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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…
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Fergus Morgan
Five talking points from Indhu Rubasingham's first National Theatre season
What will InRu's tenure on the South Bank involve? Does Ewan McGregor make a triumphant return to the stage? Who was snubbed in the Tony Award…
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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Fergus Morgan
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Plus: Olivier Awards reaction, interviews with Rufus Norris and Rob Icke, and Danny Dyer discussing the Pinter Pause. All in this week's issue of Shouts…
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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Fergus Morgan
The Crush Bar does Only Connect (again)
Another theatrical version of the best quiz show on television, a round-up of the latest reviews, some links to click, and some stuff to listen to. All…
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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Fergus Morgan
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…
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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…
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Fergus Morgan
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