Bella Merlin Discusses Tilly No-Body as it Opens at the Arcola Theatre

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Bella Merlin Discusses Tilly No-Body as it Opens at the Arcola Theatre

In 1906 a 19-year-old actress called Tilly Newes was given the role of Lulu in a Vienna productio...

9 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lynette Linton on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Representation and British Theatre

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Lynette Linton on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Representation and British Theatre

When director Lynette Linton is watching her production of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind at @soh...

30 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Inside Director Simon Evans’ Extraordinary Journey to the West End with Cyrano

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Inside Director Simon Evans’ Extraordinary Journey to the West End with Cyrano

Not long ago somebody called writer and director Simon Evans, whose beguiling and funny hit RSC p...

24 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Speaks to Martina Laird as Driftwood Transfers to the Kiln Theatre

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Lyn Gardner Speaks to Martina Laird as Driftwood Transfers to the Kiln Theatre

Martina Laird first began writing Driftwood, which arrives at the Kiln Theatre early next month, ...

27 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner talks to Paula Varjack about Nine Sixteenths

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Lyn Gardner talks to Paula Varjack about Nine Sixteenths

Growing up in the 1990s, theatre maker Paula Varjack was a huge fan of Janet Jackson. “She was a ...

14 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner Talks to Director Nicholai La Barrie as An Ideal Husband Comes to the Lyric Hammersmith

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Lyn Gardner Talks to Director Nicholai La Barrie as An Ideal Husband Comes to the Lyric Hammersmith

When I ask director Nicholai La Barrie, associate director of the Lyric Hammersmith, if rehearsal...

6 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner