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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

'I wanted to give people hope': how Every Brilliant Thing became theatre's best antidote to depression by Natasha Tripney

As Duncan Macmillan's celebration of the little things in life lights up the Edinburgh fringe, 10 years after its debut, the actors who have helped make it a hit all over the world explain i…

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

From the Arctic Circle to the top of European theatre: director Eline Arbo on being 'an outsider looking in' by Natasha Tripney

The Norwegian theatremaker talks about succeeding Ivo van Hove as artistic director of one of the influential Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and staging classic plays as rock concerts When…

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

'This is still taboo': queer teens and their families embrace gay comedy in Serbia by Natasha Tripney

Audiences are finding sharp resonance and emotional comfort in Patrik Lazić's moving and funny play Our Son, about topics still sensitive in the Balkans The hurling of a salad bowl to th…

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Eliza Clark's BookTok sensation Boy Parts becomes a one-woman show by Natasha Tripney

Aimée Kelly will star in adaptation of the 2020 novel about an artist who takes explicit photographs of young men Eliza Clark's 2020 debut novel Boy Parts, a brutal artworld satire-cum-thri…

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Monday, August 21, 2023

'We've had one Fleabag. We can't have another' " has the legendary Edinburgh hit become a curse? by Natasha Tripney

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's uncouth one-woman show is seen as the epitome of festival success. But 10 years on, we speak to three fringe performers battling to escape its long shadow Ten years ag…

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Monday, May 15, 2023

'Gone, but still here': how vanished flight MH370 is reflected in a father's dementia by Natasha Tripney

A new theatre show by Helgard Haug weaves together the tragedy of the 2014 flight disaster with the slow decline of her parent. She explains how the two stories came together On 8 March 2014…

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

'She was transgressing expectations': the Victorian war artist who inspired a drag show by Natasha Tripney

Her military painting was such a sensation that it was bought by Queen Victoria. A new play explores Elizabeth Southerden Thompson's trailblazing art, her privilege " and the prejudice she f…

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Among Faceless Offices, a Theater Taking Risks by Natasha Tripney

The New Diorama in London is placing bets on small troupes, inviting them onto its stage and giving them help to thrive. With two shows now in the West End, its gambles are paying off.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Boldly not going: zero-travel 'touring' play paves the way for eco theatre by Natasha Tripney

Using local creatives and actors, director Katie Mitchell's A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction is a narrative response to the climate crisis and an experiment in sustainability Ka…

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Monday, November 21, 2022

Operation Mincemeat: 'little victory' for fringe theatre as musical marches into West End by Natasha Tripney

SpitLip's award-winning show, based on an audacious episode of wartime espionage, takes over from The Woman in Black at the Fortune theatre 'It feels completely unbelievable. And, also, like…

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Monday, September 12, 2022

'A call to arms': Sophie Melville returns to furious drama about austerity's brutal impact by Natasha Tripney

It was her breakout role " and now the actor is starring once more in Gary Owen's Iphigenia in Splott, a play that resonates with her personally and politically 'It feels even more urgent no…

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

'I want to do things I've never done': The History Boys' Samuel Barnett on his new one-man show by Natasha Tripney

Making his fringe debut with a show about a troubled standup, the actor explains why he loves solo performance, his issues with The History Boys, and why this government's days are numbered …

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Monday, May 9, 2022

'A revolution that never happened': The Gunpowder Plot at the Tower of London by Natasha Tripney

Virtual reality and live performance combine in a show that asks audiences to consider if political violence is ever justifiable In a series of vaults adjacent to the Tower of London that us…

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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Independent Theatre in Romania: "You Can't Change the System from the Inside" by Natasha Tripney

Founded in 2015, Theatre Arts Group (TAG) is an independent theatre company in Romania that trains and supports emerging artists. Artistic director Gabriela Dumitru talks about international…

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Saturday, March 5, 2022

"The Double Life" by Natasha Tripney

Teatri Oda, Prishtina (part of the Kosovo Theatre Showcase) There are more people in the world who are either functionally bilingual or multilingual than those who are monolingual. While man…

