Theatre's gender inequality is shocking " but change is in the air
With Agatha Christie the only female playwright represented in London's West End, a Tonic Theatre initiative is taking aim at the traditional gender imbalance in British playhousesThere was a week earlier this year when I went to see five productions. By the end of it, I had seen 19 men on stage and only four women. I had also seen work directed and written exclusively by men. That kind of experience is not uncommon …