2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
Though often our eyes are on the top of the theatrical ecosystem, what happens lower down is every bit as important - and it's up to all of us to pay attention
Plenty of businesses are buzzing on a Sunday. So why do so few theatres open their doors on a day that would suit most normal people?
Youth unemployment and cuts to the arts risk making theatre more of a closed shop than ever - but it cannot afford to shut out the next generation of artistsLast week I spent a happy afterno…
Award-winning shows like You Me Bum Bum Train don't arrive fully formed, but require time and money to develop
Youth unemployment and cuts to the arts risk making theatre more of a closed shop than ever - but it cannot afford to shut out the next generation of artists
It's no longer enough for companies to put on plays and hope that people turn up. The most exciting theatre at the moment is interactive, collaborative and out there
Most of us don't notice the loss of childhood. Adulthood creeps up on us. Gradually, the imaginary friend is no longer conjured; the wardrobe that we thought contained Narnia is left shut. B…
A 21st-century venue is measured on its relationships as well as its output. Now is our chance to encourage collaboration
Once just a stepping stone, the fringe has become a vital forum for the realisation of actors' and directors' creative ambitions
Professional reviewers are rightly banned from experimental or developing shows, but it's always open season for citizen reviewers
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThe sombre and the comic collide in Blanche McIntyre's big, skittish production"I like this place. And willingly could waste my time in it," says Celia on first gl…
Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore is staged at the Barbican, the Place takes over BAC and the candlelit King John is at Salisbury CathedralNikolai Foster's fine revival of Jonathan Harvey…
Home, ManchesterYou can almost smell the candyfloss and chip fat in this atmospheric version of Kasimir and Karoline, updated by Simon StephensThe lights go down. The band plays. The fairy l…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe story of the 2002 siege at the Church of the Nativity is retold with unashamedly partisan passion by a West Bank theatre company Continue reading...
Young Vic, LondonAudience members are cast as owners of clothing factories in China and presented with binary choices in a breakneck, thought-provoking pieceIn Metis's previous piece, 3rd Ri…
Freedom Theatre's The Siege is at London's BAC, Don Quijote is torn apart in Sheffield, a man balances rocks in Brighton, and a 100-year-old granny who eats everything in her way is let loos…
Local and national theatres are asking big questions about devolution and independence, our past and our future " who we are and who we want to beWhat does the nation's theatre look like in …
Tight budgets can lead to 'safe' programmes. Daniel Evans of Sheffield Theatres and Elizabeth Newman at the Octagon in Bolton have the right approach"Audiences crave a challenge," said Danie…
Manchester's new arts centre Home offers all the fun of the fair in the latest from Simon Stephens, Bristol celebrates Mayfest and there's stunning theatre for youngsters at Imaginate in Edi…
Southbank Centre, LondonFuel Theatre's touring show about British basketball players living and striving in the shadow of their footballing peers is charming and unexpectedly moving Continue…
