In appointing David Byrne as its new artistic director, the Royal Court has embraced the true spirit of experimentalism. Byrne has turned London’s New Diorama theatre, which he founded, into a Goliath of new writing.
The New Diorama was born in 2010 as an 80-seater run by eight staff. It is never an easy job to put a new fringe venue on the radar of audiences and its location, tucked away in the leafy surroundings of Regent’s Park, only added to the challenge.
