| Description | Series of articles about theatre, topics include Simon Callow on fringe theatre, concerns that a shabby West End environment discourages theatre goers, whether cinema is drawing actors away from the stage, the opening of the new Hampstead Theatre building, a review of Shakespeares Globe's success 8 years after opening and intereviews with artistic director Mark Rylance, a profile of theatre critics Sheridon Morley, Michael Billington, Charles Spencer, Michael Coveney and Nicholas de Jongh, Kevin Spacey's appointment as artistic director of the Old Vic, interviews with David Hare, Stephen Daldry, Simon McBurney, Peter Hall, Michael Grandage and Gregory Doran, a scheme to help teenagers analyse live theatre, the Arts Council's plans to appoint an amabassador for every art form, a series on political theatre including by Neil LaBute, the opening of the refurbished Almeida Theatre, a review of the National Theatre 2003 summer programme, Cameron Mackintos's plans for a new Sondheim Theatre to be built on top of the Queen's Theatre, a profile of Black and Asian women in theatre, a report by the Theatre Turst that the private owners of listed theatre buildings will need Governmenet support. |