London has acquired a new theatre in the form of the Park in north London. But do we need another venue – and will it thrive? The UK's newest theatre, the Park , opened last night in Finsbury Park with the British premiere of Melanie Marnich's These Shining Lives , about the radium dial workers of the 1930s. The 200-seat main house and 90-seat studio space, built with £2.5m of private money...

A study suggests that bullying is more common in the arts than in the army. It's time to speak out For many people working in theatre, bullying is a fact of life. The whispers about it are constant. One theatre chief is famous for the strops taken out on staff. People working in jobs seen (wrongly) as less "creative", such as press or marketing, are frequently victims of this high-handed...

Like talking about theatre but not post-show Q&As? Taking a leaf from the popular book club model, there is now a promising alternative Theatre is a communal activity, and sometimes the best fun in seeing a show is chatting about it afterwards in the bar or on the journey home. But what if you're in the sizeable minority of people who go to the theatre alone, aren't part of a theatre-making...