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Critics, huh? Yeah? What are they good for? Absolutely nothing?
Anonymous artists, actors, directors, designers, producers, playwrights and more on what they really think about reviews and reviewers. Plus: three…
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Fergus Morgan
"The inciting idea was: let's put a toilet on stage and see what happens"
Sam Grabiner on his Verity Bargate Award-winning play Boys On The Verge Of Tears, his love of Richard Nelson and Annie Baker, and the precarity of a…
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Fergus Morgan
I turn thirty today and I've spent ten years writing about theatre. This is how it is going.
It's my birthday and I'll guilt trip you into becoming a paid supporter of this newsletter if I want to. Plus: three shows to see. Also: I'm taking a…
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VAULT Festival is finished - but this cannot be the end of the ideas that inspired it.
They paved paradise, and tried to stage a Batman-themed immersive experience. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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"That place was more than a football pitch. It transcended its architecture."
Playwright Tyrell Williams on his award-winning play Red Pitch, which is now running for seven weeks in the West End. Plus: three shows to see next…
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Fergus Morgan
Sorry, I'd rather pay £9.99 to see Dune: Part Two than £99.50 to see Hamilton.
I know it is very, very wrong to reduce art to numbers, but I am going to do it anyway to make a point about affordability, access and big worms. Plus…
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"The play is essentially about freedom. Freedom as a country. Freedom as a woman."
Poet and playwright Imogen Stirling on her new two-hander Starving, her five-star show Love The Sinner, and more. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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Fergus Morgan
Can we keep compassion at the heart of the conversation about content warnings, please?
This is the last thing I will write about Ralph Fiennes, I promise. Plus: three shows to see next week.
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Fergus Morgan
Theatre's toxic relationship with Twitter/X is distracting from the industry's real worries.
Theatremaker on theatremaker violence is wrong! Stop it! Plus: some news about this newsletter and three shows to see...
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Fergus Morgan
"Some musicals are not really my bag, but Standing At The Sky’s Edge absolutely is."
Theatremaker Lauryn Redding on her hit gig-musical Bloody Elle and the West End transfer of Chris Bush and Richard Hawley's Olivier Award-winning…
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Fergus Morgan
The finances of an anonymous freelancer, visual theatre company Tortoise In A Nutshell, and three shows to see...
A freelance lighting designer opens up about their income, expenditure, and career prospects. Plus: the company behind new touring show Ragnarok, three…
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Fergus Morgan
The theatrical alternatives to spending £300 on Plaza Suite, Inverness-based theatremaker Jack MacGregor, and three shows to see...
Three theatrical itineraries better and cheaper than spending a fortune on seeing Sarah Jessica Parker. Plus: writer and director Jack MacGregor and…
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