Features Archive - Exeunt Magazine

18 June 2018

Features • Q&A and Interviews

Anna Deavere Smith: “I’m chasing that which is not me”

By Nicole Acquah

Nicole Acquah interviews the legendary verbatim theatremaker and creator of ‘Notes from the Field’, now on at the Royal Court.

14 June 2018

Features

Into the Unknown

By Natasha Tripney

In an annual Exeunt tradition, Natasha Tripney condenses the contents of the entire 2018 Edinburgh Fringe programme into a single poem.

14 June 2018

Features

A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Your Fringe Show Reviewed

By Tracey Sinclair

Fringe season is upon us, so Tracey Sinclair has canvassed theatre critics to compile this guide to how shows can maximise their chances of getting reviewed.

11 June 2018

Features • Essays

To all the shows I didn’t go to

By Alice Saville

As the theatre calendar goes into overdrive, Alice Saville writes on the time-and-space challenges of trying, and failing, to see everything.

7 June 2018

Features

Verity Standen’s Undersong

By Eve Leigh

“This piece has journeys in it”: Eve Leigh writes on the reverberating magic of Verity Standen’s surround sound choral performance.

4 June 2018

Features

Exeunt Recommends: 6.06.2018

By Exeunt Staff

Gob Squad, Translations, and Maxine Peake inside a giant revolving mudheap: here are the shows you wouldn’t want to miss over the next fortnight.

2 June 2018

Features • Festivals

Hidden Door Festival 2018

By Andrew Edwards

“The scale, despite the ramshackle surroundings, is huge.” – Andrew Edwards writes on the joys of Leith’s eclectic multi-disciplinary arts festival.

1 June 2018

Features • Festivals

Watch Out Festival 2018

By Naomi Obeng

Naomi Obeng encounters transformation, an intergalactic mission, bingo, and tons of exciting new performance at Cambridge Junction’s one day fest.

24 May 2018

Features • Q&A and Interviews

Femmetopia Festival

By Exeunt Staff

As Karen Finley’s new show ‘Unicorn Gratitude Mystery’ comes to Femmetopia, she talks to the queer festival’s co-curator about American politics, princesses, and activist art.

22 May 2018

Features • Essays

A Programming Model That Puts Artists First

By David Byrne

The New Diorama Theatre is revolutionising the way it’s programmed. Here’s the venue’s AD David Byrne on why he’s putting companies first.

22 May 2018

Features

Theatre Criticism and Circles of Power

By Maddy Costa

In the aftermath of the announcement that Lyn Gardner’s Guardian contract is coming to an end, Maddy Costa writes on theatre world hierarchies and their resistance to change.