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Shouts and Murmurs - December 17, 2024
How Simon Russell Beale convinced me to keep writing about theatre. Plus: the best theatre writing elsewhere.
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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - December 10, 2024
Some good news in Scotland, some bad reviews for The Devil Wears Prada, an excellent interview with Patrick Marber, and more.
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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - December 4, 2024
A day late - sorry! - here is The Crush Bar's round-up of theatre news, reviews, interviews, features and other content elsewhere.
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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - November 26, 2024
Black Friday is here and the theatre industry is offering our governments a spectacularly good deal. Almost as good as the one I am currently offering…
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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - November 19, 2024
I, too, will no longer be posting on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Plus: some more stuff about theatre.
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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - November 12, 2024
The return of Exeunt Magazine on Substack, Paul Mescal in Streetcar again, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, and much more.
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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Fergus Morgan
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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Fergus Morgan
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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Fergus Morgan
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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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - May 7, 2024
I voted for Brexit so I did not have to put up with avant-garde theatrical adaptations of John Cassavetes films in the West End, didn't you?
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Fergus Morgan
Shouts and Murmurs - April 30, 2024
A culture secretary who cares about culture?! Inconceivable!
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Fergus Morgan
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