Made up of headlines, features and columns, the living newspaper will be performed in spaces around the Royal Court building, and will be available to watch live at the theatre or online. Some of the content will include satire of the week’s events, long-form think pieces, weekly dating columns, cartoons, the world in pictures, sports and a surprise theatre supplement.
The Living Newspaper project draws on the radical history of the Federal Theatre Project of the US, which aimed to mobilise unemployed artists and theatre workers following the Great Depression. Through topical plays commissioned under the umbrella of Living Newspaper, the project was disruptive and responsive and contributed to the development of well-known American voices.
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