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11 stories by "Steve Waters"

Outside Theatre: Why It Mustn't Stop After the Pandemic by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 1:06am on December 4, 2021[SHARE]

Exit pursued by a marsh harrier: why I wrote a play for nature reserves | Steve Waters by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:03am on August 24, 2021[SHARE]

Aristotle didn't know anything about theatre by Steve Waters

Why do playwrights still adhere to the philosopher's over-simplistic view of drama? It's a Greek tragedy

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015[SHARE]

The importance of being a failure: why playwrights must suffer rejection by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12am on February 1, 2012[SHARE]

Short plays: the key to dramatic perfection? by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13am on January 25, 2012[SHARE]

My dirty secret: I like devised theatre by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:35am on January 4, 2012[SHARE]

'Tis the season … for a playwright's creativity to lie fallow by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:07am on December 21, 2011[SHARE]

My fight to save Europe " and British theatre by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03pm on December 13, 2011[SHARE]

Wait until dark for inspiration to shine by Steve Waters

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42pm on November 15, 2011[SHARE]

Secret diary of a playwright: I'm OK " I think by Steve Waters

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 …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:34am on November 8, 2011[SHARE]

Is Tony Kushner right that writing plays is a mug's game? by Steve Waters

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 …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07am on October 4, 2011[SHARE]
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