‘What happens what the things we covet hide us from ourselves?’ That is a question that is asked in ‘Breathless’, a new play by Plymouth Laureate of Words Laura Horton. This funny, honest and stylist piece explores the act of hoarding, balancing between the joy of it and the addiction and shame that can come with it in a story about trying to escape from a world that you’ve spent a lifetime building. Based on the real-life experiences of clothes hoarding by Horton, ‘Breathle

As theatre fans, we spend a lot of time talking about the different productions that we have seen all over the place, but let’s be honest here, we couldn’t have all of those amazing productions without the equally amazing buildings that house them. How often have you taken your seat in a theatre and just taken a moment to sit back and marvel at your surroundings? Theatres are amongst some of the grandest and most beautiful buildings around, but quite often they get ignored in

According to The Mental Health Foundation, ‘engaging in arts, social activities and interaction within our communities can help with major challenges such as aging and loneliness. It can help boost confidence and make us feel more engaged and resilient. Besides these benefits, art engagement also alleviates anxiety, depression and stress’ ( https://lifeseeker.wales/the-impact-of-theatre-and-the-arts-on-mental-health/ ) If engagement with the arts, such as going to see a theat

Every year, The Theatres Trust publishes a list of theatrical venues that are at risk of being lost forever due to looming demolition...

It’s hard to believe that we are only a few months away from having to mark the anniversary of two years since theatres were forced to close their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. I guess that we can talk about it in hindsight now, how naïve we were back then to think that it would only be a few weeks before life went back to normal. Here we are, in the final days of 2021, with life still far from normal. As we stand, theatres are currently allowed to be open again at f

After yet another challenging year for theatre, blighted by more enforced closures, social distancing, government-imposed isolation...

Let me take you back to a different time, long before the age of social media and iPhones, long before Covid made such a massive impact on our lives. It’s 1952, Winston Churchill is prime minister, Stalin is the head of Russia, television shuts off at 10.20pm every day and most essential food is rationed. 5 years on from premiering as a short radio play entitled ‘Three Blind Mice’, Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mousetrap’ opened on 25th November at London’s Ambassadors Theatre follo

When it comes to theatre, the argument between new work and revivals, and what should open where and when, has been ongoing for many years and will long continue to be argued. Sometimes it can feel like our beloved venues are being flooded with revivals, repeats of things that we have seen before, giving new work no chance to make it. But personally, I don’t see it that way. To me, it doesn’t matter if the show is new or not, any show is better than a venue remaining empty an