Theatre and class: Is theatre a medium of unity or division?

Part 2 of a series about classism in the theatre, exploring how the ‘highbrow’ assumption surrounding theatre is exclusionary, and the complicated history of the English theatre. Isabelle Bylett discusses theatre’s ability to transcend class boundaries and its potential for universality, urging for a reclaiming of drama as an inclusive art form.

Speaking in Tongues

I lifted my eyes and looked out of the window at the snow falling from the dark sky, the snow silently covers the sidewalks, the cars, the roofs of houses in a sheet of white, the snowflakes slowly twirl in the air – big white flakes, so big they seem to cast shadows as they […]

Elitism in theatre: why is theatre increasingly inaccessible?

A review of The Snow-Globe Theatre Company’s ‘Little Women’ by Emily Sanderson

All the student theatre being performed in Durham this Michaelmas and why you should see it

Dismantling ‘A Doll’s House’: the lasting impact of Henrik Ibsen in 20th century theatre

Isabelle Bylett reviews the Elysium Theatre Company’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello

Review of Ooook! Productions’ Doctor Who

Olivia Shelley reviews ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’

A review of Maariya Khalid’s ‘milk teeth’, by Jude Battersby