Shouts and Murmurs - March 20, 2024

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Hello, and welcome to Shouts And Murmurs, a weekly email for paid supporters of The Crush Bar, written by me, Fergus Morgan.

Every week, I round up the best theatre writing elsewhere - reviews, interviews, opinion, long-reads - plus any other interesting theatre-related stuff I find.

First of all, a thousand apologies that this newsletter is approximately 5 24 32 hours later than usual. What can I say? My week was thrown a bit on Monday morning with a pet-related emergency situation - it turned out fine, thanks - and otherwise occupied with work that pays the bills. This newsletter, although growing at a healthy rate, still has to take a bit of a back seat sometimes. Hey! Why not join my 75 paid supporters so that it can hop up front?

This week: a look at the reactions and responses to the permanent closure of VAULT Festival, review round-ups of several new shows - London! New York! Perth! - and links to some other interesting articles (and some less interesting articles about Keir Starmer playing the flute).