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Kate Wyver

Kate Wyver

Biography

Kate Wyver is a freelance journalist, who writes about theatre for publications including the Guardian

Recent Articles

Matthew Bourne

Matthew Bourne

Renowned choreographer Matthew Bourne is one of dance’s greatest storytellers. With this being his 21st consecutive Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells, he reveals how his creations became festive favourites
Charlie Josephine: 'This is not the white, cis, straight-male-gaze western. This is a queertopia'

Charlie Josephine: 'This is not the white, cis, straight-male-gaze western. This is a queertopia'

Charlie Josephine is following up their non-binary take on the Joan of Arc story, I, Joan, with another slice of queered theatre, Cowbois. The writer talks about reimagining the western, prioritising pleasure and how the work for representation doesn’t stop on stage
Meet Wessex Grove, the producing duo making waves in the West End

Meet Wessex Grove, the producing duo making waves in the West End

In just three years of operating, production company Wessex Grove already has an impressive list of West End shows under its belt, including A Little Life, The Seagull and Constellations. The business’ co-founders Benjamin Lowy and Emily Vaughan-Barratt talk about why they started, how they are putting their teams first, and what is coming next
Chris Bush

Chris Bush

As Chris Bush and Richard Hawley’s musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge is nominated for eight Olivier awards, the playwright talks about creating theatre of scale, what she learned from writing musicals, and why her work champions community and compassion
Neil Bartlett

Neil Bartlett

As Neil Bartlett’s stage adaption of Virginia Woolf’s gender-fluid masterpiece Orlando opens, the writer and director discusses what he’s learnt, struggled against and been liberated by in a 40-year career
Erin Doherty

Erin Doherty

Best known as Princess Anne in The Crown, the actor tells us what she learnt from her prestigious peers on the Netflix show and talks about starring in a fresh take on The Crucible at the National Theatre
Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

As he prepares to star in Burn – his dance show about Scottish poet Robert Burns at the Edinburgh International Festival – multitalented performer Alan Cumming talks to Kate Wyver
LIFT boss Kris Nelson: ‘I have to predict where Londoners’ psyches are going to be’

LIFT boss Kris Nelson: ‘I have to predict where Londoners’ psyches are going to be’

In the planning since 2018, Kris Nelson’s inaugural curation of LIFT, London’s biennial international theatre festival, finally gets underway this month. He tells Kate Wyver how cutting his teeth directing festivals in Canada and Ireland taught him to read a city, about staying on top of current conversations and seeing London itself as a workshop
Kathryn Hunter

Kathryn Hunter

Twenty-five years after her groundbreaking performance as King Lear, Kathryn Hunter has returned to play the role at Shakespeare’s Globe. The acclaimed actor tells Kate Wyver what she’s learnt since that landmark production – about acting, how Lear’s world, that’s lost its moral compass, is ‘not unlike ours’ and the magnificence of exploring the classic texts for new truths
Designer Matt Saunders: 'I found my voice through theatre – it made me less shy'

Designer Matt Saunders: 'I found my voice through theatre – it made me less shy'

US set designer Matt Saunders has brought a swimming pool into the Almeida for the transfer of “Daddy” – A Melodrama. He tells Kate Wyver how the show’s look was inspired by David Hockney and why the simplest design can be the most beautiful
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