Loneliness
Today I was flicking through my bookshelf and found a copy of DANCE NATION which was on at the Almeida Theatre last year and I couldn't...
Should Theatre Make Sense?
I've recently read an article by a British Theatre Critic exploring a strand of European work arguing that theatre should be ambigous....
All Theatre Is Community Theatre
All Theatre is for the community. Whether or not it's a community like Waltham Forrest (that I just saw Soho Theatre do) or whether it's...
Political Theatre in Theatres
Can Theatre be political and useful in buildings? In a quick development to production period we're talking about a year or so before...
Theatre, The Church & Civic Centres
Firstly I just want to say I'm coming off the back of a week of celebrating All We Ever Wanted Was Everything opening at the Bush Theatre...
The Function of Art (Forward To Collection of Plays by Luke Barnes & Young Vic, Taking Part)
Humans started telling stories around camp fires with a very simple purpose: To share stories in the hope that the world would become...
The Journey and the Critics are Sirens
We have just opened ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS EVERYTHING at the Bush Theatre. It's been a hell of a journey and I have to say that sitting...
Should Art Have A Point?
Yesterday I wrote a story about how I met a director who was a wanker: "Saw a play I didn't understand once. I asked the director what...
Writing From Experience
I wanted to spend a bit of time writing down my thoughts on "Writing From Experience". A lot of thoughts from producers when thinking...
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...