Writings
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The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theatre: An Extract
Thursday 1st October 2015
Take an imaginative ride through 400 years of British theatre with our fictional…
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A Brief Dictionary of Playwrights
Wednesday 1st July 2015
Explore the work of a handful of British theatre’s brightest and most exciting w…
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Enter the Critic (New Writing 2014)
Sunday 1st February 2015
What kind of year was 2014 for new writing?
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British New Writing in an Age of Austerity
Monday 1st December 2014
Friday, 7 May 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night.
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Martin Crimp and the role of the author
Thursday 31st July 2014
Playwright or director? Who is ultimately responsible for a piece of theatre? Ou…
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Can the Brits do better? (New Writing 2013)
Saturday 1st February 2014
In his speech to the Labour Party conference in September 2013, the leader Ed Mi…
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Repeat performance: a new crisis? (New Writing 2012)
Wednesday 1st May 2013
In the YouTube video of ‘Read All About It’ a little boy smashes up his step sis…
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Theses on censorship
Sunday 1st April 2012
Censorship appears to be simple, but is actually quite complicated.
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New Women Playwrights (New Writing 2011)
Tuesday 1st November 2011
In 2011, the former Young British Artist Tracey Emin enjoyed a major retrospecti…
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