Charlie Barnett – Palatinate

Review: The Interview

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Charlie Barnett

Buttered Toast presents a new student-written play, ‘The Interview’ by Issy Flower – an exploration of “modern youth and fossilised youth.”

Indigo Stage

Sarah Everard & Antigone: public grief and protest

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Charlie Barnett, Saskia Wootton-Cane

Women across the country have stood in defiance of civil law to mourn the loss of Sarah Everard. Saskia Wootton-Cane looks at public protesting and public grief through the lens of Sophocles’ Antigone.

Print Edition Stage

Directing In A Pandemic

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Charlie Barnett

Charlie Barnett interviews DST alumnus and trainee director Jennifer Lane Baker.

Film & TV Print Edition

Loving the art when you loathe the artist

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Charlie Barnett

‘ By refusing to unite the artist with their art, we take away their interpretive power and reclaim it for ourselves’ – Charlie Barnett discusses the moral issues of enjoying entertainment created by ‘cancelled’ artists

Print Edition Stage

Inside Durham Drama Festival

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Ben Smart, Charlie Barnett, Esalan Gates, Imogen Marchant, Miriam Templeman

Some of DDF’s contributors take us inside the process of the week-long festival.

Stage

Ableism in the arts: from Sia to Rain Man

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Charlie Barnett

Following recent criticism of Sia’s upcoming film, Charlie Barnett explores the history of ableism in the arts.

Stage

National Theatre at Home: what is the future of live theatre?

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Charlie Barnett, Honor Douglas

With the National Theatre’s new streaming service ‘NT at Home’ recently unrolling, pre-Covid audiences are forced to question the future of live theatre.