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
Recent research shows that theatres are attracting a younger, more diverse audience than ever before. Lyn Gardner examines this phenomenon and argues that efforts to continue to draw in these theatregoers must be focused on more than just programming
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
ACE project grants may be problematic, but the real issue is that funding streams such as this are simply not sufficiently resourced to operate in a landscape that is increasingly tough for artists
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
While the optimism of producer Sonia Friedman and the RSC’s Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans is laudable, the whole of British theatre needs to unite to stay afloat in tough times
Chris Thorpe talks to Lyn Gardner about the power of theatre to expand the way people think about the world, collective survival and his impressive body of work
Phoebe Eclair-Powell’s latest play takes its inspiration from an unexpected source to explore love, loss and violence. She opens up about the highs and lows of her playwriting journey, from the pandemic and postnatal depression to being a Bruntwood prize-winner