Editorial archive

Saying that the funding imbalance between London and the regions “must be urgently rectified”, a new inquiry has been launched in a move to rebalance the UK’s cultural capital.

Artistic Director of Das Neue Ensemble STEPHAN MEIER is to join Birmingham Contemporary Music Group as Artistic Director from August 2016. He succeeds STEPHEN NEWBOULD, who will step down at the end...

Chief Executive of High House Production Park ANDREA STARK is set to become Director of the Foundation for FutureLondon, established to support the Mayor of London’s ‘Olympicopolis...

Former Managing Partner at Ernst & Young MARK MOLYNEUX is to join Welsh National Opera as Chair from July, succeeding GERAINT TALFAN DAVIES, who has held the position for ten years.

David Brownlee contrasts the growth in earned income at the National Theatre and Newcastle’s New Vic, finding that the latter’s model may give it more potential to increase overall turnover in the next five years.

Festival Director Chris Purnell has unexpectedly quit the event, with The Scotsman reporting that he blames a “total breakdown of trust” and the “reckless disregard” shown by...

The Jermyn Street Theatre is to adopt a technique used in Beijing theatres and shine lasers at audience members caught using their mobile phones during performances.

Addiction isn’t easy to treat, but could a whole person approach that uses the arts help? Emma Drew makes the case. 

Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts has a novel way to stop people checking their phones mid-performance: give ushers lasers to shine at offending audience members.

Is theatre made for rural audiences safer and more ‘cosy’ than other work? No, having a community audience often makes for more powerful work, says Lyn Gardner.

From an all-male ‘CarMen’ to a gay-themed Tosca, Robin Pietà reveals how Secret Opera is helping opera to shed its stuffy, elitist image and boosting LGBT representation in the industry.