Feature: Cardboard Citizens mark 25 years with ambitious series Home Truths
Winter 1991, London: "Cardboard Cities" containing communities of up to 250 people living in temporary structures scatter across the city - including the very s...
Rachel St John
Feature: Sexuality and Black British life and culture explored in Boy with Beer
Black History Month may be over, but the concept of Black British-ness is something the artistic word continues to explore. The BBC continues to promote it on o...
Feature: ‘Britishness’, roots and identity politics explored in Octopus
Unless you've been asleep or on sabbatical for the last eight weeks or so – you'll know that the EU referendum has taken over the news and our social media feed...
Feature: Taking on the Beastie Boys in Licensed to Ill
When Simon Maeder and Adam El Hagar came up with the idea to create a stage show about punk turned hip-hop group; The Beastie Boys; they had no idea that the an...
Feature: Interview with Andrew Keates – “I didn’t choose to be HIV positive, but I am”
As Is is a play that is currently on its three week run (from July 8-30) at Trafalgar Studios. It was written by William M. Hoffman and first shown in 1985 to e...
Feature: Theatre does Politics – No Milk for the Foxes
Image credit: Joyce Nicholls The build up to general election has struck a chord with many. Everyone seems to have an opinion – even if it's one of confusion...
Rachel St John
26 year old, Kingston University graduate Rachel St John lives on the South Coast. She has been writing for AYT since 2013 and is also a regular contributor to Christian Music website: Kingdom Culture Mixtape. Her interest in theatre began in secondary school and she has written several full length plays for the stage. She obtained a BTEC National Award in Drama (advanced Acting) as well as Trinity Guildhall qualifications in acting during her time at South Downs College.