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Monday, February 21, 2022

Uncanny Valley: the moving one-man play " starring an animatronic robot by Natasha Tripney

It was a play that gave us the word "robot" " and now an android is the performer in a groundbreaking new production. But can it make us laugh " and cry? A figure sits alone on stage, dres…

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

'I thought I'd written a stinker' " Alistair McDowall on global hit Pomona and new play The Glow by Natasha Tripney

He's written horrors, thrillers and sci-fi odysseys. As his new play about Victorian spiritualism opens, the dramatist explains why no territory is out of bounds for theatre, not even Pluto …

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

The billionaire and the Bolivian train cemetery: bold epic Rare Earth Mettle by Natasha Tripney

Playwright Al Smith discusses his continent-hopping new work about the climate crisis, inspired by rusting locomotives and the Lithium Triangle in the Andes There was a worry that when theat…

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Monday, October 4, 2021

'Soul of the town': Mostar's beloved bridge inspires tale of romance and war by Natasha Tripney

Igor Memic's award-winning drama Old Bridge, staged at the Bush theatre in London, charts teenage romance at a time 'when the world stopped spinning' The bridge in the middle of Mostar is th…

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Stages of grief: how theatre is helping communities say goodbye by Natasha Tripney

After lockdown made collective mourning impossible, two new productions are remembering lost loved ones " and making a case for theatre's social use One of the many things that lockdown depr…

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Gatsby, Ripley and the fake heiress: inside the tech fantasy Anna X by Natasha Tripney

Journalist turned playwright Joseph Charlton on how the Anna Sorokin case inspired his play about identity and power, starring Emma Corrin One night, while out with friends in London and loo…

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From fantastic views to fox urine: the joys and perils of outdoor theatre by Natasha Tripney

Faced with indoor restrictions, theatres are venturing outside, and creating thrilling work in the process. Brollies at the ready! Modern Toss on the summer of culture to come This summer, w…

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

An impossible dream? The trouble with utopian dramas by Natasha Tripney

While many writers have created troubling dystopian visions, few plays have imagined better futures. But the act of theatre itself can embrace utopianism When the UK entered its first lockdo…

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Saturday, November 7, 2020

Play with the format: how theatre shows are dispensing with the stage by Natasha Tripney

Undeterred by Covid, theatre-makers are beaming innovative plays into people's homes via Zoom, WhatsApp and Minecraft Since mid-March, theatre-makers have been faced with a dilemma: how do …

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Belarus Free Theatre: Britain is in danger of authoritarianism by Natasha Tripney

Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin explain how political exile prepared them for lockdown and why their latest project is about fairytales The coronavirus outbreak has forced theatre-maker…

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Monday, March 30, 2020

Natasha Tripney: It's time to mend the cracks in our society by Natasha Tripney

Theatre is an art form of proximity. A roomful of people all focused on the same thing. This is true even in

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Coronavirus: Hampstead Theatre to share past productions online by Natasha Tripney

Hampstead Theatre has announced that, in collaboration with the Guardian, it will re-release the live-stream recordings of three past productions, including Mike

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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Where Do We Go Now? review " 'six short, sharp plays about class, theatre and the politics of whose voices we value' by Natasha Tripney

Under the artistic directorship of Chris Sonnex, the Bunker " winner of fringe theatre of the year at The Stage Awards "

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Friday, March 27, 2020

Coronavirus: Pentabus Theatre to make its shows available online by Natasha Tripney

Pentabus Theatre has announced it will release recordings of past shows on its website and social media channels for free, in response

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Coronavirus: Chichester Festival Theatre creates online community resources by Natasha Tripney

Chichester Festival Theatre has launched a number of online projects designed to support the local community during the coronavirus crisis, including a

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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Coronavirus: National Student Drama Festival will take place online by Natasha Tripney

The National Student Drama Festival has relaunched as a virtual festival, following the closure of theatres due to the coronavirus outbreak. The

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