Charlotte Higgins' Guardian blog picks up on the New York Times piece (blogged here) about the under-representation of female playwrights. Her post adds up the male/female ratio of new plays at the National, the Donmar, the Almeida and the Royal Court. The numbers aren't good.
A major theme of this blog is that for more than ten years climate change has been the front page story that never makes it onto the main stage. It's noticeable that the only major playwright to have addressed the subject of climate change on stage is a woman. The two facts may not be unrelated.
Starship: When will SpaceX's next 'chopstick' test flight go ahead?
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SpaceX claims the fifth test flight of its Starship rocket will happen
“within days”, but the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet approved
the launch
2 hours ago
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