Outside Theatre: Why It Mustn't Stop After the Pandemic
Indoor theatre is back. Despite audiences being inscrutable in masks, I've seen two packed shows and begun to believe that theatres are finally recovering after a dreadful year. But the outd…
Indoor theatre is back. Despite audiences being inscrutable in masks, I've seen two packed shows and begun to believe that theatres are finally recovering after a dreadful year. But the outd…
Created deep in the fens of East Anglia, Murmurations is a new drama about conservation in the age of extinction It's not been a great year for playwriting. In March 2020 I was deep in casti…
Why do playwrights still adhere to the philosopher's over-simplistic view of drama? It's a Greek tragedy
Failure for playwrights comes via rejection letters, bad reviews and audience walkouts. But when a play hits the spot, there's no feeling like it for both playwright and audienceAs this is t…
Festivals such as Cambridge's Hotbed offer the ideal setting for the unfairly underrated dramatic fragmentLiving in Cambridge has many advantages (architecture, libraries, punting), but acce…
It seemed to be doing playwrights like me out of a job " but perhaps the battle between different performance traditions is finally overThere's always a special pleasure about going to the t…
After the distractions of the Christmas run-up, Boxing Day gives on to a week of calm renewal. At least in theoryHolidays are curious times for playwrights. You tend to work around the house…
I can't wait for the chance to collaborate with three other playwrights from across the continent. Maybe David Cameron could learn somethingAs the UK drifts out into the mid-Atlantic under t…
In the second part of our Secret diary of a playwright series Steve Waters bemoans the elusiveness of the Muse, who sometimes visits in the dead of nightPlays are accidents waiting to happen…
In the first of a new series, writer Steve Waters reflects on self-help, status anxiety and the perils of collaborationThe ideal Christmas present for any playwright is that classic text of …
Even the biggest playwrights have to subsidise their work " but maybe we should celebrate writers' ability to survive in the theatre at allAs I start a new teaching post this autumn, it's a …