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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 · Feb 2, 2025

‘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 · Dec 12, 2023

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

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2023

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 · Mar 8, 2023

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 · Nov 21, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022