Best of 2021: Plays

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The NT’s Coriolanus was diversity at its best – yet others are still stuck in the past

Opinion by Stephanie Street

The National Theatre’s cut to its school touring scheme is damaging to theatre – and children

Opinion by Lyn Gardner

London theatres to dim lights for Timothy West

News by Georgia Luckhurst

Manchester's HOME to open free artist development space in early 2025

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The NT’s Coriolanus was diversity at its best – yet others are still stuck in the past

by Stephanie Street

The National Theatre’s cut to its school touring scheme is damaging to theatre – and children

by Lyn Gardner

US shows are resonating very differently after Trump’s election win

by Howard Sherman

'Musicals don't get written, they get rewritten' – is the old adage still true today?

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