67 stories by "Andrew Haydon"
This week theatre bloggers wage battle over ageism on stage and call for greater clarity on the term 'interactive theatre'This week the blogs are ablaze with disagreements. First up, Jo Cair…
Kate Mosse discusses the 66 Books project, George Hunka showcases the insults aimed to bruise his ego and theatre bloggers get down to the nitty gritty this weekThis week's Noises Off finds …
The back-to-school vibe has bloggers reassessing their trade this week, and mainstream arts journalism gets a detentionMaybe it's the influence of the new school year, but if there is a unif…
As critics and performers debate everything from favourite eateries to the point of festivals, blogging is transforming the Edinburgh experienceIf there's a month when the full force of the …
As mob rule spread across the country last week, theatre bloggers asked what role " if any " the arts have to playIt feels a little ironic to be taking up the reins of Noises Off after a wee…
David Tennant and Catherine Tate are starring in yet another timeshifted Shakespeare. But can contemporary settings ever work?After what feels like an aeon of comparing and contrasting Hamle…
I Am the Wind " written by Europe's most performed playwright, staged by France's leading director " got a critical beating. Is it a case of Little Englandism?"As reviewers see more shows th…
The last decade has seen a remarkable wealth of new plays, if the selections for this year's National Student Drama festival are anything to go byLike Matt Trueman, I've also just finished r…
Whether it's high-concept experimental theatre or stripped-down touring work, Germany's fringe surprises at every turn " what would you recommend?The thing I find most difficult when writing…
Shakespeare and Beckett pulled it off, but what will former poet laureate Andrew Motion's first play be like?The news that former poet laureate Andrew Motion is writing a play, to be premier…
In Germany, I saw a white woman dress as a gorilla to play Othello. Yet the best that Britain seems to do is Clybourne Park " a play which aims for laughs rather than a serious examination o…
Some say that theatre is all about liveness and intimacy, others that it needs to be epic in scope. Both can't be right, surely?Does size matter? It strikes me that the biggest single issue …
By focusing on economic arguments in defence of the arts, we've swallowed the coalition's lineI've been noticing a trend in articles by young theatre-makers addressing the forthcoming cuts i…
Recent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response? Continue reading...
Recent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response?In the past month, three ra…
Theatre photography normally operates via two angles: the ubiquitous close-up or the mid-torso action shot. But what can the photos really tell us about a play? Continue reading...
Sex and scandal are integral to this classic Viennese play, but British directors seem to be shy of telling it like it isIf most new openings seem to be about communism at the moment, it's s…
