James Graham: I’m a playwright because of arts education, but we’ve lost thousands of drama teachers Graham mourns the continued decline of arts in education

41% of state schools now have no GCSE drama

Creativity has collapsed in eduction despite the last teachers striving to keep arts accessible to all kids, not just lucky kids

This #WorldTheatreDay let’s keep the pressure on to restore arts to the curriculum

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TONIGHT and TOMORROW
9pm - Channel 4

‘She was a fiend!’: how the interview that destroyed Thatcher became an intense TV drama In 1989, an on-camera head-to-head triggered the then PM’s demise. Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan and James Graham discuss their gripping take on the bombshell broadcast

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Stage 100: Number 1 – This year The Stage 100 is topped by a playwright whose work has reached beyond theatre to be referenced in court rooms and by government. An advocate for theatre and a writing heavyweight, this year's number one is James Graham 👇
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A bit after shortly, but just before a while.

“BRIAN & MAGGIE” in lots of must sees for 2025. Coming… soon??

“Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true…”. (Tennyson)

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