Putting an anonymous 600 year-old theatre critic in their place.
Essays
10 November 2015
Features • Essays
Not on My Watch
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker talks new Who, Peter Capaldi and The Zygon Inversion – and how a TV show can be a source of hope and optimism in a hard world.
7 November 2015
Features • Essays
Jammy Voo: Clowning Women
By David Ralf
Adventures in clowning, laughter and survival with all-female theatre company Jammy Voo.
6 November 2015
Features • Essays
Laura Jane Dean: “Give me a reason not to leave.”
By Laura Jane Dean
Dear Theatre – a performer contemplates breaking up with the object of her affection and frustration.
4 November 2015
Features • Essays
The Hole in The Middle of The City
By James Varney
James Varney visits Manchester’s Pomona, the inspiration for Alistair McDowall’s cult play.
29 October 2015
Features • Essays • Performance
FK Alexander: “I Use Art As My Gun.”
By FK Alexander
FK Alexander talks Glasgow, betrayal, noise music and her new performance piece, NOWHERE//NOWHERE
21 October 2015
Features • Essays
Calm Down Dear: Objectification and the Female Gaze
By Alice Saville
Performed gender, objectification, and artistic freedom at Camden People’s Theatre’s festival of feminist performance.
21 October 2015
Features • Essays
Yiddish Theatre: genre-blurring, feminist, forgotten?
By David Ralf
Reviving a forgotten Treasure.
16 October 2015
Features • Essays
Poetry in Action: Remembering Julia Darling
By Duska Radosavljevic
Duška Radosavljević celebrates the memory of her friend and colleague, Julia Darling.
6 October 2015
Features • Essays
Inside The Calais Jungle
By David Ralf
Tess Berry-Hart on visiting the refugee camps in Calais, and what we can do to help.
5 October 2015
Features • Essays
Creative Writing 404
By Poppy Corbett
Poppy Corbett on the scrapping of the Creative Writing A-Level: why OfQual and DfE have got it all wrong.
1 October 2015
Features • Essays
The Artistry of Stand Up Comedy
By Joy Martin
Joy Martin reflects on the theatre of comedy, as performed by Sofie Hagen, Mark Dean Quinn, James Acaster and Stewart Lee..
30 September 2015
Features • Essays
No Boundaries: Conversations About Censorship
By Eleanor Turney
Eleanor Turney on the first day of the symposium of arts and culture.
21 September 2015
Features • Essays
Breaking The News
By Barney Norris
Barney Norris, author of Visitors, writes about rhyming with current events and the hedgerow inspiration behind his new play, Eventide.
2 September 2015
Features • Essays
Post-Capitalist Theatre: a thought experiment
By David Ralf
Is modern theatre trapped by oppositional politics?