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Brickbats, bovver boots and BANS: As part of the forthcoming Spit-Lit festival in London, the Institute of Ideas asks 'should BNP ballerinas be allowed to parade th...; Published on: 27-Feb-2007
Catherine TATE bigs up young playwrights: The queen of one of the latest catchphrases to colonise Britain ('Am I bovvered?'), Catherine Tate, is now a patron of the Royal C...; Published on: 26-Feb-2007
Murray MELVIN on listenNOW: New on listenNOW: veteran actor Murray Melvin, who worked with the legendary Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop at the Theat...; Published on: 24-Feb-2007
Heading for an OSCAR: As the Oscars loom, Helen Mirren fever is increasing by the day. Well, she's had a truly bumper year, not only winning awards for ...; Published on: 23-Feb-2007
The perils of POPULISM: Guardian critic Michael Billington defends the art of the professional theatre critic against the current trend for features in wh...; Published on: 21-Feb-2007
Backstage at the DONMAR: Playwright David Eldridge, whose adaptation of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman opens tonight, talks about the previews of the show, w...; Published on: 20-Feb-2007
Chocolate Factory gets an OLIVIER-rush: The Menier Chocolate Factory has swept the board at the 2007 Olivier Awards this evening, scooping five awards in total. The full ...; Published on: 19-Feb-2007
Tributes to Sheridan MORLEY: The veteran critic and broadcaster Sheridan Morley died on Friday 16 February. The son of actor Robert Morley and grandson of Glad...; Published on: 17-Feb-2007
TheatreVOICE VISITOR numbers keep rising: TheatreVOICE has many anonymous admirers - in the past month and a half, there have been 35,733 unique visits to the site - almost...; Published on: 15-Feb-2007
Happy birthday TALAWA: As Talawa, one of Britain's premier black theatre companies, celebrates its 21st birthday, its new artistic director, Pat Cumper, ...; Published on: 14-Feb-2007
How much is TOO MUCH?: Do our critics see too much theatre? In his Stage blog, theatreVOICE regular Mark Shenton describes his hectic schedule, and gives...; Published on: 13-Feb-2007
Edward HALL on Shakespeare in listenNOW: This week, on listenNOW, free to stream or download, director Edward Hall talks to Heather Neill about his all-male Propeller comp...; Published on: 12-Feb-2007
Pick of the Radio WEEK: Thin pickings this week on BBC Radio for interesting drama-related output: best of an uninspiring crop looks to be THUR 15 FEB: Af...; Published on: 11-Feb-2007
Will blogs make CRITICS redundant?: In a world where blogs are multiplying at an eye-popping rate, the role of the expert critic is being called into question. In Kar...; Published on: 10-Feb-2007
Curtain up on a new era at the COURT: The new artistic director of the Royal Court, Dominic Cooke, has unveiled the plans for his first season, and overarching vision f...; Published on: 08-Feb-2007
Is THEATRE wrecking the planet?: The huge carbon footprint left by theatrical activity - from touring to theatre-visiting - is finally given a thoughtful audit by ...; Published on: 07-Feb-2007
Radio LOOKAHEAD for the coming week: Mon 5 February Book of the Week: What Would Barbra Do? (9.45am, R4, Mon-Fri, www.bbc.co.uk/radio 92.4-94.6 fm) Journalist E...; Published on: 05-Feb-2007
Not so FUNNY ha ha: Is British theatre in thrall to the comics? Guardian critic Michael Billington reckons that nowadays too many shows are played jus...; Published on: 03-Feb-2007
REVIEWS and previews: Join Variety critic David Benedict, and his guests Kate Bassett and Michael Coveney, as they discuss The Seagull, Ian Rickson's Ro...; Published on: 02-Feb-2007
BAC in closure crisis: hear DAVID JUBB: Visit listenNOW to hear the artistic director of the Battersea Arts Centre - BAC - talking about the dire threat of closure hangi...; Published on: 01-Feb-2007

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