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Dozens of BITE images join the GALLERY
NEW on theatrevoice.com, a plethora of images - courtesy of the Barbican Centre, London - creating a pictorial retrospective of th...
Published on: 29-Jun-2007
STOPPARD, Stoppard everywhere
Sir Tom Stoppard is being celebrated across BBC Radio (www.bbc.co.uk/radio) with a season of his work on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 ...
Published on: 28-Jun-2007
How good are our CRITICS?
In the Sunday Times, acid penman AA Gill rips into British theatre critics, accusing them of not being as witty as their predecess...
Published on: 26-Jun-2007
Bristol OLD VIC campaign
The historic Bristol Old Vic has announced that it needs to raise £2 million to help fund a much-needed refurbishment progra...
Published on: 24-Jun-2007
IRISH voices
Theatre Forum Ireland, the voice of professional theatre and the performing arts in Ireland, has just held its annual conference. ...
Published on: 22-Jun-2007
HOIPOLLOI on listenNOW
New this week, free to stream or download, is Hoipolloi theatre company, whose Edinburgh Fringe hit Floating is visiting the Barbi...
Published on: 18-Jun-2007
Hit-rate RISES for theatrevoice.com
Theatrevoice has received MORE unique visits on individual days in June than at any point in its 3.5 year history. On 08/08/07 we ...
Published on: 17-Jun-2007
Choose your favourite DIRECTOR
Who's Britain's best director, and what criteria would you use for your choice? In his Guardian blog, critic and theatreVOICE regu...
Published on: 16-Jun-2007
Sir Tom STOPPARD: Tony-winning Tory
In his political blog for the Daily Telegraph, Daniel Hannan argues that Tom Stoppard's genius as a playwright is allied, albeit d...
Published on: 14-Jun-2007
Check out Chris GOODE's blog
Blog of the week is that of writer and theatre-maker Chris Goode, whose Signal to Noise company are bringing their wordless two-ha...
Published on: 13-Jun-2007
Listen NOW to John KANI
This week, on listenNOW, free to stream or download, is the legendary South African actor John Kani, whose lastest show, Nothing b...
Published on: 11-Jun-2007
Petition against the CUTS
Following recent news about Arts Council funding cuts, there is a petition that protests about this lamentable state of affairs on...
Published on: 09-Jun-2007
Save HOWARD BARKER
The latest victim of cuts in theatre funding by the Arts Council is Howard Barker, whose company The Wrestling School has just had...
Published on: 07-Jun-2007
Do CRITICS lead normal lives?
In the latest round of blogs about the role of British theatre critics, a spat that was originally kicked off by National Theatre ...
Published on: 05-Jun-2007
Latest NATIONAL platforms
Upcoming public platforms at the National Theatre reflect the flagship theatre's eclectic programme of pre-performance events whi...
Published on: 03-Jun-2007
It's CHILD's play
Why do so few kids appear on stage? In her Guardian blog, Maxie Szalwinska looks at the way in which Mike Bartlett's My Child (Roy...
Published on: 01-Jun-2007