The Lowdown No. 29

Scope and Content

Contents: editorial; "Long Life, Short Fuse", by Sir Alan Ayckbourn [Patron], thoughts on playwriting for the millennium; "Stilling the Shuffling Bums", by Neil Duffield, on writing Christmas shows for children; "Young Guns", by Christina Katic on her commission for Manchester Youth Theatre; review of Charlotte Keatley's class by Alan Barton; "Chemical Sisters", by Annie Holligan, about the birth of her play Stig-martyr and formation of the galligu theatre company; opportunities, what's on.