Is The Playwright Actually Important?
In our culture why are we so bothered about playwrights? David Hare talks of the Royal Court Theatre being the building that should find...
Pledges For A More Equal Theatre
Straight off the bat I'm in a massive position of privilege and have benifitted from going through my life as a white man and that is the...
Diversity In Critics
Do we need more diversity in our cultural critics in the National Press? Yes. Obviously. Firstly the in-house critics are all white and,...
Our Place In The World (Not theirs)
I want writers and directors to be held to account for their bullshit representations of different communites around the world. I'm so...
Credit Due To Directors (& Actors) Of New Plays
I recently have finished two journeys of development: One a commission from new-writing Hull based collective Middle Child and the other...