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London's new Bridge theatre should encourage playwrights to think big by Michael Billington

The West End is becoming a Broadway-like shop window for musicals and spectaculars. Hytner and Starr's theatre devoted to new plays is to be welcomedWhat is instantly striking about the initial programme for the Bridge theatre, Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr's bold new venture, is the emphasis on new writing. Of the first eight shows announced on Wednesday, all but Julius Caesar are new works. Equally noticeable is t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM on April 19, 2017

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