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Theo Bosanquet

Theo Bosanquet

Biography

Theo is a freelance writer and editor. Formerly editor of WhatsOnStage, he has written for a range of publications including the Guardian, Time Out, The Stage and Time magazine.

Recent Articles

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

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

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
How my great-grandmother's lost play is breaking new ground in Germany

How my great-grandmother's lost play is breaking new ground in Germany

Austrian dramatist Anna Gmeyner’s work was banned in the 1930s, but has grown in prominence in recent years. Theo Bosanquet, her great-grandson, travels to southern Germany for the premiere of one of her plays, 80 years after it was written
Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma

Born in India, Amit Sharma has had an incredible journey to become the artistic director of north London’s Kiln Theatre. He talks to Theo Bosanquet about how he started out and the crucial role that Graeae played in his career, his vision for the Kiln and why he will always prioritise his audience when making work
'The storyline vibrates loudly': staging a bilingual Antony and Cleopatra with British Sign Language

'The storyline vibrates loudly': staging a bilingual Antony and Cleopatra with British Sign Language

Shakespeare’s Globe’s Antony and Cleopatra is being staged bilingually in spoken English and British Sign Language in what is a landmark production. The show’s creatives talk to Theo Bosanquet about their process and what audiences can expect
Net zero by 2030? The Theatre Green Book’s ambitious second act

Net zero by 2030? The Theatre Green Book’s ambitious second act

When it was launched in 2021, the Theatre Green Book was hailed as a landmark moment on the sector’s path to sustainability. Three years on, and as a refined second edition is released, its creators – and some of the theatremakers putting the guidelines into practice – tell Theo Bosanquet about their ambitious plans for the future and expanding across Europe
Graduate focus | Take your pick of where to make your own work

Graduate focus | Take your pick of where to make your own work

The closure of London’s Vault Festival has removed a vital platform for emerging theatremakers in the UK to share their work. But there are still opportunities out there for graduates. Theo Bosanquet rounds up some of the best
‘I’ve never felt pressure like this’ – the team bringing Spirited Away to the UK

‘I’ve never felt pressure like this’ – the team bringing Spirited Away to the UK

The stage adaptation of the anime classic is the second Studio Ghibli stage project to land in London in as many years. The show’s British and Japanese producers reveal the pressures of adapting the beloved film of Spirited Away
Chuchu Nwagu: ‘Seeing Red Pitch was the first time I’d sat in a theatre and just breathed’

Chuchu Nwagu: ‘Seeing Red Pitch was the first time I’d sat in a theatre and just breathed’

Producer Chuchu Nwagu – who has been making a name for himself with a series of high-profile projects, including transferring the award-winning Red Pitch to the West End – discusses his ambitions
Never a Dahl moment: inside the timeless tales’ journey to the stage

Never a Dahl moment: inside the timeless tales’ journey to the stage

The Roald Dahl estate’s in-house theatre department, tasked with bringing the writer’s stories to life on stage for the audiences of today, explain how the stories are reinvented and what else is to come
How producers of ‘the first Jewish panto’ plan to spread joy this season

How producers of ‘the first Jewish panto’ plan to spread joy this season

The Jewish arts centre JW3 has delivered music, drama, comedy and community for a decade. Now, it is staging its first Jewish pantomime. The team members behind the landmark production have put their own spin on panto traditions and share why they hope the show will bring communities together
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