3,268 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
There are many things to love about the production of Death of a Salesman currently running at the Young Vic. It is
I love silence in the theatre, as I've written before: in particular, those rare moments when it feels as though everybody in
I have a friend who is a doctor. He seldom tells strangers what he does because too often they want to tell
Late last month, the night before the UK was supposed to leave the European Union, I sat in a theatre in Hull
When reviewing, there is nothing I enjoy more than sitting down to write about a show and discovering that I think entirely
Theatre is grappling with questions around who it serves, why it should be funded by the public, who benefits and how we
I was clearing out some old coats the other day and in the lining of a pocket I found some loose change
"Let this conversation stop with our generation. Let young people come into this industry and let them talk about something different," said
It is Mother's Day at the end of the week, which is a good time to speak a little louder about the
If we want real and lasting change in the theatre industry, if we want theatre to be more diverse, to tell different
Good feedback is crucial to making a good show, but where can you get it? Lyn Gardner meets circus company Upswing, which
Adrian Scarborough's assertion that London-based actors should commit to more work away from the capital to help support regional theatre is both
Sarah Frankcom's time at the Royal Exchange in Manchester has been a game-changer. Not just for the theatre itself " which had
If the last few weeks of the Vault Festival in London have demonstrated anything, it is that there's no shortage of talent
All theatre has a context. The shows of Kneehigh mean something different when they play to a local audience in Cornwall than when
By Lyn Gardner. Lyn Gardner, theatre critic for the Guardian, looks at how several British theatre companies are redefining their mission and expanding in ways to be of greater benefit to th…
Lyn Gardner talks to Writing Squad director Steve Dearden and finds out about how the company has helped writers Nick Payne and
Regular readers know that I love the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Going to Edinburgh feels like restocking the larder. I come away having
Newlyweds Nir Paldi and George Mann founded theatre company Ad Infinitum more than 10 years ago, but they are facing a new
I recall a conversation with a Jewish friend in the late 1970s, when the mini-series Holocaust was shown on British television. She
The news from the high street and Britain's town centres is grim. A shopping centre in Scotland is up for sale for
We are what we eat, runs the old cliché. But maybe we are also the sum of our tastes. We often wear
When I last checked the change.org website, 1,700 people had signed a petition calling for Cameron Mackintosh to retain the original West
Key industry figures tell Lyn Gardner why nurturing diverse new voices has never been so necessary: to rejuvenate and transform the theatre
Being shown around Kilburn's refurbished Kiln Theatre last year, I was delighted by the new street-facing cafe that makes the entrance so
