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How can drama schools help solve theatre’s skills crisis?

How can drama schools help solve theatre’s skills crisis?

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Drama schools are adapting their approach to training to help bridge a skills gap that is showing worrying signs of becoming endemic, but there is only so much they can do. Figures from both the training sector and the industry talk to Theo Bosanquet about the root causes of the problem and what needs to happen to tackle the shortage

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“Astounding acrobatics”

Come Alive! The Greatest Showman review

Empress Museum, London
Intense circus spectacular featuring songs from the Hugh Jackman movie
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Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Does theatre’s artistic leadership model need to evolve?

Rufus Norris’ comments about needing a year off to recover after his time at the NT indicates there is something not right with the way British theatre works, says Lyn Gardner
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Beware trying to adapt a masterpiece for the stage

What defines a masterpiece is content being realised within its perfect form – that’s why the chances of turning something
perfect into another masterpiece are so slim, says David Benedict

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by Alistair Smith

Employers need greater input into theatre training

There are significant skills gaps within theatre, and there is no coherent, coordinated way for employers to tell drama schools what they want
What were your criteria when choosing a drama school?

What were your criteria when choosing a drama school?

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Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask our panellists what they looked for when choosing a drama school
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Charlie Bunker and Gabby Vautier

Charlie Bunker and Gabby Vautier of imPOSSIBLE Producing are on a mission to create a ‘South West End’, developing an ecosystem of talent based in and around Cornwall that can form a pipeline to the rest of the country. Lyn Gardner meets the pair as they prepare to stage their first musical, The Creakers, which will play at Theatre Royal Plymouth before a run at the Southbank Centre in London
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Julian Bird

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How can drama schools help solve theatre’s skills crisis?

How can drama schools help solve theatre’s skills crisis?

by Theo Bosanquet
Drama schools are adapting their approach to training to help bridge a skills gap that is showing worrying signs of becoming endemic, but there is only so much they can do. Figures from both the training sector and the industry talk to Theo Bosanquet about the root causes of the problem and what needs to happen to tackle the shortage
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‘There’s still a lot of work to be done’: Latinx artists on fighting for visibility

‘There’s still a lot of work to be done’: Latinx artists on fighting for visibility

by Giverny Masso
In 2021, Arts Council England added a Latin American tick box to its diversity monitoring forms, a move that was celebrated by that community’s theatremakers. But it was a small step in an otherwise challenging landscape for Latinx artists in the UK, some of whom talk to Giverny Masso about their long fight for representation and how the industry needs to change
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