Ravenhill and Price jointly take over London's oldest pub theatre
Mark Ravenhill has been well known as a British playwright since the 1990s, when he was a leading figure in the group of writers labelled 'In Yer Face'. Director Hannah Price was founder and Co-Artist...
25 Elo 202135min
Restarting the Edinburgh Festivals: Guy Masterson on his 27th Fringe
After the cancellation of the 2020 Edinburgh Festivals due to the coronavirus pandemic, apart from a small number of online shows, the 2021 festivals are going ahead, with some shows happening in fron...
19 Elo 202120min
Brighton Fringe returns both online and in live venues
After a record-breaking year in 2019, with more than 600,000 attendees, Brighton Fringe had to cancel its 2020 festival at fairly short notice due to the first lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic in ...
23 Huhti 202128min
Comedian Kevin Day joins appeal for support and recognition for the live events industry
#WeMakeEvents was launched in April 2020, soon after the first coronavirus lockdown, by PLASA, the Professional Lighting and Sound Association, to highlight the plight of its membership, the majority ...
30 Maalis 202143min
Staged star hears out leading theatre actors performing favourite speeches
Hear Me Out is a new theatre podcast produced and presented by Lucy Eaton, the both real and on-screen sister of Simon Evans, creator of BBC lockdown comedy Staged starring David Tennant and Michael S...
23 Maalis 202147min
UK Theatres at Risk in 2021
At the beginning of each year, The Theatres Trust produces a document known as the Theatres At Risk Register, which lists the theatre buildings in the UK which are at the most risk of being lost forev...
18 Helmi 202146min
An adventurous 70th anniversary season at Pitlochry after a challenging 2020
In January 2020, BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Elizabeth Newman, Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland, about her plans for the coming year. Less than two months later, th...
12 Helmi 202129min
Talawa tells verbatim tales from black frontline workers
Leading black British theatre company Talawa, which will celebrate its 35th birthday in 2021, is releasing a series of short online films titled Tales from the Frontline that examine the experiences o...
11 Joulu 202024min
