Jo Clifford’s ecstatic show ‘Jesus, Queen of Heaven’ brought together christian imagery and trans politics. Here, she writes about the transformative ideas she discovered while translating ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ for Manchester Royal Exchange and Graeae.

Vault Festival opens this week. Here’s Vault director Tim Wilson on why this year’s shows are looking to the future, with a dedicated strand of space-themed work.

Steakhouse Live’s Longer, Wetter, Faster, Better is a festival of new radical and queer performance art. As part of a pilot writing project organised by academics Bojana Jankovic and Diana Damian Martin, three writers reflect on the ideas raised by the anarchy, glitter and politics of its performances.

Berlin’s Volksbühne Theatre has been in turmoil since it announced that its new artistic director would be Chris Dercon, outgoing director of London’s Tate Modern. Samantha Jayne Williams explores the controversy, and what it says about theatre, modernity, and narratives of resistance.

As the long winter nights draw in, Joe Charnitski talks to some of the luminaries of New York’s storytelling scene about what makes their community so special.

Matt Miller explores the power of spoken word to create collectivity and community, as his solo performance Sticking plays at Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre.

Foreign Goods Last Forever is a new showcase for work by female British South East Asian writers at Theatre503. Here, its authors talk quotas, stereotypes, parental pressures, and why South East Asian stories need to be told.

“The two of us on stage, surrounded by wood, noise and rage.” Ahead of their new performance Manpower, Two Destination Language discuss how a post-Brexit world has inspired them to tackle the patriarchy head on.