Lisa James was born on October 13, 1942 in New York, USA. Terry McCabe has been City Lit’s artistic director since February 2005. Directed by Rupert Goold, As Resident Director Master/Mistress of Shakespeare. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. They promise they will do better, they have been trying, but honestly, “it’s hard”, said Burger on Radio 4’s Front Row. It was long, it was slow, and I loved every minute. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. Yet it did not get a London transfer or a national tour. Take for example playwright Winsome Pinnock. By Matt Hartley Yet the last time her work was staged at the NT was in 1999. Adaptation by Tanya Ronder, United Agents LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 under number OC377899. Lisa was also the Education Project Manager for the National Theatre's ground breaking Art of Regeneration program. This American musical was keenly awaited – and didn’t disappoint. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. The NT may excuse this with the fact that they put on female-led plays in their smaller spaces, but therein lies the rub. She is an award winning freelance director and since August 2016 the Artistic Director of Theatre503. But Rebecca Frecknall’s direction of this tale of thwarted love was as delicate and distinctive as it was wonderfully heart-squeezing. We like supporting each other. Here, too, was a kind of metaphysical mysteriousness that was truly stirring – John wasn’t quite a ghost story, but rather, it eerily tilted towards the darker depths of the human soul. By American writer Clare Barron (pictured), this play followed a group of teenage dancers, with their earnest dreams, petty rivalries, and general angst. And while this incredibly empathetic play has plenty to tell us about blue-collar America, it couldn’t have struck harder in Brexit Britain either. It is meant to represent the national demographic both in the stories it tells and in the people it hires. And a long final filmed section demanded that audiences face the hard truth about British and American slave laws. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. As part of the COALITION season, By Marc Camoletti (trans. Performed by Kaya Scodelario, Robert Sheehan, Catherine Tate and Jaime Winstone, Also directed between 2007 - 2009 Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. She is married to Gregg Henry. But Blanche McIntyre’s production perpetually snatched the rug from under your feet, and was frighteningly smart and formally thrilling as it did so, asking potent questions about gender, power, capitalism and art. Some theatres are changing their ways. The role included delivering workshops, supporting emerging theatre directors, the selection and awarding of Leverhulme Arts Scholarship bursaries and managing relationships with major venues and companies around the country. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? If you’d told me in January that top of my list would be this lesser-known Tennessee Williams play, surely the least enticing show on the Almeida’s absolutely stellar programme, I might have scoffed. It makes you feel powerless as an artist because you are putting the progress of your career into the hands of others. Bobbie as a woman in her mid-thirties made a lot of sense, as did the switcheroos in several other couples, which gave a fresh fillip to the show’s meandering investigation of relationships. Director. written by Terry Johnson Barron had these girls discovering their power. Buckle For Dust's inaugural production was COTTON WOOL at Theatre503 which garnered  the Meyer Whitworth Award for its writer Ali Taylor. A large black cast moved through elliptical scenes exposing racial prejudice and police brutality – some beautifully poetic, some just vibrating with fury. American playwright Annie Baker’s much-hyped The Flick left me a bit underwhelmed; this swept me up completely. Their current season includes nine new productions, with six female writers and/or female devising teams, and eight female directors. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. If reputable female artists are lucky enough to get a foot through the NT door, they will almost certainly be given the smallest platform available due to their perceived risk factor. Lisa James was born on October 13, 1942 in New York, USA. An adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel about her in-the-closet father who ran a funeral home, and her own journey towards coming out, it felt important to see such a story onstage – and was so very beautifully told, with book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music Jeanine Tesori (who also scored the terrific musical Caroline, or Change, which stormed London in 2018 too after opening in Chichester last year). And how: Arinze Kene’s piece of gig-theatre explored and exploded exactly the notion of a “black play”, with the mesmerising Kene playing himself as a writer struggling to work out if he’s pandering to what producers expect of him by writing “urban safari jungle s**t”. Directed by Rupert Goold, By William Shakespeare One of those plays that had you staggering slightly as you left the stalls. Here was the finest dissection of a floundering relationship and look at how gender politics infects us all. Stephen Sondheim’s musical about Bobby, whose friends harp on at him to get married, could have been one – but Marianne Elliott unlocked it with a