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Are theatre memberships worth it?
This article originally appeared on London Theatre Direct on 14 March 2016. In my ever growing quest for cheap tickets, I like my average ticket cost to be around £15-20 over a calendar year. I’ve taken out lots of theatre memberships across London theatres but are they worth the one-off cost or direct debit? If…
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“I can’t feel my legs!”- leg room at the theatre
This article originally appeared on London Theatre Direct on 11 April 2016 I was recently worried that I had exhausted my theatre blogging subjects so asked friends and acquaintances “What stops you going to the theatre as often as I do?” Worryingly leg room came up a lot. Is theatre space the real threat to…
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Les Blancs (preview), 23 March 2016
Les Blancs seems to have timed its arrival at the National Theatre (Olivier) perfectly. Its post-war colonial setting in an unnamed African country may not seem relevant today but tackling issues such as race, terrorism and the question of belonging as an immigrant it easily feels as though this was written in this decade and…
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Hello!
Welcome, I’ve started this blog as alternative to my blog posts on London Theatre Direct, https://www.londontheatredirect.com/News.aspx. It will be a mix of reviews (usually reviews of previews), articles about pricing and other theatre concerns plus whatever takes my fancy. I am keen to do more interviews with those in theatre (actors, directors, producers etc) so…