Time we stopped patronising community theatre
It doesn't matter if a participatory show has fine ideals or is brilliant behind-the-scenes. What counts is the workI can only ever review what I see. I can't review intent, and I can't review the fact that the people putting on the show will almost certainly have expended much time and effort, and may even have mortgaged someone's granny's house to raise the money. So where does that leave the critic " and indeed th…