We pick the best new and returning shows to see this week, based on our writers’ recommendations.
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24 April 2017
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Are we Building the Wrong Kind of New Theatres?
By Alice Saville
Following the launch of The Bridge, a venture capital-funded space helmed by Nicholas Hytner, Alice Saville asks why London’s new theatres are looking to the past, not the future.
19 April 2017
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Livestream: The Winter’s Tale
By Exeunt Staff
Shakespeare fans, rejoice! You can watch Cheek By Jowl’s inventive take on The Winter’s Tale for free in this livestream, hosted by Exeunt until 7th May.
14 April 2017
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Announcement: Exeunt’s new columnists
By Exeunt Staff
Introducing Ifeyinwa Frederick and Aniqah Choudhri, the joint winners of our call-out for a new black or minority ethnic columnist.
13 April 2017
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How verbatim work is bringing protests into theatres
By Verity Healey
“Shouldn’t more plays be activist?” Verity Healey explores how shows including E15, My Country and Denmarked intersect with real-life protest movements.
10 April 2017
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Roundtable: Is Jesse Green the right choice for the New York Times?
By Exeunt Staff
As yet another white man is hired to the most prestigious job in US theatre criticism, Exeunt’s New York writers ask when the conversation will really change.
6 April 2017
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Why It’s All Kicking Off Everywhere
By Sam Williams
“The people. Demand. The downfall. Of the Regime.” Sam Williams explores how journalist Paul Mason’s immersive performance imagines theatre as a laboratory for political action.
4 April 2017
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Jamal Harewood: “I know I’m pushing people’s buttons”
By Alice Saville
‘The Privileged’ uses a furry polar bear suit to confront racism head on. Alice Saville chats to Jamal Harewood about audience reactions, game theatre, and his new performance ‘Word’.
3 April 2017
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Le Gateau Chocolat: “I’m always in some kind of exhausting drag.”
By Maddy Costa
Maddy Costa talks to alternative cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat about puncturing drag stereotypes, making work about depression, and surviving in a world where “We have to keep fighting for the things and the values that we hold dear.”
27 March 2017
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Where are the voices exploring working class experiences?
By Alice Saville
“There’s a huge culture of people from working class backgrounds feeling inadequate within the arts.” Catherine Hoffman explains how shame keeps people powerless, and how her performance as ‘Stench Wench’ comes clean about class.
23 March 2017
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Rachel O’Riordan: “I would hate to be directing another one woman show by Gary right now!”
By Rosemary Waugh
After the runaway success of Iphigenia in Splott, Rachel O’Riordan is directing Gary Owen’s new play Killology. She talks about her work as artistic director of the Sherman, and how theatre “opens doors to Wales”.
22 March 2017
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Titas Halder: “I want the audience to be in the fucking swamp”
By Amelia Forsbrook
Playwright and director Titas Halder has quickly made a name for himself for his dark, muddy theatrical worlds. Amelia Forsbrook interviews him about music, foxes, and his new play ‘Escape the Scaffold’
20 March 2017
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Working Class Dinner Party
By Tracey Sinclair
“I find myself getting up…and saying my piece”. Tracey Sinclair writes on her unexpectedly personal response to ‘Working Class Dinner Party’, hosted by performance artists Scottee, Selina Thompson and Bryony Kimmings.
15 March 2017
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Petition: Save Lyn Gardner’s Guardian Stage blog
By Exeunt Staff
More than ever, we need mainstream voices like Lyn Gardner to champion forward-looking, experimental, and truly national theatre. Please sign and share our petition to The Guardian.
14 March 2017
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How arts organisations are fighting climate change
By Daniel Perks
From oil sponsorship of the arts to ethical pensions: Daniel Perks attends an Energising Culture seminar to learn more about how arts organisations are looking to save the planet.