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From the civil war to now, poverty endures

Letter: Samantha Brennan responds to an article by playwright Beth Steel and voices concern over the Dickensian conditions in her home town

The Guardian - UK

I’m from an English working-class town. When will society stop looking at us through the rearview mirror?

The migration debate reflects deep uncertainties about the realities now facing these communities. That feels perilous to me, says playwright Beth Steel

The Guardian - UK

Till the Stars Come Down at the Haymarket: uproariously fun and profoundly moving

4/5 Bijan Sheibani’s production of Beth Steel’s play has lost none of its power as it returns to the West End

Evening Standard

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Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn

Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s the talent pipeline’: inside the National Theatre’s hit-making hothouse

Where does the National send up-and-coming playwrights to have their ideas honed, pulled apart, rebuilt – and turned into dramatic dynamite? Our writer is granted rare access to the hallowed confines of ‘the Studio’

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Till the Stars Come Down; Othello; Plaza Suite – review

Beth Steel’s battling Notts wedding guests are a treat; Ola Ince’s Met police Othello makes horrible sense; and Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker star in a creaking Neil Simon revival

The Guardian - UK

Till the Stars Come Down at the National Theatre review: stellar cast shines in uproarious family drama

This is the latest National Theatre show to feature a stunning ensemble of actors

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Front row at the wedding from hell: a toast to theatre’s marital ding-dongs

Party punch-ups, brides in disguise, simmering family rancour … playwrights have cordially invited audiences to some nightmarish nuptials

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre in London to pilot earlier start times for evening shows

Midweek performances at the South Bank theatre will start at 6.30pm from February to allow more post-theatre socialising or earlier bedtimes

The Independent UK

Shocking map reveals scale of cost of living catastrophe in Greater Manchester as families cry out for real rescue plan

The map has been published in the lead-up to Thursday's autumn statement

Manchester Evening News

In capturing the changing face of Britain, playwrights can explain us to ourselves

Beth Steel’s The House of Shades unites national politics and private lives through the fortunes of a working-class family from 1965 to 2019

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The House of Shades; My Fair Lady; The Breach

Anne-Marie Duff’s aspiring singer transfixes in a didactic family saga; My Fair Lady feels strangely vacant. Plus, a stifling tale of dysfunctional siblings

The Guardian - UK

The House of Shades review: Beth Steel’s epic working-class family drama is full of proper politics

Anne-Marie Duff is on spectacular form as the family matriarch in this century-spanning new play

The Independent UK

House of Shades at the Almeida review: A confused mix of family drama and political screed

A layered, expressive lead performance from Anne-Marie Duff can’t save this baggy production

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The Guardian - UK

The House of Shades review – Anne-Marie Duff gives a toxic tour de force

Beth Steel’s ambitious new play follows the Webster family over decades, with Duff as a thwarted singer

The Guardian - UK

‘You don’t have to be invited – you do it’: Beth Steel on her working-class family epic

The playwright reflects on the importance of difficult conversations, putting female characters centre-stage and reading a Greek tragedy a day to write The House of Shades

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