Editorial: Summer Term 2 2021-22

This issue of Drama & Theatre we introduce a number of projects which aim to broaden the accessibility of opportunities in the performing arts – from theatre productions in Coventry and Leicester which are incorporating stories from the life experiences of interviewed local people, to initiatives from the Lyric Hammersmith and Peer Productions which offer ways in to careers for young people who'd usually struggle to access training.

At the same time, as I write this, social media and even the BBC news headlines are awash with the outrage of the casts and crew (current and incoming) of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, many of whom have found out via The Stage or Twitter over the bank holiday weekend that the show they are giving their hearts and souls to – or in which they thought they were about to embark on a year-long contract – has been cancelled. While agents were contacted first, several had not had time to relate the news to their clients, having received the notification by email on a bank holiday Sunday.