smart, coherent approach to gender-swapped casting. Not only has she been artistic director of the world-class, disability-led theatre company Graeae since 1997, she is a genuine innovator, having pioneered the concept of creative integration of access in British theatre. She is an actress, known for A Force of One (1979), Coronet Blue (1967) and Circle of Fear (1972). There has justifiably been public outrage. This publicly funded theatre is supporting both emerging and established female artists to develop and stretch their artistic muscles. With a commitment to creating opportunities for theatre's most distinctive voices. Directed by Rupert Goold, By Marc Camoletti But Lynette Linton’s production was ferociously good. Translated by Beverley Crosss The institution is supposed to do what it says on the tin: create theatre for the nation. She is an actress, known for, Reni Santoni Dies: ‘Seinfeld’ & ‘Dirty Harry’ Actor Was 81, Reni Santoni, Poppie in ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Dirty Harry’ Actor, Dies at 81, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. What about director Jenny Sealey MBE? As one of Britain’s best known black playwrights, you would think the NT would consistently commission Pinnock (as they have done with playwrights David Hare and Tom Stoppard) and would be begging her to write for their upcoming seasons. Her play The Meeting at Chichester Festival Theatre was one of the most nuanced dramas in 2018, with a slew of four-star reviews from all the major broadsheets. There is an abundance of established, exceptional female writers and directors – both young and old – who prove their craft time and again, but are not getting the same opportunities as male artists. It does neither, and hasn’t ever since it was established in 1963 at the Old Vic Theatre. * Winner of Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund, Northern Stage / adapted for the British Museum, In A Forest Ltd. / Nica Burns / Nimax Theatre / Vaudeville Theatres, Noel Coward Theatre, West End / Headlong Theatre, Associate Director of West End recast and National Tour She has written numerous award-winning plays. Born and bred in Lancashire, Lisa read Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London before studying directing at LAMDA. It is unnerving that as an “emerging” playwright myself with nine years’ experience, I see female theatre-makers with more than 20 years’ worth of critical acclaim not being given a platform at the NT. One major theatre proving that this shift can be done, and swiftly, is the Royal Court. The year saw a genuine increase in the diversity of stories getting told in British theatre, and Debbie Tucker Green’s incendiary play was a pinnacle of that: brilliantly tough, absolutely necessary. This one-woman show was performed with amusing self-possession and fierce grace by Carey Mulligan, as a woman recounting how she met her husband, and how they navigated her more successful career and having a family. Although the show doesn’t totally burn in the memory, Zubin Varla was magnificent as the father, and Eleanor Kane’s song of sexual discovery and first love – “Changing My Major” (to Joan) – was one of my favourite moments of the year. Producer. Margie Osheroff, Chair, Community Volunteer Linda L. Hubert, Immediate Past Chair, Professor of English Emerita, Agnes Scott College Lisa Adler, President, Horizon Theatre Company Jeff Adler, Vice President, Horizon Theatre Company W. Imara Canady, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Christopher Edmonds, ERC Holding Corp. Kerry McArdle, EARTH University I spend more reviews than I’d like moaning about old-fashioned musical revivals that fail to tackle #problematic material. The institution is supposed to do what it says on the tin: create theatre for the nation. She was previously married to Reni Santoni. Two were co-written by men, and one ran for three days. From Saint Maud to The Wicker Man here are some British horror movies that are certain to keep you looking over your shoulder for weeks to come. Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events, The NT has a long way to go to achieve gender parity for writers and directors by 2021, The National Theatre snubs us all by ignoring famous female creatives, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. There is hope. Born and bred in Lancashire, Lisa read Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London before studying directing at LAMDA. Lynn Nottage’s play – about factory workers in Pennsylvania whose friendships and families fracture when job losses loom – was always likely to be good; it won a Pulitzer, after all. Directed by Michael Grandage, East 15 Drama School at Tristan Bates Theatre, By Luigi Pirandelllo Last year they managed just seven-and-a-half plays written by women out of a possible 21. Beverley Cross), Book by Julian Woolford and Music by Richard John, Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh / Arts Theatre, By Ben Wilson & Elliot Tiney Famous female writers and directors can't get work at the National Theatre – so what hope do any women have? The programme places huge emphasis on access to the arts, identifying talent and developing progression routes. Dennis Kelly’s play began deceptively light and funny, but its snark turned to harrowing tragedy via a twist that left you winded – and delivered a howl against the conditioned violence of men.

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