When news of redundancies hit, Laura Horton collected testimonies of what Theatre Royal Plymouth meant to artists and audiences. Here are 10 of them.
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6 July 2020
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Dear Oliver
By Atri Banerjee
Director Atri Banerjee imagines some letters to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, during the long wait for government support.
29 June 2020
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Some Reasons to Save the UK’s Theatres and Production Companies
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville collates some arguments for urgently funding theatres now, so that they’ll still be there for us in whatever world awaits us in 2021.
26 June 2020
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A dialogue on theatres and communities
By Natasha Tripney
Who is theatre for? Why does it matter? What do we stand to lose? A group of directors, producers and critics talk theatre and community.
23 June 2020
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POSTWEST Festival: What does it mean to be Eastern European?
By Natasha Tripney
“Something positive came out of this shitty situation:” Natasha Tripney talks to the artists who are moving Eastern European arts festival POSTWEST online.
22 June 2020
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Storytelling adventures and critical hits
By Francesca Peschier
Francesca Peschier chats to a horde of theatremakers/dungeon-masters/rampaging orcs to ask what theatre can learn from D&D.
11 June 2020
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Carers as Artists
By Lucy Bell
Lucy Bell writes on the underexplored challenges and unexpected aptitudes that come from mixing a career in the arts with life as a carer.
9 June 2020
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Holding Theatre to Account
By Alice Saville
A new initiative is holding theatres accountable on Black representation. Here’s more info, plus thoughts on Exeunt’s aims for the future.
25 May 2020
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A Case for Liveness
By Annie Saunders
“When you go to a live performance, you take your body with you”: Annie Saunders writes on the essential connection between medium and message.
23 May 2020
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Revisiting The Encounter
By Holly Williams
Holly Williams loops back to Simon McBurney’s time-bending binaural adventure, and asks him what it can say to lockdown audiences.
21 May 2020
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An open letter to theatre and performance makers
By A group of theatre and performance organisations
A group of theatre and performance organisations are coming together to offer support and a voice to freelancers. Their open letter explains why.
14 May 2020
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What could socially distanced theatre look like?
By Alice Saville
We could have celebrity monologues in half-empty auditoriums. Or, we could look to the experimental theatremakers who’ve made space for new forms.
12 May 2020
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A Dialogue on Making Work Collectively
By Natasha Tripney
How can we support artists better? What forms can collaboration take? A group of artists and producers discuss the future of making work collectively.
10 May 2020
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Theatre’s Left Behind Freelancers
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville surveys the freelance theatre workers who aren’t covered by government support, and have been left without income overnight.
29 April 2020
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Post Pandemic #Work
By Selina Thompson
Selina Thompson lists and itemises the performances to come, once lockdown is over.