“When you go to prison, they don’t teach you how to live”. These are the words of performer TerriAnn Oudjar, uttered during an interview conducted during t...
Somewhere inside ZU-UK’s Binaural Dinner Date, there is a very interesting idea. Written and directed by Persis Jadé Maravala, this is an exploration of the na...
With three productions in the last week asking me about national identity, we’re now officially in the post-Brexit era of storytelling. Frankly it’s a conversat...
What differentiates theatre from a lecture, a university debate or an essay? These days it’s not always clear. We live in the age of ‘issue plays’ – work that s...
The seeds of Forest Fringe were planted at its namesake – Edinburgh's Forest Cafe – eight years ago now, but the theatre and live art collective has long since ...
Yesterday I attended Northern Stage, Pilot Theatre and Arts Council England’s event for people working in the arts, Stronger Together. The premise of this c...