Hannah Furness on Alan Ayckbourn’s call for theatre to get its ‘liveness’ back to compete with film and computer games.
Theatre must get it “liveness” back because it can no longer compete with films for audience attention, the playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn has argued.
Sir Alan, who has just announced his 78th play at the age of 75, said productions must be full of spontaneity and excitement in order to offer something new to the public.
Saying the industry was “desperately trying to polish” its output, he added the risk of putting on new works was increasing “incredibly” in an era of drastic cuts to arts funding... (Click here to read more)
Theatre must get it “liveness” back because it can no longer compete with films for audience attention, the playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn has argued.
Sir Alan, who has just announced his 78th play at the age of 75, said productions must be full of spontaneity and excitement in order to offer something new to the public.
Saying the industry was “desperately trying to polish” its output, he added the risk of putting on new works was increasing “incredibly” in an era of drastic cuts to arts funding... (Click here to read more)