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From those Referendum Campaign because the one thing that came out on the doorsteps was the utter cynicism there is about politics and politicians and the lack of trust. And that needs to be repaired. And actually this campaign, whichever way the result turns, i think is an opportunity for people to think very carefully about what that means to the organization of our constitution in the future. How does a Political Class rebuild or regain trust . Well, i think i mean, i was against devolution b...

The new director of the Royal Court, David Byrne, gets off to a shaky start with this Katie Mitchell show

David Byrne calls for urgent state support for young playwrights, particularly those from minority or working-class backgrounds

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The writer, who took her life 25 years ago this month, wrote five searing dramas that took in everything from despair to love, from mutilation to cannibalism. What was it like to direct or star in them?

After an unprecedented response to Israel’s latest raid on Jenin's Freedom Theatre, there will be no going back to show business as usual.

Theatre is in crisis. I realise that this isn’t the first time I’ve made such a doomy pronouncement; yet the past few weeks have proved beyond doubt that this country’s playhouses are on their knees. Kwame Kwei-Armah, outgoing director of the Young Vic, has said that his Waterloo venue is in deficit to the tune of £2.5million. The Royal Court’s groundbreaking literary department is under threat as the Sloane Square theatre enters into “consultations&#x201D...

Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans, the company’s new co-artistic directors, on work-life balance, their first season in charge – and what they’ll do when they disagree

Theatre dedicated to new writing says it is ‘reassessing staff teams’ after sharp rise in production costs

There isn’t a hint of sentimentality in Vicky Featherstone’s delicately calibrated production of Samuel Beckett’s monologue about mortality