This summer, graduating actors from LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) will present three exciting productions at the Lyric Hammersmith: Bruce Norris’s provocative Clybourne Park, Alan Ayckbourn’s celebrated farce, Absent Friends, and the stylish, fast-paced musical, City of Angels. But the best news is that tickets are completely free of charge, so there really is no excuse not [...]

Natalie Wilson, Theatre Centre’s Artistic Director, gives AYT an idea of what to expect from its forthcoming conference… On 20 June, Theatre Centre will host Write Lines, a conference on new writing for young audiences for writers and industry professionals. Guest speakers include playwrights Amanda Dalton, Rob Evans, Bryony Lavery, Philip Osment and Evan Placey, [...]

Katy Davies works in media and PR for The Love Bites Plays. Here she gives some thoughts on how the company approaches their brand identity. Setting your company apart as ‘different’ or ‘new’ in what is essentially an extremely competitive market can be challenging. Like us, if you’re not a West End show, chances are [...]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won seven Olivier awards on Sunday night, including Best New Play. If you’ve seen Curious Incident, which transferred from the National Theatre to the West End’s Apollo Theatre earlier this year, you may not have been too surprised. But how does a bestselling novel transform into [...]