As 42nd Street continues to dazzle the West End, Alice Saville asks why Busby Berkeley’s legacy is still bulletproof.
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11 May 2017
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Exeunt Recommends (May 11, 2017)
By Exeunt Staff
We pick the best new and returning shows to see over the next fortnight, based on our writers’ recommendations.
10 May 2017
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Angels in America: A Homecoming
By Alice Saville
Ten years after last seeing Tony Kushner’s epic play cycle (and writing a PhD thesis on it) Emily Garside writes on why going to the NT’s Angels in America feels like coming home.
8 May 2017
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In Defence of Exeunt’s Mayerling Review
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville responds to an influx of complaints regarding Exeunt’s review of the Royal Ballet’s Mayerling.
8 May 2017
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Rita Kalnejais: “We wanted to do something that was really gorgeous”
By Gillian Greer
Gillian Greer interviews the writer of ‘This Beautiful Future’ at The Yard about love, war, and karaoke.
2 May 2017
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Ellie Harrison: “It’s about embedding care from the very first”
By Catherine Love
In her Grief Series, Ellie Harrison explores mourning in a seven-part cycle of artworks. Here, she talks reinventing rituals, and how art can be therapeutic without being therapy.
1 May 2017
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Les Miserables So White
By Alice Saville
From 19th century revolutionary Paris to the Black Lives Matter movements: Nemo Martin explores how Victor Hugo’s story of protest is being reimagined by online fans.
26 April 2017
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Exeunt Recommends (Apr 26, 2017)
By Exeunt Staff
We pick the best new and returning shows to see this week, based on our writers’ recommendations.
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’.