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Five shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe, vol. 3
A comedy about Scottish schoolboys, a one-man play about cricket, a solo show about a Sheffield shopkeeper, and more. Plus: news and views on the…
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Five shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe, vol. 2
A boundary-breaking take on Chekhov, a new show from the festival's foremost performance poet, a clown show about food banks, and more. Plus: news and…
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Five shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe, vol. 1
A storytelling show about nationhood, a musical about jaffa cakes, a drama about five-a-side football, and more. Plus: news and views on the festival…
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The Edinburgh Fringe is brilliant but broken. This is how to fix it.
The programme for the world's largest arts festival launches next week. We need to radically rethink how it works. Plus: three shows to see. Also: no…
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Inside the finances of an anonymous theatre director
An anonymous associate director on a West End show opens up about money matters. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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The Edinburgh Fringe is brilliant but broken. This is how to fix it.
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The Edinburgh Fringe is three weeks away. Here's what to expect from me.
The world's largest arts festival kicks off in August. The Crush Bar's coverage begins next week.
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The Edinburgh Fringe is brilliant but broken. This is how to fix it.
The programme for the world's largest arts festival launches next week. We need to radically rethink how it works. Plus: three shows to see. Also: no…
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Inside the finances of an anonymous theatre director
An anonymous associate director on a West End show opens up about money matters. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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Shouts and Murmurs - June 4, 2024
Your last Shouts and Murmurs until September because Edinburgh Fringe. ACE, Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh International Book Festival, reviews, interviews…
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Shouts and Murmurs - May 28, 2024
Isn't it funny to think of London's theatre critics all sitting in the same room as Zendaya? Isn't it nice when theatre is culturally relevant for a…
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Shouts and Murmurs - May 14, 2024
Is it woke not to squeeze as much money as possible out of classic sitcoms?
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"David Byrne texted me on holiday and said: 'I fucking love your play'"
Dramaturg and playwright Stewart Pringle on his new drama about two terrible footballers in Tudor times. Plus: three shows to see. Also: I'm off on…
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Theatre's hiring process is unfair and nepotistic. Freelancers can fix it.
In The Crush Bar's first ever guest essay, director Josh Roche, co-founder of OpenHire, discusses his campaign to make the theatre industry's hiring…
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"The best music comes from people jamming and seeing what happens. The same should be true of theatre..."
Director Jaz Woodcock-Stewart, founder of experimental company Antler, on staging Sami Ibrahim's new play Multiple Casualty Incident at the Yard…
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