Half of the theatre industry's workforce will go through the menopause - so why don't we talk about what that's really like?
Writing the r(Age) recently launched a series of resources to help writers - and those who work with them - understand the impact of peri/menopause
This week free for everyone to read, Maddy Costa crafts a conversation from the thoughts of past and current board members of the @dramaturgsnetwork.bsky.social, celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary this year. How has the field changed, and what places is it going?
'You will always be a moron to these middle-class theatre makers': Beatbox Academy founder Conrad Murray on why we need more working-class artists
Exeunt writers review recent shows at Soho Theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Bolton Octagon and the London Coliseum
“In 2026 don’t be mistaken that we need radical, angry, nuanced, and wild work more than ever”
When theatre PR Miriam Attwood heard that Busty Beatz had cancer, she knew she needed to honour her – as a client, a friend, and an inspiration
Great to chat to two of the brilliant minds behind Imitating the Dog – the OGs of live camerawork on stage – about their (underrated, imho) new War of the Worlds adaptation and what they think about their imitators: Jamie Lloyd, Kip Williams, Katie Mitchell et al
Before there was Jamie Lloyd, Katie Mitchell or Kip Williams… there was Imitating the Dog, who 28 years ago pioneered the use of film in theatre
In the latest in our series where writers talk to creatives *after* actually seeing their work, Matt Barton gets stuck in with Pete Brook and Andrew Quick
Robert Softley Gale on Birds of Paradise's new play, (We indulge in) a bit of roll play - which stars Ed Larkin and Rosie Jones in a story of disabled desire and pleasure, and disabled rage
Today, we have a really stunning essay by Tim Bano on Tom Stoppard - and about resisting the lure of biography (Tim’s as well as Tom’s) when writing about the playwright who changed his life
Delighted to have Sam Butler and David Harradine sharing their beautiful reflections of three decades of making work together - navigating a changing industry, a changing world, grief, and friendship
In our latest fabulous instalment of Frank Goes to Hollywood, Frank Peschier shares her thoughts on 2014's Into The Woods starring James Corden as well as the Bridge Theatre's current production. Sondheim lovers and detractors alike: is it worth going Into The Woods?
We've got @matt-barton.bsky.social, @cohengrin.bsky.social, @hollyomahony.bsky.social and Julia Rank this month, on some recent openings
Oh, Mary! and Mrs President both put First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln on stage. Both fail her.
Ukrainian playwright Olga Braga on how theatre can help us pay attention
From American Psycho to Serious Money to Posh… what happens when the people being critiqued start flocking to a show?
Quick changes, split crotches, and vodka spray... it's all in a day's work for the costume department!
Designer Carys Hobbs lets us in on the secret life of a theatre costume - and teams across the country share stories of comic costume mishaps…
From a rare chance to see The Wooster Group in London to the first show from the new Welsh National Theatre… 2026 is off to a fine start!
What should readers *really* know about laundry, or difficult actors, or how you keep costumes fresh in heatwave…?
We'd love to include names, but if you’d rather anonymously dish that also works! Pls share, reply with stories here or send to exeunt.inbox@gmail.com - can’t wait to read…
Theatre Bluesky - can you help us out? We’re seeking real-life stories from costume and wardrobe, for a behind-the-scenes piece for Exeunt.
So – what’s your best costume malfunction anecdote? The funniest mishap with mistaken or missing items? Your yuckiest story about bodily fluids…?
Lovely words from Tracey Sinclair ahead of Gerry & Sewell's West End transfer!
Alan Ayckbourn’s plays may have fallen out of fashion - but with Woman in Mind in the West End, is he due a re-appraisal? Michael Billington thinks so!
He puts forward six plays that are ripe for rediscovery - and we come up with some theatrical dream teams for staging them in 2026, featuring...
Fringe hit Gerry & Sewell has been on a remarkable journey - from Whitley Bay to the West End.
Tracey Sinclair, who’s seen every version so far, speaks to Jamie Eastlake and the cast about how it’s grown and changed…
I really loved doing this interview for Exeunt on adapting Spy and writing with the excellent Frey Kwa Hawking @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social
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Post-show discussion: David Eldridge talks to Frey Kwa Hawking about adapting The Spy who came in from the Cold
Pointless blimps. Cursed bears. A Tupperware full of dildos... It must be Exeunt's celebration of the highs and lows of the year in theatre!
‘Who IS this woman who would allow the corpse of her husband’s dead wife in her dining room?’
Sh!t Theatre on writing and rewriting the story of the world’s first female president, Isabel Perón
Today we have playwright Leo Butler, reflecting on how every script contains 'the hidden play' - some personal story from the writer's life (in his case: an encounter with a demon in the woods)
