On the weekend of 14th March following the closure of theatre on Broadway [12-03] it became clear that something overwhelming was about to happen to British theatre. I wrote an art...

Julian Bird, Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre 13-05-2020   The government has today announced five major task forces for the country around five...

Indhu Rubsingham, artistic director of the Kiln, London 29-04-2020 I think a lot of us were planning and hoping to reopen in the autumn – and the thing that has been coming out t...

Anthony Biggs, artistic director of the Playground Theatre, London W12 15-04-2020 The Playground opened in 2017 and when I joined the theatre from Jermyn Street that summer the Gre...

Sheila Atim, actress, 13-05-2020 They sent me the script for The Understudy. I had a read. It was a really fun piece, in terms of tone exactly the kind of thing we need right now. ...

Jez Bond, artistic director, Park Theatre It was an absolute sadness to close – we had two of the most successful shows in our history running – Corpse and La Cage aux ...

Danny Moar, director Theatre Royal Bath, 13-05-2020 What strikes me, talking to other theatre managers and other producers, is that everyone is in the same boat. We don’t know wh...