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Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report

Exclusive: Research says sector is fixated with young talent, with most women experiencing unconscious bias or sexism

The Guardian - UK

Lear review – this matriarchal monarch’s tragedy is personal not political

Maureen Beattie leads a modern-dress version, which focuses on family dynamics rather than the decline of Shakespeare’s mighty ruler

The Guardian - UK

Maureen Beattie looks to the future with her take on Lear

FOR Scottish theatre doyenne Maureen Beattie, it makes perfect sense for King Lear to be played by a woman – even if it could have Shakespeare…

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‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands

What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’

The Guardian - UK

Escaped Alone and What If If Only review – a dislocating Caryl Churchill evening of two halves

These two short plays offer differing pleasures, one in the acting, the other in its subtle meditation on mourning

The Guardian - UK

Escaped Alone and What If If Only review – Caryl Churchill’s double whammy of dazzling dread

Hiding behind the fluttering dialogue and domestic chatter lies a dark poetry in a pair of plays that address terrifying futures head on

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre; The Lightest Element; The Real Ones – review

Overlooked pioneering astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin comes to vivid life in Stella Feehily’s slow-burning, enraging drama. And best friends grow up and apart in Waleed Akhtar’s fitful latest

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The Lightest Element review – tribute to trailblazing astronomer expected to make the tea

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin faced constant sexism and professional exclusion, but Stella Feehily’s play shows a woman with an iron will to succeed

The Guardian - UK

Joanna Scanlan among actors backing gender equality push in theatre

Women in Theatre Lab will act as incubator for playwriting and acting talent and address gender inequality

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: As You Like It; Tambo & Bones; Stumped – review

Seasoned actors turn Shakespeare’s romcom on its head in an enchanted RSC production; US race relations meet Waiting for Godot; and at the crease with Beckett and Pinter

The Guardian - UK

Duet for One review – Kempinski’s combative probe into parental tensions

Tara Fitzgerald plays the former violinist in a restaging of Tom Kempinski’s play that pits patient against doctor in a furious battle of wills

The Guardian - UK

Sudden Cinderella closure shows ‘lack of respect’ for theatre workers – Equity

Despite opening to rave reviews, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical will end in London on June 12 after less than a year.

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