British theatres are awash with new American plays. Why?

DAVID EDGAR: “The thing that Britain is best at in the world, in the post-war period, is new writing and it would be terrible if that baby was thrown out with the bathwater.” I...

Playing out the Irish drama Despite being little known in Britain, Tom Murphy is one of Ireland’s most important living playwrights. First published in the Daily Telegraph, ...

Dylan Moran: Mr Mumbly-Stumbly. Comedian, writer and actor Dylan Moran talks about his mistrust of the modern world ahead of his What It Is tour. First published, Daily Telegraph...

“There was a feeling that people all around me turned from fear to ‘We will win’”   The first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine affords a rare opp...

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...

True dramas of the world’s bravest actors The Belarus Free Theatre talk about death threats at home and the significance of staging ‘King Lear’ at Shakespeare’s Gl...

Aileen Gonsalves, who founded Butterfly Theatre Company and is the creator of the Gonsalves Method – specialising “in immersive theatre with a focus on truthful, authentic and ...

In January 2023, I spoke to David Eldridge among other playwrights, as well as artistic directors, to try and ascertain the state of playwriting in the wake of Hampstead theatre...

From the sublime to the ridicule Ali G says he owes his success to a deadpan French drama guru. Dominic Cavendish meets Philippe Gaulier, master of the put-down. Published in the D...

Her master’s voice Beckett’s muse Billie Whitelaw makes a final return to his works. First published in the Daily Telegraph, June 23, 1999 Oh, is that Nick Cave?”...

James Graham’s deftness at dramatising post-war politics has earned him a smash hit with This House at the National. First published Dec 13, 2012, Daily Telegraph. What memories ...

Dominic Cooke’s tenure as artistic director at the Royal Court has seen two consecutive productions commissioned by his predecessor, Enron and Jerusalem, transfer to the West...

Interview with writer Gillian Slovo and director Nicolas Kent about their attempt to make sense of the mayhem of late summer 2011: The Riots. First published 08 Nov 2011, Daily ...

Kieran Griffiths, the artistic director of the Playhouse, Derry, talks here about Beyond Belief – The Life and Mission of John Hume, a play with music by Damian Gorman and Brian ...

The last time Frank McGuinness adapted a Greek drama, he was fired by personal grief. This time, present-day events provided the inspiration. First published in the Daily Telegraph...

I am drawn like a moth to a flame to mystery Mark Rylance plays the part of an opinionated eccentric in his latest role. It suits him down to the ground. First published in the Dai...

How the RSC gave Spain a lesson in teatro Dominic Cavendish went to Madrid to watch the British company’s triumphant performance of a Spanish Golden Age classic. Published in...

An edited transcript of a conversation with David Greig about writing his follow-up to The Suppliant Women, a labour of love re-concocting the second play in Aeschylus’s lost...

Bunker Cabaret, Ovada arts centre, Oxford, 09-07-2023   I caught Hooligan Art Community’s Bunker Cabaret on the final day of its run in Oxford, on July 9th. The grim milesto...

Punchdrunk: plunge into a world of extraordinary theatre Punchdrunk, pioneers of the ‘immersive theatre’ phenomenon, are back with their biggest show yet: The Drowned M...

The long voyage of Sir Tom Tom Stoppard spent four years researching his new trilogy – yet finished it in a last-minute rush. As his 65th birthday looms, the playwright talks...

Alex Borovenskiy runs ProEnglishTheatre the English-speaking theatre in Kyiv, Ukraine, which describes its mission as “making up-to-date and quality theatre events for multi-...