For every play that makes it to the stage, there are many more languishing under commission. Duncan Gates makes a case for more transparency in new writing for theatre.
Duncan Gates

Articles by Duncan Gates
9 November 2015
Features
The Miniaturists: A Mini Adventure
By Duncan Gates
A small but perfectly formed verbatim play from Duncan Gates, to celebrate the 10th birthday of the short-form new writing nights.
23 June 2015
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Nick Gill: “Even if I massacre it, it’s The Trial, it’ll survive”
By Duncan Gates
Duncan Gates talks to the playwright about The Trial, adaptation, and ‘shared industry’
17 June 2015
Features
The Haunted Picture House
By Duncan Gates
Duncan Gates pays a visit to “a weird-nerd’s wet dream of magical miscellany and film ephemera.”
20 March 2014
Features
Going Inside No. 9
By Duncan Gates
Duncan Gates on how Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and theatre saved primetime TV (or at least made it more interesting).
15 January 2014
Features
The Genre Question
By Duncan Gates
Duncan Gates on classification, story-telling, and ‘the genre of theatre’.