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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMA few months on from the furore, Emma Bentley reflects on Rishi Sunak’s comments about arts workers retraining and speaks to a few theatre makers who, like many others in the industry, hav…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AMIn the fifth of multi-talented writer, Emma Bentley’s series of personal articles, she talks about desperately wanting to write roles for people of colour and the worries she has about bei…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:32AMThe winner of Vault Festival’s After Dark Award, Séayoncé talks to long-time pal, Emma Bentley about the stress of being cooped up during the Coronavirus pandemic and the uncertainty of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PMWe’re trying not to make everything about this horrible virus so in a bid to break it up a bit, Emma Bentley gives some very helpful advice to anyone who has or is thinking about doing an …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:12PMEmma Bentley has second thoughts about unwelcome contemporary dance spaces as she talks to Harriet Waghorn of Edifice. They discuss female power, audience connection and how best to use a de…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:32AMOften, retellings of slavery are depicted in horrendous, gratuitous ways for the benefit of a white, guild-ridden audience. The RSC are about to stage The Whip which aims to relay this narra…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:03AMIn the fourth of multi-talented AYT writer, Emma Bentley’s series of very personal articles, she talks about believing, as many of us do, that she needs to look a certain way to get an act…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AMIn the third of multi-talented AYT writer, Emma Bentley’s series of very personal articles, she talks about the pros and cons of doing scratch nights. But is she done with them completely?…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:36AMReturning to her old work place, Emma Bentley watches the rehearsals of Three Sisters at the National Theatre and hears from Writer and Director, Inua Ellams and Nadia Fall about adapting on…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AMIn the second of multi-talented AYT writer Emma Bentley’s series of very personal articles, she talks about feeling overwhelmingly jealous of her peers and whether it actually matters if y…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AMEmma Bentley talks to three actor friends who are sick of the inherent racism they face day after day when auditioning for jobs and often before they even get in the room. If you think you�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:03AMBeing a creative, whilst doing other jobs in order to survive is hard. As part of a new series, multi-talented AYT writer, Emma Bentley talks about her experiences in a thoughtful and often,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:33PMEmma Bentley talks with Writer, Cressida Peever about Shotgun Carousel’s new immersive, dining experience, the necessity of safe spaces and giving audience members the opportunity to be no…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:03PMApproaching one of Austen’s most celebrated stories with some snobbery, Isobel McArthur decided there was only one way to tell Pride & Prejudice. Emma Bentley finds out more. Maybe, li…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:03PMCharlotte Josephine is back and taking their new play, Pops to Edinburgh. Emma Bentley sits down with them to chat about being stupidly busy and that when it comes to our mental health, we�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PMEmma Bentley talks to Francesca Forristal about her solo show, Oddball which aims to remove the stereotypes surrounding eating disorders and a ‘hero’ narrative. Expect some comedy. “Lo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:54AMLike many of us, Emma Bentley was not happy to see Emilia close early. Here, she ponders why: bad ticket sales? bad marketing? The white men at the ‘top’? When something ends early it’…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PMEmma Bentley talks to Director, Prasanna Puwanarajah about his new graphic novel inspired show at the RSC, working with ‘cool’ people and battling to make theatre more open for young peo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AMEmma Bentley talks to Jonah York in advance of his Brighton Fringe show, My Fern Flower about grief, plying people with instruments and awaiting his Grandma’s feedback. Jonah York could ea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PMEmma Bentley talks to the three women that form Snapper Theatre. They discuss the hugely successful, Thomas, ensuring representation is always key and their latest, Hear Me Out. It’s inte…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:30AMAs a Front of House worker, Emma Bentley isn’t happy about Rupert Goold’s tweet. Here, she discusses how staff might be able to do a job that pays their bills, whilst networking effectiv…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:16AMWe talk with Barbara Matijević and Lewys Holt in the run up to their solo shows at The Place about working on your own and whether more ‘radical’ forms of dance will trickle int…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AMAs she revives her 2015 Feminist solo show, writer and performer, Emma Bentley asks when a good time to revive is. Or, when should you finally put it to bed? I thought I performed the final …
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