John Wyver writes: with Monday 12 October now confirmed for BBC Four's initial transmission of Drama out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today, I'm going to continue my series of posts about the making of the documentary. more
John Wyver writes: this is the second of a series of posts, which began here, in which I am chronicling the making of our BBC Four documentary, Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play more
John Wyver writes: Illuminations has delivered to the BBC our 90-minute documentary Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today which marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Play for Today more
John Wyver writes: Sunday evening on BBC Four sees the premiere of our screen version of the Almeida Theatre's production of Albion. This is an Illuminations co-production with the Almeida Theatre and more
John Wyver writes: the current embrace of streaming performance by cultural organisations, broadcasters and audiences means that, amongst a cornucopia of online delights, you can find a rich range of Illuminations' productions and collaborations involving dance. Highlights of the available more
My book Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History is published this coming week by Bloomsbury as part of The Arden Shakespeare series. I own to being very pleased about this, and I am writing a series of more
John Wyver writes: I am thrilled that my book Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History will be published by Bloomsbury in The Arden Shakespeare series on 27 June. It aspires to be an academic study more
John Wyver writes: The past week was occupied by a hugely enjoyable and completely fascinating research collaboration with director and tutor Ben Naylor, his colleagues and students on the MA Acting, Classical course at the Royal Central more
Our screen version of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake comes to cinemas on Tuesday. Thanks to our partners New Adventures and More 2 Screen, more than 300 cinemas in Britain will be showing this glorious and much-loved stage more
John Wyver writes: On Friday this week, after 30 remarkable years, we leave our beloved offices in Islington's Rheidol Mews. Above is the view that has greeted some of us each day for three decades, and below is a glimpse more