It's musical chairs in key positions at British theatre, plus BBC Philharmonic cut short Japan tour, and Peter Lennon's rocky road
All change in theatreland
They're playing musical chairs at some of Britain's most creative playhouses – and at quite an interesting time for all our subsidised theatres, as the funding landscape changes. Josie Rourke's departure for the Donmar Warehouse leaves a vacancy at London's the Bush; meanwhile, Dominic Hill, artistic director at the Traverse in Edinburgh, is hopping over to run the Citizens theatre in Glasgow, where his talent for punchy reinvention of the classics (think of his production of Peer Gynt for the National Theatre of Scotland) ought to prove an asset in his bid to make the Citz "the most exciting and provocative theatre in Scotland". That leaves an intriguing vacancy at the Traverse – an extremely important theatre for its nurturing of the brilliant Scottish playwrighting scene,...
All change in theatreland
They're playing musical chairs at some of Britain's most creative playhouses – and at quite an interesting time for all our subsidised theatres, as the funding landscape changes. Josie Rourke's departure for the Donmar Warehouse leaves a vacancy at London's the Bush; meanwhile, Dominic Hill, artistic director at the Traverse in Edinburgh, is hopping over to run the Citizens theatre in Glasgow, where his talent for punchy reinvention of the classics (think of his production of Peer Gynt for the National Theatre of Scotland) ought to prove an asset in his bid to make the Citz "the most exciting and provocative theatre in Scotland". That leaves an intriguing vacancy at the Traverse – an extremely important theatre for its nurturing of the brilliant Scottish playwrighting scene,...
- 3/22/2011
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
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