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Tag: National Theatre

  • How Do You Solve a Problem like the National Theatre?

    I’ve struggled with the productions at the National Theatre over the last 18 months or so, I don’t simply blame Rufus Norris, a lot of the National’s problems go back to changes made by Sir Nicholas Hytner as part of NT Future.  I am not happy admitting this because the National is literally a national…

  • May Contain Nuts: Nudity on the stage

    I’ll be blunt. I enjoy the prospect of nudity, male or female I am equal opportunities, a bit too much. I think the warnings that appear on websites or via an usher’s mouth make it feel like it is a very naughty private play that the Lord Chamberlain might burst in on at any minute.…