| Description | Series of articles about the theatre. Topics include; 2007 increase in audience attendances, new musicals account for two thirds of tickets sales, controversy over Caryl Churchill's play about Gaza "Seven Jewish Children", the Talawa theatre company, an appreciation of Tom Stoppard's, profiles of playwrights Polly Stenham. Lucy Prebble, Ella Hickson, Atiha Sen Gupta, a dearth of major roles for women over forty, Punchdrunk's immersive theatre, a profile of Ralph Bernard on his 2009 apppointment as chief executive of the Royal Albert Hall, the effect of reality TV casting on West End tickets sales, the impact of film work for actors on the theatre, the 2009 launch of the National Theatre of Wales, a profile of Stephen Poliakoff, a photographic review of 2009 British theatre |