Michael Billington
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Waiting for Gobnait? Beckett’s ban on women challenged
- Stage
- October 19, 2020, 13:27
A dead man’s voice can travel a long way. In 1988, Samuel Beckett sued a Dutch theatre company for casting women in his existential drama Waiting for (...)

Dad’s Army at 50: the secret history of ‘comedy’s finest half-hour’
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 25, 2018, 13:15
To explore the history of Dad’s Army, you have to enter a near-military environment. Speed bumps, vehicle checks and CCTV impede the route to the buil(...)

Rise Above! Letters from Tyrone Guthrie review: an admirable collection
- Books
- January 27, 2018, 06:00
In 2012 the Guardian’s veteran theatre critic Michael Billington named TyroneIn 2012 the Guardian’s veteran theatre critic Michael Billington named Ty(...)

Cheap seats are the future of theatre
- Stage
- July 19, 2016
1. Name-checking Galway’s designation as Capital of Culture works every time. ]Elvis Costello is on stage at the Big Top tent on Friday, the night (...)

Beyond the Abbey: the trouble for women in theatre
- Stage
- November 7, 2015, 05:00
In the foyer of the Abbey Theatre a small plaque commemorates the staff and company members who participated in the 1916 Rising. Of the seven names(...)

Whose side is time on, anyway?
- Theatre
- August 16, 2013, 00:00
This column lasts approximately two minutes (without an interval). If I tell you this in advance, as some online publications have worryingly begun to(...)