Andrea Dunbar's life story to be staged in Bradford pub
New drama Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile looks back at the life of the playwright who wrote Rita, Sue and Bob Too
January 2018
After #MeToo
'Directors are no longer untouchable gods': transforming British theatre
The actors, directors and producers changing theatre
Rita, Sue and #MeToo: 'There'd be outrage if it was written today'
Was the Royal Court right to put on Rita, Sue and Bob Too? We asked three playwrights to look afresh at Andrea Dunbar’s story of two girls preyed on by an older man
Rita, Sue and Bob Too review – Dunbar's comedy bleaker than ever in #MeToo era
Seeming less uproarious but more political and perceptive than when it first appeared in 1982, Andrea Dunbar’s portrait of Thatcher’s Britain still chills
December 2017
Plays like Rita, Sue and Bob Too must be part of the post-Weinstein debate
Gaby Hinsliff
London theatre axes Rita, Sue and Bob Too amid harassment claims
October 2017
New theatre industry guidelines to be drawn up after harassment claims
Move by the Royal Court follows a day of action that saw more than 150 accounts of sexual harassment read out on stage
'Disrespectful' director Max Stafford-Clark humiliated me, actor says
Exclusive: EastEnders and Doctor Who actor Tracy Ann Oberman is one of five women to complain about Stafford-Clark’s behaviour
Max Stafford-Clark pestered me for sex long before his stroke
Tracy-Ann Oberman
British theatre bosses condemn sexual harassment in industry
Theatre director Max Stafford-Clark was ousted over inappropriate behaviour
September 2017
Barney Norris: Theatre is still catching up with Max Stafford-Clark
As Stafford-Clark tours Rita, Sue and Bob Too with his company Out of Joint, his one-time assistant celebrates a career spent speaking up for the nation – and nurturing talents such as Andrea Dunbar and Caryl Churchill
June 2017
How we made
How we made Rita, Sue and Bob Too
George Costigan: ‘I watched the premiere with my wife on one side of me – and my mother on the other’
July 2016
Magificent people like Matthew Evans are few and far between
Hanif Kureishi
The former chairman of Faber & Faber was a loyal friend to those he published and a sworn enemy of boredom
May 2016
Summer arts preview 2016
Curtain-raisers: the best theatre of summer 2016
Branagh channels Olivier, Isabelle Huppert lusts after her stepson and Ralph Fiennes gets the royal hump. Meanwhile there’s magic in the air as Harry Potter grows up – and Groundhog Day is reborn as a musical
March 2016
The Royal Court at 60: look back in wonder
Theatre blog
Plan your week’s theatre: top tickets
June 2015
'Her work haunts me': Caryl Churchill by those who have worked with her
Stephen Daldry, Max Stafford-Clark, Lyndsey Turner and Nikki Amuka-Bird on the challenges and triumphs that come with staging Churchill’s work
May 2015
Max Stafford-Clark: ‘We’ve played to the worst houses we’ve ever had’
With cuts in funding, safer programming, shrinking audiences, new writing is the first casualty in this vicious circle. The Out of Joint founder says something has to change
April 2015
Happy Days festival's Beckett treats to include a German Godot
Enniskillen hosts international interpretations of the playwright’s works – on land and in lakes, in caves and a castle, with premieres by Sophie Hunter, Adrian Dunbar and Max Stafford-Clark
