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Female director makes woke demand to ban all plays by white male writers for a year as 'big idea' to shape the future of theatre in Britain
American director, Katie Gilchrist, has proposed a year-long ban on staging the works of white male writers. Such a ban would include everyone from Marlowe and Shakespeare to Ibsen and Pinter.
Ms Gilchrist will be attending in person to put forward the measure, which is likely to be unpopular with many ordinary theatregoers and last night writer Patrick Kidd said: ‘Well, it is an original idea, if a batty, sexist and divisive one. American director, Katie Gilchrist, (pictured) has proposed a year-long ban on staging the works of white male writers Ms Gilchrist, who has directed regional iterations of Mamma Mia!, Steel Magnolias and Dial M For Murder, told the Mail: ‘This idea is an invitation for us to critically examine whose voices dominate our stages and what it could mean to shift that balance… even for the historical equivalent of an exhale.’ The aim of the competition at The Future of Theatre conference, organised by The Stage
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