Review: The Way Back Home, Young Vic
It is scientifically proven that music is beneficial for young children’s development. The UK has various different pre-school activities for young ones stimula...
Katie Mitchell
Review: The Cherry Orchard, New Wimbledon Studio
Reinventing the classics can open up some incredible theatrical choices. Relating to today’s world of city problems and mayhem, the works of the past can open u...
Feature: Revolutionising Julius Caesar – Capitalism, churches and change
For 7th Magpies Theatre Company, “the play is always the point of departure.” Dramaturg Ash Rowbin explains how it will be devising around Shakespeare’s origina...
Feature: Ellen McDougall – “don’t be afraid to fail”
When Ellen McDougall insightfully and thoughtfully answers my questions, she occasionally checks if what she is saying “makes any sense at all”. Her modesty is ...
Incoming Festival preview: Awkward City
"If you could hold on to one memory for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?" This is the question at the heart of Dissolve. Awkward City’s late...
Blog: Points of departure – reflections on German theatre
'Atmen' directed by Katie Mitchell I don’t speak German. Not a word. So it was with some trepidation that I travelled to Berlin a couple of weeks ...