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National Theatre bans critics’ plus one invitations
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/18/national-theatre-director-takes-revenge-on-theatre-critics-as-pl/ Interesting movement by National Theatre, who are no longer providing comps to critics’ guests. It is a fair move, in my (very small) experience of receiving free tickets for productions I am always a bit thrown when I am offered a pair. As an amateur it impresses my companion but really I am there…
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Acclaimed book about breasts adapted as a stage play
http://www.mgso4festival.org/news/acclaimed-book-breasts-adapted-stage-play The inspiring book Bare Reality: 100 women, their breasts, their stories, featured on television and talk shows across the world, is being brought to the stage for the first time in Ewell, Surrey. For two years, Epsom-based photographer Laura Dodsworth photographed and interviewed 100 women about their breasts, bodies and lives. The results…
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Illuminate Festival, Wimbledon, 2-28 May 2016
From 2-28 May New Wimbledon Theatre hosts the second Illuminate Festival, a platform showcasing work from the finest up and coming artists, everything from puppetry to folk music, comedy to spoken word and beyond. Illuminate gives audiences and artists the opportunity to explore something new. Created by Co-Artistic Directors’ Alice Sillett and Sarah Dullaghan,Illuminate invites emerging artists and established companies…
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Theatre News 8-15 April 2016
‘Poverty porn’: how middle-class theatres depict Britain’s poor (The Guardian, 15 April) Plays such as Boy, Re:Home and Yen serve up downtrodden lives for wealthy audiences – and can verge on cultural tourism. Royal Exchange commissions leading female playwrights for B!rth international festival (What’s On Stage, 14 April) Playwrights from China to Kenya will come together to…
View from the Cheap Seat 