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Tue 13 Apr 2021 19.01 EDT The Young Vic and Royal Court theatres have entered into a pioneering consultation process that aims to identify and root out systemic racism from their venues. The artistic directors of both London institutions have signed up to a two-year partnership with the social enterprise Sour Lemons that will interrogate the internal structures that uphold institutional racism, raise awareness and accountability, and listen to staff’s experiences of racism inside the buildings. It's going to be painful and slow Kwame Kwei-Armah Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the ...

Astonishing performances in dark comedy about a woman forced to confront her demons after a passionate affair Streaming on iPlayer – David Ireland’s Sadie ONE of the good things about the explosion of streamed theatre in our homes is that our choice is suddenly limitless and we get to see shows that we might never have gone to in person. David Ireland is a Northern Irish-born playwright and actor, best known for his award-winning plays Cyprus Avenue and Ulster American. I missed Cyprus Avenue at the Royal Court but caught the film version, starring Stephen Rea and directed by Vicky Feathe...

The Friday Hangout talk series is back in partnership with MENA Arts UK, the organisation of arts professionals from the Middle East, North Africa and surrounding areas who have been gathering for some while on an informal basis to discuss their work and answer live questions from the public. Guests this year have included the filmmaker Sally El Hosaini and playwright Abi Zakarian; the British Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry will be up this week and sets his appearance in context below. Ah, COVID-19: who could have predicted the damage and disruption you would cause? I'm a big fan of The Royal ...

Manchester theatre head: Easter warnings are ‘frightening’ Roy Alexander Weise of the Royal Exchange believes the shutdown is a chance to rethink how we run theatres – if they're allowed to re-open 24 December 2020 • 11:00am Rockets and Blue Lights at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester closed early in March 2020 Credit: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg “The big frustration is that it’s really difficult to find a logic in all of this,” says Roy Alexander Weise, joint artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, of the current situation facing his sector. “We’re tr...