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Shouts and Murmurs - April 16, 2024
I'm tired. I'm thirty. And I'm back. (Also, I'm playing around with the paywall.)
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I turn thirty today and I've spent ten years writing about theatre. This is how it is going.
It's my birthday and I'll guilt trip you into becoming a paid supporter of this newsletter if I want to. Plus: three shows to see. Also: I'm taking a…
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VAULT Festival is finished - but this cannot be the end of the ideas that inspired it.
They paved paradise, and tried to stage a Batman-themed immersive experience. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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"That place was more than a football pitch. It transcended its architecture."
Playwright Tyrell Williams on his award-winning play Red Pitch, which is now running for seven weeks in the West End. Plus: three shows to see next…
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Sorry, I'd rather pay £9.99 to see Dune: Part Two than £99.50 to see Hamilton.
I know it is very, very wrong to reduce art to numbers, but I am going to do it anyway to make a point about affordability, access and big worms. Plus…
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I turn thirty today and I've spent ten years writing about theatre. This is how it is going.
It's my birthday and I'll guilt trip you into becoming a paid supporter of this newsletter if I want to. Plus: three shows to see. Also: I'm taking a…
 • 
Fergus Morgan
VAULT Festival is finished - but this cannot be the end of the ideas that inspired it.
They paved paradise, and tried to stage a Batman-themed immersive experience. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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Fergus Morgan
"That place was more than a football pitch. It transcended its architecture."
Playwright Tyrell Williams on his award-winning play Red Pitch, which is now running for seven weeks in the West End. Plus: three shows to see next…
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Fergus Morgan

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Shouts and Murmurs - April 16, 2024
I'm tired. I'm thirty. And I'm back. (Also, I'm playing around with the paywall.)
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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - March 26, 2024
On time and paywall-free! Open for interesting articles about ticket prices, musical theatre, people staging shows in their own flats, and more...
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Shouts and Murmurs - March 20, 2024
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