Stage Directions
Presented by John Drummond

A 6-part series on Radio 3

Following on from his previous much-praised examinations of the current state of British ballet, opera (A Price Worth Paying) and orchestras (And the Band Played On), Sir John Drummond talked to leading figures in contemporary British theatre about the state of their art.

Programme 1 A Risky Business (31 March)
With Sir Richard Eyre, Cameron Mackintosh, and Jude Kelly (director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse)

Programme 2 Another Part of the Forest (7 April)
With three directors of regional theatres, Giles Havergal, Tamara Malcolm, and Terry Hands.

Programme 3 A Stream of Words (14 April)
With Dominic Dromgoole, author of `The Full Room', and playwrights Mark Ravenhill and Sir David Hare

Programme 4 Looking for Meaning (28 April)
Actress Juliet Stevenson and directors Deborah Warner and Simon McBurney discuss their approach to the profession.

Programme 5 Spaces and Voices (5 May)
With historian and consultant Iain Mackintosh, writer/fdirector John Barton and actor Denis Quilley

Programme 6 A Brighter Future? (12 May)
Will the recent Arts Council report on regional theatre make a difference? Producer Thelma Holt and critic Michael Billington discuss the background to the crisis; while Peter Hewitt, Chief Executive of the Arts Council of England, sets out what the report hopes to achieve.