British Theatre Conference

Saturday
11.00-13.00 Intro keynote and panel: A national narrative?

Michael Boyd on Shakespeare’s Different Histories; Playwright Howard Brenton, director and actor Barrie Rutter.

13.00-14.15: Lunch
14.15-15.45: Access schmaccess?

Barbara Matthews (Arts Council of England), commentator Mark Lawson and Ed Vaizey MP (Conservative Arts spokesman)

 15.45-16.15: Tea
 16.15-17.45: Mistaken identity?

Playwrights Alia Bano,  Kwame Kwei-Armah and Ashmeed Sohoye, director Natalie Wilson and academic and writer [...]

Many theatrical events recently linked directly to the issues of our conference. This article links to discussions of three of the most noteworthy, covering between them many of the most pressing aspects of the concept of ‘All Together Now’.

The acclaimed verbatim theatre show, The Caravan, by Look Left, Look Right will be running at the Warwick Arts Centre during the conference, All Together Now: British Theatre after Multiculturalism.
In Summer 2007 severe flooding across the UK brought misery to thousands of people, destroying homes and livelihoods. As a result of the ensuing chaos, over [...]