The news is completely dominated at the moment by the coronavirus pandemic and the theatre industry, being based on getting people together in close proximity, is going to be affected more than most. A recently published article in the Stage…

Is theatre primarily political or essentially just entertainment? This debate has rumbled along with most theatre practitioners insisting on the former whilst the process of an application to the Arts Council for a grant suggests that the main purpose of…

‘Shop for rent’ signs adorn the high streets in ever increasing numbers as retailers, banks and small traders continue to close down premises. The internet is of course primarily to blame, whether for on-line buying or internet banking but there…

Several years ago, like so many other emerging playwrights, I was indebted to ACE (Arts Council England) for helping me to get my first theatre tour off the ground. Recent budget cuts make an ACE-grant an increasingly less-viable means of…