It’s snowing. Again. But here are some shows our writers think it’s well worth venturing outside for.
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14 March 2018
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The Party Somewhere Else
By Emily Holyoake
A collective of 12 women are challenging Nottingham’s art scene to change, with a brand new festival of female-led work.
6 March 2018
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Boycotting Work by Unpaid Creatives Isn’t the Answer
By Alice Saville
Some thoughts on work and exploitation, following Mark Shenton’s statement that he’ll no longer go to shows made by unpaid creatives.
5 March 2018
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Ultimate Dancer: “It’s liberating to let go of the limitations of being human”
By Diana Damian Martin
Performance artist Ultimate Dancer makes work that mingles choreography and spirituality. Here, she talks healing rituals, movement, and the power of darkness.
28 February 2018
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Being an Artist, post-Brexit
By Alice Saville
“Brexit has sent a subconscious ‘exodus call’.” – European company Little Soldier talk leaving, uncertainty and the impact of the ‘yes’ vote.
27 February 2018
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Bryony Lavery: “Anger is one of the things that fuels me wonderfully.”
By Alice Saville
The author of ‘Frozen’ and a new adaptation of ‘Brighton Rock’ talks female anger, reimagining romantic fiction, and the banality of murder.
26 February 2018
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Lindsay Posner: “I either had the choice of casting stars or not doing the play”
By Fergus Morgan
Fergus Morgan interviews the enigmatic West End director about star casting, commercial theatre, and the post-Weinstein landscape.
20 February 2018
Features • Essays
Richard III Redux
By Kaite O Reilly
Kaite O’Reilly writes on cripping up, and how her new production offers a witty, feminist, alternative disability perspective on Shakespeare’s history play.
19 February 2018
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A New Era for Women in Circus
By Poppy Burton-Morgan
Poppy Burton-Morgan explores how female-led circus companies are dismantling and reimagining gender on stage.
15 February 2018
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Black Girl Magic
By Giselle LeBleu
Ahead of her show ‘The Year of the Rooster Monk’ at Vault Festival, Giselle LeBleu writes on resurrecting pre-digital ghosts and channeling dark forces.
14 February 2018
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Pivot: The Audience Club
By Maddy Costa
In the last of three articles, Maddy Costa explores how The Place involved dance fans in developing new work, and their conflicting expectations of the process.
12 February 2018
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LGBT History Month – a chance for theatre to reinvent its queer past
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville writes on how theatre offers a way to put the past in dialogue with the present.
7 February 2018
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Pivot Dance: Matchmaking Choreographers and Producers
By Maddy Costa
In the second of a trio of articles, Maddy Costa explores the difficulty of seeding new relationships between choreographers and producers.
5 February 2018
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The Other Side of Outreach
By Adrian Jackson
The artistic director of Cardboard Citizens talks theatre and oppression, in response to Nathan Lucky Wood’s piece ‘The Trouble With Outreach’.
31 January 2018
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Pivot: Dance Development at The Place
By Maddy Costa
In the first of a trio of articles, Maddy Costa explores The Place’s three-pronged artist, producer, and audience development scheme.