Critic Michael Billington blasted London’s Royal National Theatre (and its artistic director Trevor Nunn) several months ago for a “lack of imagination” and “saturation diet of musicals.” Now he’s outlined a plan to save the RNT, with developing new work at its core. “My complaint at the moment is that the National programme resembles that of the more conservative opera houses which assume that there are simply 50 golden masterpieces to be endlessly revived from here to eternity.” – The Guardian