this summer, Edinburgh hopefuls are eyeing 2021 – but will it be back next year? And if so, what will it look like and what size will it be? Artists and fringe leaders tell The Stage about the value of the festival and how this could be a chance to remake it for the future

Five theatre PRs speak to Lyn Gardner about how their companies are coping and the role PRs will play in supporting theatres post-pandemic

Lyn Gardner talks to Matthew Dunster, director of The Pillowman, which was due to open at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London

Now is an ideal moment for theatre to ditch outdated models and consider offering audiences refunds and exchanges, says Lyn Gardner

What would the theatre industry have to do to be as essential as McDonald’s? Dismantle barriers and take more risks, says Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner talks to Liz Stevenson, the new artistic director of Theatre by the Lake whose first season was due to open with a handful of world premieres, including The Climbers – until lockdown happened

Much of the theatre ecology seems to be thinking of ways to return to normal, says Lyn Gardner, but same old, same old won’t be enough in the post-Covid world

Our cultural leaders must use the rescue package to benefit everyone, advance diversity and support those who are most precarious in both society and the industry, says Lyn Gardner