3,268 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
If you want a glimpse of the future of British theatre then perhaps the best thing to do with this year's The
I'm going to say something unpopular, so please bear with me. I think Amanda Spielman may have a point. A couple of
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse's request to withdraw from Arts Council England's national portfolio as it reviews its business model will attract enormous
Making the decision to cut a favourite part of your creative project, whether for clarity of storytelling, to remove a joke that
Well blow me down, it looks as if the ground is starting to shift. The welcome appointment of Matthew Xia to head
Lyn Gardner writes about Stagedoor, a new app changing the way we access and view theatre, as well as the constant need for fresher critical voices. When I started writing about theatre in t…
Why this play and why now? I often ask myself this question in the auditorium, while watching the action on stage. I
Last week in the Guardian, journalist Sam Leith wrote in praise of "difficult" novels. The piece was in response to coverage of
On Friday, Mark Shenton drew attention to a string of recent interviews with Sheridan Smith, in which she was startlingly honest about
Ringing phones? Rustling sweet wrappers? Common complaints of 'bad behaviour' from audience members. But the author of a new book tells Lyn
A few weeks ago, I was in Athens for the British Council. I had a ticket to see the Greek National Theatre's
Marianne Elliott's re-imagining and re-gendering of Company is a five-star triumph. It's not just the way that bachelor Bobby seamlessly becomes Bobbie
Though critics and audiences might often agree when naming their top performers, it can be difficult to define what characterises the very
If you wanted a barometer of the rude creative health of regional theatre, then the recent nominees and winners at the UK
"It's time to bugger off and let someone else have a go," said David Jubb last Friday announcing his departure from Battersea
Earlier this year, I wrote about artistic failure and what can be learned from making a piece of theatre perceived to be
At the reopening of the Battersea Arts Centre Grand Hall a few weeks back, artistic director David Jubb talked eloquently about how
Few working in theatre today, beyond a group of ostriches with their heads firmly buried in the sand, are unaware of the
"You can feel the love," declared Simon Callow as he stood beaming on the stage of the Questors theatre in Ealing earlier
The arts sector needs to own up to a pretty fundamental failing, according to veteran arts administrator Anita Clark. "The people who
Much to my regret, I didn't see Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's Emilia at Shakespeare's Globe. It opened after I had departed for the
Last Thursday night, I went to Battersea Arts Centre to celebrate the reopening of the Grand Hall and see Gecko's Missing, which
The Bush's loss is the Southbank's gain as Madani Younis departs the Uxbridge Road to take up residence in SE1 and the
A devastating fire gutted Battersea Arts Centre three years ago, just as its artistic director David Jubb was gearing up to launch
Since her breakthrough play Yen, Anna Jordan has gained a reputation for tackling grim subjects. She tells Lyn Gardner how new touring
