Leech or saviour? Edinburgh fringe show spotlights theatre's vexed relationship with critics
Attachment: The Leech Show is a merry romp about an influential reviewer and sums up the industry's paradoxical attitude to theatre criticism Advice has been circulating among fringe companies about how to appeal to theatre critics. The idea is to dig up some article the critic once wrote and tell them how good it was before you introduce them to your own show. As someone on the receiving end of these emails, I don't…