Maddy Costa writes about the non-hierarchical reading group that explores big questions about theatre, socialism and power structures.
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1 April 2021
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Compass Festival #1: are you listening?
By Louise Jones
Louise Jones answers the call of ZU-UK’s phonebox-based performance in her first piece as embedded critic at Compass, the Leeds-based festival of live art
10 March 2021
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Alphabetti Theatre: A new model for small-scale theatre
By Ali Pritchard
Ali Pritchard explains how lockdown gave Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre time to reflect, and build a new model that works better for both artists and local communities.
25 February 2021
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Natalie Ibu: “I think the sector has been too seduced by the idea of new and young and sexy”
By Rosemary Waugh
The new artistic director of Northern Stage talks doomscrolling, digital theatre, and fighting to bring back the artists that theatre’s lost.
12 February 2021
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Nearly a year on, UK theatre freelancers are still in the dark
By Laura Harris and James Rowson
Laura Harris and James Rowson share some initial findings from research project Freelancers in the Dark, charting broken lines of communication, grief, solidarity and hope.
11 February 2021
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Exeunt: The First Five Years
By Natasha Tripney
Exeunt marks its tenth birthday with a look back at its beginnings from co-Founding Editor Natasha Tripney.
5 February 2021
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The Theatre Snob’s Guide to Terrible (aka BRILLIANT) Reality Telly
By Francesca Peschier
If you’re starved of drama, Francesca Peschier’s here to show you the classic reality tv shows that will supply contrived plots, heroic journeys, and bloodthirsty thrills.
28 January 2021
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14 things we never thought we’d miss about going to the theatre
By Exeunt Staff
Astringent theatre wine, awkward interval conversations, besieged bladders…and all the things Exeunt’s writers would love to get annoyed by once more.
24 December 2020
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The livestreams that won us round to online theatre in 2020
By Exeunt Staff
Exeunt’s writers look back on a year of livestreams, and the journey from despondency to hope.
17 December 2020
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It’s time for theatres to stop treating front-of-house staff as disposable
By Samuel Sims
Samuel Sims chats to front of house workers about why theatres need to change both their attitudes and their contracts.
16 December 2020
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2020: A year for critical kindness
By Fergus Morgan
As theatre in 2020 stumbles from crisis to crisis, critics are reaching for the stars – and, Fergus Morgan argues, that’s okay.
15 December 2020
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Bryony Shanahan: “We need to laugh together and cry together to try to figure this thing out.”
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh interviews the co-artistic director of Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre about her tumultuous first year in the job.
8 December 2020
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Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway: “I wanted to leave the industry with no option but to see us.”
By Wambui Hardcastle
Wambui Hardcastle interviews the founder of Artistic Directors of the Future about her mission to change who gets to lead the UK’s theatre buildings and companies.
1 December 2020
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Does online theatre really need to be live?
By Alice Saville
‘Liveness’ is central to theatre’s identity. But how can you create it online? And do you need to? Alice Saville explores the tangled set of questions facing 2020’s artists and producers.
24 November 2020
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A broken story for broken times
By Maddy Costa
Maddy Costa turns her interview with Encounter’s director Jen Malarkey into an interactive twine story, ahead of Friday’s stream of The Kids Are Alright.