News & Blog
Keep up to date with all our activities by reading our regular blogs written by actor and theatre practitioner Janine Haynes.
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What are your views on the Vaccine Passport to get back to live events and theatre?
23 April 2021
A range of live events opened over the weekend as part of the ‘Events Research Programme’ to see how future events and performances could reopen and run safely.
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Should we do away with theatre intervals?
7 April 2021
With live theatre productions resuming next month, one thing that may not be returning are intervals.
Lyn Gardner wrote in her recent opinion piece in The Stage entitled, ‘Don’t give us a break – intervals are an outmoded, unnecessary theatre convention’, that she would happily do away with the intermission…
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Are theatre tickets overpriced following lockdown?
24 March 2021
I’m sure many of us are counting down the days to when theatres can reopen on 17th May...
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Choose to Challenge female body-shaming in theatre
10 March 2021
It was International Women’s Day (IWD) earlier this week and we joined in by celebrating the amazing women we have worked with over the years to create some incredible projects and productions.
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Response to the Government’s Roadmap
25 February 2021
We are cautiously encouraged to see the government’s most recent four step roadmap out of the latest lockdown, but of course these plans all depend on the easing of restrictions in the Spring...
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Gender inequality in UK theatre is ‘shocking’ says report
12 February 2021
We don’t need a report to tell us that gender equality is ‘shocking’ within the UK theatre industry...
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UK touring theatre productions - Fighting red tape and restrictions
30 January 2021
We all hoped that 2021 was going to be the year that theatres up and down the country would come to life again...
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How we can all work together to make theatres safe
13 January 2021
Knowing when theatres are going to open is the million-dollar question.
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Looking back with great positivity for the future
29 December 2020
As we all know this year has been extremely difficult for all of us within the theatre and arts industry. So, in our last blog of the year, we wanted to focus on the positives that we have seen come out of theatre during 2020...
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The Pantomimes and Christmas shows will go online
21 December 2020
We all heard the devastating news last week that many areas in England, including Buckinghamshire, have moved into Tier 3. With this news, many theatres must close again at a time that would usually be their busiest period.