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Curtain up! Meet the new artistic directors with great plans for British theatre

Our theatre critic welcomes inspiring developments at stages across the UK, from the Young Vic to the Liverpool Everyman while, below, some of the top new recruits talk about working post-pandemic in an era of funding cuts – and share the secrets of their trade

The Guardian - UK

‘I experienced everyday sexism while reading Everyday Sexism’: how Katie Arnstein turns anger into laughs

She started out doing panto tours of northern garden centres. But Arnstein is now emerging as a thrilling performer, turning the shocks of her life – sexual harassment, her mum’s cancer – into bracing solo shows

The Guardian - UK

Royal Court appoints New Diorama’s David Byrne as its artistic director

Byrne will succeed Vicky Featherstone, who leaves the Sloane Square venue after more than a decade, in 2024

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Playwright David Byrne appointed as Royal Court’s new artistic director

Writer will take over from Vicky Featherstone in early 2024

The Independent UK

Royal Court theatre appoints New Diorama’s David Byrne as artistic director

Byrne, who is also an award-winning playwright, said he would ‘shape a rejuvenating culture’ at one of London’s most prestigious theatres

The Guardian - UK

David Byrne is a radical, dynamic appointment for the Royal Court

The theatre’s new artistic director proved himself a canny commercialist attuned to promising writing at the New Diorama. How will his maverick sensibility adapt to a major venue?

The Guardian - UK

After the Act at New Diorama Theatre review: Section 28 musical is engagingly scrappy and righteously angry

It reminds us that hard-won liberties can be summarily rolled back

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New Diorama: the most important theatre in London you’ve never heard of

The small London venue is battling to save a generation of artists who risk leaving the industry in the wake of the pandemic

Evening Standard

Operation Mincemeat: ‘little victory’ for fringe theatre as musical marches into West End

SpitLip’s award-winning show, based on an audacious episode of wartime espionage, takes over from The Woman in Black at the Fortune theatre

The Guardian - UK

Everyday review – witchy rituals and a search for safety

Deafinitely Theatre’s evocative and tender show was inspired by real stories of abuse against deaf women and non-binary people

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