The Role of the Artistic Director: Guide or Dictator?
Josephine Balfour Oatts attends an event in which ex-Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Christopher Haydon talks about his and the role in general. There m...
Rupert Goold
Diary Monkeys and House Seat Wranglers: Are we ‘true’ artists?
As a Front of House worker, Emma Bentley isn't happy about Rupert Goold's tweet. Here, she discusses how staff might be able to do a job that pays their bills,...
Review: Ink, Duke of York’s
"It’s just a bit of fun" - a phrase that almost always justifies and precedes a bad idea, a phrase that Larry Lamb (Richard Coyle) exclaims in numerous ways, on...
Review: Richard III, Almeida Theatre
Rupert Goold’s production of Richard III is bookended by the discovery of Richard’s remains in a Leicester car park in 2012. We see the scientific excavation an...
Review: Medea, Almeida Theatre
Medea as a Greek tragedy is a cathartic, stimulating work that challenges directors, actors and audience. The Almeida’s new production brings the story to a con...
Review: The Merchant of Venice, Almeida Theatre
While the rest of London theatre offers pantomimes and festively-themed shows to mark the Christmas season, the Almeida takes a distinctly different approach wi...