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Conservative theatre-making will kill the UK industry, says National’s director

Indhu Rubasingham calls in Jennie Lee lecture for renewed commitment to creative risk and new writing

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26

National Theatre director says decline in new writing risks ‘betrayal of William Shakespeare’

Indhu Rubasingham issued a stark warning to industry figures as she gave a landmark lecture

The Independent UK · Feb 26

UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers

“In any civilised community the arts … serious or comic, light or demanding, must occupy a central place. Their enjoyment should not be regarded as something remote from everyday life.” This was a central statement in the white paper (a statement of policy intent) issued 60 years ago by Jennie…

The Conversation · Mar 4, 2025

‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government

So many pre-election promises: but still a cultural malaise spreads from our schools to museums, galleries and theatres, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025

The week in theatre: Jennie Lee; Fiddler on the Roof; Antony and Cleopatra – review

Groundbreaking Labour MP Jennie Lee is given her due in Mikron’s vibrant new touring show; the 60-year-old musical is an al fresco marvel; and Shakespeare finds new meaning through British Sign Language

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

Nandy wasn’t supposed to head up culture, but could her level-headed approach be just the ticket?

After the Tory years of underfunding, BBC-baiting and culture wars, nothing less than the soul of the nation is in the surprise new minister’s hands, says Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024

The week in theatre: Nye; The Lonely Londoners; Hadestown – review

Larkiness overtakes Tim Price’s hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s great Windrush novel pulses with brio; and Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld musical squeezes into the West End

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024

Richard Leonard shades Keir Starmer with message for Labour to 'lead its leaders'

A NEW video has been released about a radical socialist MP who denounced the leader of the Labour Party for his rejection of socialism and…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 14, 2023