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AUDIENCE aggression at the Royal Court
How important are the punters? On a trip to see Caryl Churchill's latest at the Royal Court, TheatreVOICE regular Mark Shenton rep...
Published on: 29-Nov-2006
SHUNT retrospective
The innovative theatre company's show, Amato Saltone (which was first staged in 2005), gets a detailed appreciation from Andrew Eg...
Published on: 28-Nov-2006
Is the end of the WEST END play nigh?
The Guardian's lead critic Michael BILLINGTON worries about the apparent decline of commercial plays in the West End, th...
Published on: 27-Nov-2006
Martin CRIMP in conversation
This TUESDAY, November 28th, British playwright Martin Crimp will take part in a platform with theatreVOICE co-editor Aleks Sierz,...
Published on: 26-Nov-2006
Claire BLOOM on the London stage
New profiles in the Telegraph and the Times to coincide with her starring role, opposite Billy Zane, in the Theatre Royal Haymarke...
Published on: 25-Nov-2006
What's new on BROADWAY?
The latest hit musicals, and turkeys, are reviewed by TheatreVOICE regular Mark Shenton, who is spending some time savouring the d...
Published on: 23-Nov-2006
Making drama out of POLITICS
As the Bush Theatre stages Steve Thompson’s political comedy Whipping It Up, veteran Guardian commentator Michael White admi...
Published on: 21-Nov-2006
Caryl CHURCHILL articles
New profiles in the Times and the Independent to coincide with the Royal Court premiere of the latest play by Britain's leading fe...
Published on: 19-Nov-2006
Critics raising KANE again
Playwright Sarah Kane's reputation has never been higher. But not everybody is equally impressed by the visceral in-yer-face style...
Published on: 18-Nov-2006
It's just not in the BOOK
Telegraph critic and theatreVOICE regular Charles Spencer uses his review of Zola's Therese Raquin at the National to tackle the k...
Published on: 16-Nov-2006
The low-down on CENSORSHIP
At a special seminar event at the Orange Tree theatre in Richmond, the academic Prof Steve Nicholson gave a fascinating surve...
Published on: 14-Nov-2006
Are the CRITICS popping happy pills?
Sunday Express critic and theatreVOICE regular Mark Shenton casts a sceptical eye on the West End musicals that are sending his co...
Published on: 12-Nov-2006
GUARDIAN critic questions male gaze
Maxie Szalwinska's blog checks out the talent in a couple of shows which featured female nudity and asks critics: Must you talk ab...
Published on: 10-Nov-2006
Empty Space AWARDS announced
The annual Empty Space Peter Brook Awards took place at the Theatre Museum yesterday, Tuesday 7 November. Presided over by the fou...
Published on: 08-Nov-2006
Sarah KANE symposium
This SATURDAY, November 11th, German director Thomas Ostermeier (in London with Zerbombt, his version of Sarah Kane's legendary de...
Published on: 07-Nov-2006
Richard MAXWELL in conversation
This THURSDAY, November 9th, the cult American director and playwright Richard Maxwell, in town to oversee the London premiere of ...
Published on: 06-Nov-2006
Sierz critical study of Martin CRIMP
This month sees the publication of the first full-length study of the British playwright Martin Crimp by critic, author and theatr...
Published on: 04-Nov-2006
GUARDIAN critic slams playwright culture
The Guardian's Lyn Gardner has blogged on the subject of Britain's new playwriting culture and asked, if it's so great, why are th...
Published on: 02-Nov-2006
CALLOW fights for Theatre Museum
ACTOR and author Simon Callow has defended the need for a tangible, dedicated Theatre Museum. His eloquently argued article is to ...
Published on: 01-Nov-2006