A SERIES of events has been lined up to celebrate an Octagon season of plays by Bolton-born writer Jim Cartwright. The forthcoming "Cartwright at the Octagon" season takes place throughout May and ...

A "landmark" deal outlining terms for the digital use of playwrights’ work has been agreed for the first time in the UK. The collective agreement – which sees the digital rights of a play granted as a ...

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SEQUIM — Short pieces by eight local playwrights will be performed in Olympic Theatre Arts’ New Works Showcase set through Sunday. The idea to spotlight the works of local playwrights began about five ...

Television presenter and comedian Stephen Fry praised a Holt-based playwright's new work after enjoying the show on the London stage. James McDermott's play Time and Tide is set in a fictional cafe on ...

Simon Stephens chuckles incredulously at my first question, which is a query as to whether he knows how many plays he’s written. Because it’s a lot. “When I got past 38 I definitely felt a bit weird ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s hard to write about what Helen McCrory got up to during lockdown. Not because it was bad. Quite the ...

Playwright Zinnie Harris has three productions in this year's Edinburgh International Festival programme. She spoke to Mark Brown about a trio of very diverse works WHEN I meet acclaimed playwright ...