Francesca Peschier interviews the duo behind Bechdel Theatre about industry inequality, representation, and sexy, sexy data.
Features
27 June 2018
Features • Essays
Finding New Voices Starts Young
By Rabiah Hussain
Playwright Rabiah Hussain writes on why it’s time theatres did more to reach out from young people from working class and minority backgrounds.
26 June 2018
Features • Essays
Remaking Musical Theatre’s Misogynist History
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville writes on Kiss Me Kate, and her complex relationship with musical theatre’s problematic back catalogue.
25 June 2018
Features
Exeunt Recommends: 25.6.2018
By Alice Saville
Incoming is Incoming! More on the mini-festival of bargainous work by emerging artists, plus plenty of other shows not to miss this fortnight.
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.