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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Live theatre vs. online – which is the best experience?
22 April 2020
With the lights out, many of us are now getting our theatre fix via electronic devices.
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Finding the positives in these dark times
8 April 2020
As our beloved industry continues its fight through these dark times, the strength, resilience and positivity of theatre and our people shine through...
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Coronavirus and how to support our industry
27 March 2020
Friday 20th March 2020 will be a date that sticks in my mind for a very long time...
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How drama can help mental health
11 March 2020
I recently shared an interesting article from the Guardian entitled, ‘'Drama saved my life': how performing can help mental health problems.’...
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Celebrating all women this International Women’s Day!
27 February 2020
International Women’s Day IWD is taking place this Sunday - 8th March...
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Smashing through the class ceiling
13 February 2020
I was really interested to read Lyn Gardner’s opinion piece last month in The Stage online titled: ‘Drama training must adapt to help shatter theatre’s class ceiling’.
She speaks about how working-class actors and aspiring actors have a difficult time breaking into the profession and the many obstacles they must overcome…
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Injecting creativity into STEM
29 January 2020
STEM, an acronym I’m sure you all know, stands for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics...
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ERA 50:50 – sharing the limelight at the Golden Globes
19 January 2020
For the eagle eyed of you watching the Golden Globes earlier this month, you will have seen winner of ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Drama)’ - Olivia Colman - sporting an ERA 50:50 ring.
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The New Year Honours list 2020
7 January 2020
Every year there is quite a bit of controversy about the New Year’s Honours List and the whole honours system itself....
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We wish you a Merry Christmas!
18 December 2019
The team at The Play’s the Thing Theatre Company would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!