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Edward Bond, blazingly original British playwright, dies aged 89

Death announced of writer whose searing and controversial plays included Saved and Early Morning

The Guardian - UK

Israel does not act for all Jews

A conversation about the effect of Israel’s actions in Gaza is vital

The Guardian - UK

‘She plumbed our secret, shameful depths’: why are Sarah Kane’s plays still so shocking?

The writer, who took her life 25 years ago this month, wrote five searing dramas that took in everything from despair to love, from mutilation to cannibalism. What was it like to direct or star in them?

The Guardian - UK

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Budget crisis imperils Royal Court’s support for new writers

The literary department at the London theatre is renowned for taking risks with untried playwrights, but is now under threat

The Guardian - UK

How working with Weinstein haunted playwright Jez Butterworth and inspired his work

Highly anticipated new play is a post-#MeToo story about trials women endure to realise their dreams

The Guardian - UK

No sets, less fuss, a cast of one: can standups save the UK’s cash-strapped theatres?

For the Royal Court and Park theatres, putting on comedy acts is a moneyspinning way to find new audiences. But are playhouses set to stage fewer plays?

The Guardian - UK

Royal Court refuses to rule out job losses as funding cuts bite

Theatre dedicated to new writing says it is ‘reassessing staff teams’ after sharp rise in production costs

The Guardian - UK

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Tom Wilkinson obituary

Versatile stage and screen actor who won a Bafta for his role as Gerald in the hit 1997 film The Full Monty

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‘Is my play still relevant? I don’t care!’ Tom Stoppard on his Gaza quandary and reviving Rock ’n’ Roll

As his Velvet Revolution drama returns, the great writer talks about his mounting Israel-Gaza uncertainties, the epiphanies he has in every hot shower – and our one-star ‘corker’ review of The Crown

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Why billions in sanctions can’t bring down Binance

In this week’s newsletter: Changpeng Zhao has pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money-laundering laws but will the enforcement end there?

The Guardian - UK

Royal Court theatre launches digital archive of every play performed there

London venue’s online collection of performances dating back to 1956 will be free to use for writers, directors and the public

The Guardian - UK

Who comes first – playwright or director? It depends which country you’re in

Katie Mitchell has compared her experiences of hierarchies in British and German theatre. Our strength has always lain in honouring the text

The Guardian - UK

Meet Tatenda Shamiso: the young actor amplifying trans voices on stage

Evening Standard Theatre Award winner for Emerging Talent, Tatenda Shamiso caught the industry's attention earlier this year with his play, No ID. He speaks to Isobel Van Dyke about disappointment in the UK's treatment of the trans community, as well as inspirations and hopes for the future

Evening Standard

Susan Wokoma interview, Backstairs Billy review, and animals on stage! - The Standard Theatre Podcast

The Taskmaster favourite talked to us ahead of hosting the 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Evening Standard

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The week in theatre: Knocking on the Wall; To Have and to Hold; Mates in Chelsea – review

An exemplary staging of short plays by overlooked Ena Lamont Stewart; Alun Armstrong is at his hangdog best in Richard Bean’s warm retirement drama; and toffs get both barrels in a heavy-handed satire

The Guardian - UK

Play with cast of disabled and autistic actors to open at London’s Royal Court

Imposter 22 will run for three weeks at renowned Sloane Square theatre and comes after series of workshops

Evening Standard

West End boom masks perfect storm facing London theatre

Audiences are flocking back to Theatreland but beyond the bright lights, venues are struggling in the economic headwinds

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‘We messed with some heads’: Roy Williams on tackling a torn nation in Death of England

As his series co-created with Clint Dyer continues at the National Theatre, the playwright revisits how a Guardian microplay about sport led to a panorama of Britain in tumult

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The week in theatre: Alter; Word-Play; Ride – review

Catalan company Kamchàtka create an enticing piece of site-specific theatre in the unlikeliest of places; a dinner party turns nasty at the Royal Court; and around the world in bloomers

Evening Standard

Royal Court appoints New Diorama’s David Byrne as its artistic director

Byrne will succeed Vicky Featherstone, who leaves the Sloane Square venue after more than a decade, in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Royal Court theatre appoints New Diorama’s David Byrne as artistic director

Byrne, who is also an award-winning playwright, said he would ‘shape a rejuvenating culture’ at one of London’s most prestigious theatres

The Guardian - UK

David Byrne is a radical, dynamic appointment for the Royal Court

The theatre’s new artistic director proved himself a canny commercialist attuned to promising writing at the New Diorama. How will his maverick sensibility adapt to a major venue?

The Guardian - UK

Cuckoo review – springy dialogue lifts slow study of a modern family

Three generations of women in a Merseyside house banter, bicker and disappear into their smartphones in this nuanced play from Michael Wynne

Evening Standard

Cuckoo at the Royal Court Theatre review: amusing but aimless play fails to take flight

Well acted and fluently directed but ultimately it’s all a bit baffling

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Treagus obituary

One of Britain’s leading theatrical general managers responsible for the transfer of big Broadway musicals to the West End

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