08/18/2022 - 1:04am

Virgins get more done Joan of Arc knew men are a distraction

Mary Harrington

27.04

Why we need Joe Orton The murdered playwright would have skewered today's censors

Andrew Doyle

07.04

How fear consumed American theatre Broadway now exists to promote ideology, not art

David Mamet

18.11

We need working-class heroines Shelagh Delaney's plays focus on the silent majority

Selina Todd

13.11

Designated Criminal Reason has been superseded by the need to obey

David Mamet

06.09

The theatre of terror Is there something pornographic about our reluctance to look away?

Simon Cottee

27.04

Books won’t save you You can't use literature as a shortcut to self-improvement

Sarah Ditum

18.03

Theatre can thrive after lockdown Thanks to the plague, flexibility is baked into the industry's business model

Andy Kesson

12.11

Theatre could stage a comeback Without a wave of creative destruction, the hidebound industry will become irrelevant

Sarah Ditum

08.07

Why panto has its knockers It's sheer snobbery for the New York Times to dismiss pantomime — it might just save British theatre

Matthew Sweet

29.04

‘Jerusalem’ is the play we need right now Jez Butterworth's masterpiece is a rare thing: a revival that's in tune with our troubled times

Barney Norris

15.04

The stage is set for theatre’s rebirth It's taken a huge blow from Covid-19. But this may be the catalyst to get it back to its roots

Barney Norris