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13 November 2019
Theatre: On Bear Ridge - an examination of loss, set in a post-apocalyptic world
On Bear Ridge is the story of John Daniel (Rhys Ifans), his wife Noni (Rakie Ayola) and Ifan William (Sion Daniel Young), friend of the couple's dead son, and the trio's struggle to survive in a derelict butcher's and general store on a desolate mountain in Wales.
12 August 2019
Equity: reject UK Theatre's pay cut deal
Theatre bosses have offered performing arts workers a measly 2% pay rise in basic rates over the next three years
20 March 2019
Theatre: Banner Theatre's Nottingham 'Free for All'
An inspiring evening of music, video footage and commentary was sponsored and hosted by Unite Nottinghamshire Health Branch at the Nottingham Arts Theatre 28 February.
6 March 2019
Women workers' militancy during the 'great unrest'
Townsend Productions' new folk ballad "Rouse Ye Women" follows events in the 1910 chainmakers' ten-week strike in Cradley Heath, the Black Country.
6 February 2019
Theatre: Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
Three times BBC Radio 2 folk award winners, The Young'uns began their Ballad of Johnny Longstaff tour at Hull University on 28 January and Hull Socialist Party branch was there to see it.
23 January 2019
Theatre: Rouse, Ye Women to tell story of 1910 chainmakers' strike
Interview: breaking the chains of oppression
9 January 2019
Theatre review: Women of Aktion - the heroic story of how World War One was ended
Women of Aktion by the Bent Architect Theatre Company tells the story of the women and men whose heroic actions brought World War One to an end.
28 November 2018
Wonderful socialist play finds Edwardian poverty not in past
Theatre: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists: On a cold November evening, myself and other Newcastle Socialist Party members went along to see The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists. To say it was wonderful is an understatement
14 November 2018
Theatre: The Last Seam - a lasting tribute to Mary Jackson
The Last Seam is a piece of theatre with a script based on interviews that relate the story of a Yorkshire pit community throughout the miners' strike of 1984-85 and afterwards
3 October 2018
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists: one-man show's new take on lively socialist classic
Theatre: We interview socialist theatre company Townsend Productions about a brand new version of The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
20 June 2018
Rousing, funny take on Marxism - from the man himself
Theatre: Marx in Soho: For socialists, a one-man show about Karl Marx might not suggest a night of revelations. But seeing Bob Weick performing Howard Zinn's play 'Marx in Soho' in Manchester on 9 June showed this was a misconception.
30 May 2018
Sting's shipbuilders showcase class pride and change from below
Theatre: The Last Ship: It's not often that a West End-style stage musical can be politically inspiring. But imagine one with amazing sets, great music by Sting, a strong cast - and an anticapitalist story line. That's 'The Last Ship'.
7 March 2018
Fighting sexual harassment in entertainment
Following the exposure of appalling, systemic sexual harassment and assault in show business, entertainers' union Equity has launched a campaign.
17 January 2018
Theatre: 'Young Marx' shows growth in great platform for his ideas
If any work of art has a progressive impact on political attitudes and understanding, it's done a good thing
30 November 2017
Dramatic retelling of Grunwick strike
'We Are the Lions, Mr Manager' portrays the defining 1970s struggle by low-paid Asian women workers
8 November 2017
Welsh update of Chekhov an engrossing tale of 1980s class conflict
Theatre - The Cherry Orchard: Part of 'R17', a series of arts events in Wales to mark the centenary of the Russian revolution, this adaptation is worthy of the connection
26 October 2017
New play celebrates Grunwick strike
'We Are the Lions, Mr Manager' celebrates the first major strike by Asian women in this country
18 October 2017
Powerful picture of the Port Talbot steel workers' struggle
Theatre: We're Still Here: Under the threat of closure, the steel workers - but not the pensioners - were forced to vote for one of two options, either of which meant a cut in pensions. 'We're Still Here' dramatises the effect of this threat on the workers.
30 August 2017
Corbyn confirms £1bn for the arts
Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed his May pledge to inject £1 billion into the arts
26 July 2017
Russia 1917: how art helped make the revolution
Revolution in Russia swept away the dictatorial rule of the Tsar in February 1917. Then in October, led by the Bolshevik Party, a second revolution set up the world's first workers' state
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