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Trigger warnings are not the problem. The conversation around them is.
Something odd is happening at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Plus: the reviews of Unicorn, a tough chat with Brian Cox, and the stigmatisation of solo…
Feb 18 • 
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Trigger warnings are not the problem. The conversation around them is.
As a theatre journalist, you see the industry at its optimistic best and exploitative worst
Could we have one without the other? Was it worth staging Sondheim's last musical? Has technology in theatre gone too far? All in this week's issue of…
May 13 • 
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As a theatre journalist, you see the industry at its optimistic best and exploitative worst
Shouts and Murmurs - December 17, 2024
How Simon Russell Beale convinced me to keep writing about theatre. Plus: the best theatre writing elsewhere.
Dec 17, 2024 • 
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Shouts and Murmurs - December 17, 2024
What is with all these terrible Greek tragedies starring Hollywood A-listers?
Plus: Asa Butterfield's impresses on his stage debut, Tom Hiddleston and Haley Atwell give the blandest interview ever, and David Hare is at it again…
Feb 11 • 
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What is with all these terrible Greek tragedies starring Hollywood A-listers?
What is with all these plays about men behaving badly?
Some messy thoughts about Manhunt, Giant and Punch. An excellent interview with Conor McPherson. An oral history of Sondheim's last musical. All in this…
Apr 23 • 
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What is with all these plays about men behaving badly?
Please leave this bear alone
Do we really need a Paddington musical? Is Conor McPherson's first play in twelve years any good? How does a theatre season come together? All in this…
Apr 29 • 
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Please leave this bear alone
Are A-list actors saving theatre or spoiling it?
Should Rob Icke have stuck to adaptations? How did Layton Williams win an Olivier for playing an iceberg? Will Wigmore Hall inspire others to abandon…
Apr 15 • 
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Are A-list actors saving theatre or spoiling it?
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Shouts and Murmurs - November 5, 2024
The sad and stressful situation at Summerhall, Dr Strangelove, Anne-Marie Duff, the second episode of my podcast about the history of Scottish theatre…
Nov 5, 2024 • 
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Shouts and Murmurs - November 5, 2024
The ten best shows of the Edinburgh Fringe*
*of the 64 shows this extremely tired critic has seen over the last three weeks. Plus: news and views on the festival elsewhere.
Aug 21, 2024 • 
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The ten best shows of the Edinburgh Fringe*
What do this year's Edinburgh festivals have in store?
Some updates on the Fringe Society, Summerhall and Edinburgh International Festival, plus the reviews of Wild Rose and Clueless, and lots more links to…
Mar 18 • 
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What do this year's Edinburgh festivals have in store?
A golden age of American propaganda and AI-generated musicals awaits...
Trump's Kennedy Center takeover, the fight against AI, a slew of star-studded Shakespeares, and a look back at the last 25 years of British theatre. All…
Feb 25 • 
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A golden age of American propaganda and AI-generated musicals awaits...
What went wrong at the Royal Exchange?
More questions about A Midsummer Night's Dream, an Arthur Miller experiment in Scotland, and the Olivier Award nominations. All that and more in this…
Mar 11 • 
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What went wrong at the Royal Exchange?
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