Feature: Stuart Slade – “It was cathartic writing about drowning mice”
Image courtesy of Tania Van Amse Since starting his writing career just two short years ago, Stuart Slade has already been nominated for two Off West End Awa...
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Guest blog: David Lane’s FREE – writer in rehearsal
I’m sitting in a bank of empty seats at Half Moon Young People’s Theatre, watching two actors leap through lines of dialogue more like performance poetry than s...
Features: Sam Holcoft, The Wardrobe and NT Connections
Across five centuries of British history, small groups of children seek sanctuary in the same solid, old wardrobe. It’s the safest place they know – but is it s...
Guest blog: New Views competition winner
When I think of the process of writing my New Views play, Is there Wi-Fi in Heaven?, the first thing that springs to mind is the memory of nearly missing the de...
Feature: Straight from the director’s mouth – 27 mins with Gbolahan Obisasan
Jackie Sibblies Drury’s cleverly titled play We are proud to present a presentation about the Herero of Namibia, formerly known as South-West Africa, from the G...
Feature: From social worker to playwright – the making of Carthage
If Chris Thompson has any nerves ahead of the opening of his first play Carthage at the Finborough Theatre this week, he isn’t showing them. “It’s extremely exc...