The playwriting workshop was probably my favourite session at TheatreCraft. It was liberating and interesting as participants had the opportunity to meet accomplished emerging playwright Vickie Donoghue, author of Mudlarks, recently seen at the Bush Theatre. Vickie Donoghue spoke about how she is inspired by images. Donoghue encouraged us to select from a range of [...]

Please don’t accuse me of being wrapped up in cotton wool, but I have to admit that self-employment is a fairly new area to me, as I’m still studying at university. Whilst many of the exhibitors at TheatreCraft are about working in the buzzing theatre itself, I was initially dreading what might seem like a [...]

“When I started out” Micheal Grandage tells the room full of 16-25 year olds at the opening of TheatreCraft, “I entered an industry that was apologetic.” A career in theatre was not seen as a a career at all and not looked upon as a sustainable or respected job. But things have changed, the theatre [...]

Often, attending a beautiful show, people forget how much work actually goes into creating something so visually elaborate and exciting. I have discovered that working backstage in theatre and is just as important as any role on stage. TheatreCraft’s tour of the Royal Opera House fly tower focused on lighting, staging and what goes on [...]