Reviews
Review: The Producers at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
'Shimmer and sparkle': Catherine Love reviews an unlikely Christmas show which delights as much as it unsettles.
7 December
Features
Misty’s Understudy Run
"The change is small but the difference is mighty" - J N Benjamin writes on how Misty was transformed in the hands of Arinzé Kene's female understudy, Kibong Tanji.
3 December
Reviews
Review: Mouthpiece at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Using a voice: Crystal Bennes writes on the 'ethical quandary' of representation in Kieran Hurley's examination of class and the appropriation of stories.
7 December
Reviews
Review: Fiddler on the Roof at Menier Chocolate Factory
Hailey Bachrach writes on the Menier's wintry new staging of a musical that's "by and for the kinds of Jews who want something to celebrate at Christmastime".
7 December
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Reviews
Review: The Band at Theatre Royal Haymarket
A bewildering tribute: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Gary Barlow's Take That! musical.
6 December
Reviews
Review: True West at Vaudeville Theatre
Ava Wong Davies writes on a production that's strong in hotness, but lacking in menace.
5 December
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Features
James Varney
Jackie Hagan: “The whole class-rage thing was bubbling and bubbling”
James Varney interviews performance-maker Jackie Hagan about access and telling the stories of "real people who are having a hard time"
Hannah Greenstreet
Nick Field: “Neoliberalism is collapsing around us”
Artist Nick Field is bringing two new shows to CPT. He chats to Hannah Greenstreet about neoliberalism, Tom Baker, and making work that's "pretty damn queer".
Margherita Laera and Diana Damian Martin
Theatre and Performance Criticism in the UK: A Survey
Dr Diana Damian Martin and Dr Margherita Laera introduce their new research project, a survey which will explore who writes about theatre and performance, and map the conditions they work under.
Scottee
Fighting theatre’s anti-fatness problem
Scottee is hosting Hamburger Queen, a "talent show for chubsters". Here, he explains why it's essential in an industry that doesn't make room for fat artists and audiences.
Reviews
Review: Mammy Goose at the Tron, Glasgow
Farting geese and the spirit of Christmas: Andy Edwards reviews Johnny McKnight's deliriously silly and subversive panto.
3 December
Reviews
Review: Robin Hood and the Babes in the Woods at Nottingham Playhouse
'Joyful sincerity': Pete Kirwan writes on an earnest, escapist panto that brings the 12th century into the 21st.
3 December
Reviews
Review: Icon at Sadler’s Wells
Sculpting bodies through clay and dance: Rachel Nouchi reviews Antony Gormley and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's collaboration with GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
3 December
Reviews
Review: Black Beauty at the Traverse, Edinburgh
Horsing around: Crystal Bennes and Tom Jeffreys write a rhyming review of Red Bridge's production of Black Beauty.
1 December
More Features
16 November
Desiree Baptiste
A Very Very Very Dark Matter, and the limits of satire
"This is a play about race matters by a writer for whom race matters not" - Desirée Baptiste's essay unpicks the racist and ableist themes of Martin McDonagh's play.
13 November
Rosemary Waugh
Jess Latowicki: “I became really interested in what the expectations are for female artists”
Rosemary Waugh chats to Jess Latowicki, one half of Made in China, about how their new show Super Duper Close Up draws inspiration from anxiety, feminism - and skincare.
9 November
Alice Saville
Opportunity: British Council bursaries for bloggers
A new British Council project will support UK bloggers to discover and write about international work.
6 November
Exeunt Staff
If we stormed the West End…
We dreamed a dream: Exeunt's writers imagine a takeover of London's creakiest, most storied theatres.
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