 | Guest Blog: Benedict Nightingale on judging the Bruntwood Prize WOS 17 May 2013 Former Times theatre critic Benedict Nightingale is among the judges of this year's Bruntwood Prize for playwriting, entries for which close on 3 June. Here, he tells Whatsonstage.com what he's look.... More... |
 | Chris Grady: Seeing the RSC for a fiver WOS 9 May 2013 There is a currently wonderful opportunity available to all audiences to see one-off, adrenalin-fuelled, unique performances of the Shakespeare canon in RSC theatres. I was there this week for As You .... More... |
 | Guest Blog: Reflecting on 100 years of the Critics' Circle WOS 9 May 2013 The Critics' Circle celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Here, its president Simon Tait tells us how the organisation came into being and reflects on some of its most memorable episodes [W@S_I.... More... |
 | Chris Grady: A must see now - and some samples for the future WOS 5 May 2013 Once in a while I spend an hour in a theatre and realise at the end that I have hardly moved, hardly breathed, and would be quite content if that was the last piece of theatre I ever experienced. I .... More... |
 | Guest Blog: At The Yard in Hackney, we don't know what we're doing WOS 2 May 2013 Jay Miller, artistic director of Hackney venue The Yard, exlains the venue's proudly anarchic ethos Here at The Yard we don't know what we're doing. We didn't know what we were doing when we built.... More... |
 | Oliviers Blog: A view from the red carpet & Piazza WOS 29 April 2013 On a windy and rather dramatically cold evening, a host of theatrical talents made their way via the glamour of the red carpet to the 37th Annual Olivier Awards. The first to make their way thro.... More... |
 | Glenn Meads: Oliviers 2013 Blog - View from the armchair WOS 29 April 2013 ITV screened highlights of the Olivier Awards yesterday night for the first time. Previous years have included problems with 'red button' footage, awkward moments involving red carpet arrivals and mus.... More... |
 | Samuel West: Is Maria Miller leading the arts into a trap? WOS 25 April 2013 In response to Culture Secretary Maria Miller's first keynote speech on the arts, actor/director Samuel West, chair of the National Campaign for the Arts, has written the following (republished with k.... More... |
 | Guest Blog: Peter Michael Marino on making Bloody Marys from rotten tomatoes WOS 25 April 2013 Peter Michael Marino's Desperately Seeking the Exit, about his experience as the writer of flop musical Desperately Seeking Susan, is currently at the Leicester Square Theatre. Here, he reveals the jo.... More... |
 | Chris Grady: Scratching it better - the five phases of show development WOS 24 April 2013 My blog focus today is a subject that Heather Doole, an independent producer, and I explored in our recent Surgery - the path of a new work from commission to acclaim through all its possible stages o.... More... |