871 stories by "Matt Trueman"
As David Dimbleby called the result of the EU referendum, I was watching from a Travelodge toilet in Birmingham. How fitting. A
In a tough funding climate, arts organisations are seeking to boost their finances with private donations and corporate sponsorship. Matt Trueman warns
Last month, after more than eight years at the Royal Court, Chris Campbell left his job as literary manager to join indie
In two contrasting stagings of the novel, one renders it ridiculous while the other confronts the debate head onHeart of Darkness is, to use today's parlance, problematic. More than 40 years…
"There are two elephants in this room", the Polish director Jan Klata said to the audience assembled at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in
With a series of well-received plays behind her, writer Moira Buffini deserves a heavyweight reputation but, as she tells Matt Trueman, she
A decade of austerity is, apparently, almost over. Believe it when you see it. Arts funding won't go up any time soon.
As the currency exchange firm ends its sponsorship of the National's tickets scheme after 15 years, Matt Trueman looks at the colossal
A duo known as Action Hero have been driving around Europe, recording love songs. Matt Trueman investigates ahead of their grand homecoming at the Bristol Old Vic
For Emma Rice, the title of Angela Carter's novel was the perfect expression of where she was post-Shakespeare's Globe. She and the
The British playwright Leo Butler believes that taking acid can have beneficial effects. His new play explores how he thinks it can help.
Sometimes I think blinking is the most important thing in theatre. Maybe more than anything else, artists need the ability to shut
After dropping live art a decade ago, the multidisciplinary venue's performance programme is experiencing a renaissance under director Stefan Kalmar. He talks
As Theatre Royal Stratford East marks the start of a new era with The Village, a revamp of Lope de Vega's classic
"Change is uncomfortable," Nadia Fall tells me in this week's big interview. She's overseen quite a shake-up at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
The Belgian director has blazed his way into the British theatre scene. Who's next? A French marathon man and an Austrian politico among othersSusanne Kennedy turns actors into avatars and m…
Geoff Sobelle riffs on cramped city living in his festival production Home by building a two-up, two-down from scratch and inviting the audience insideWhen Geoff Sobelle went to lay a new ki…
'Sold Out' notices are springing up in Edinburgh. Show titles are being chalked on to venue blackboards and celebratory tweets are doing
Created by film classifier and artist Ming Hon, Chase Scenes explores Hollywood action clichesThe drums kick in and a pair of brown Reebok Classics pound the pavement on Princes Street. Ewan…
The award-winning designer Miriam Buether is taking audiences into the heart of The Jungle at London's Playhouse Theatre after last year's sell-out
Working across genres and styles, the sought-after designer has become particularly known for her collage-based approach to new writing. She tells Matt
Another London International Festival of Theatre has come and gone, and with it, some of the most inspiring theatre we'll see all
Black Books star claims to have become the first professional English-speaking comedian ever to perform in Russia after two St Petersburg gigs last weekDylan Moran, the Irish standup and sta…
The Anglo-German theatre collective considers itself 'a bit like a blob' " 'morphing' to meet its members' needs. Founder member Sarah Thom
Leeds bike champion Beryl Burton's remarkable story will play in home city to coincide with Tour de France's opening stagesFor most actors, playing Hamlet would be enough for a single year "…
