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"How much do we change when we move to a new country? What do we embrace, resist, leave behind?" Lora Krasteva made a show about applying for citizenship and if it's possible to 'become' British. Here, she expands her scope - asking what it costs to be a migrant within the British theatre industry?

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In this week's free piece, we have @bachrach.bsky.social - who recently wrote the intro to a new Oxford edition of the play! - on her fave, Richard II... exploring how Jonathan Bailey and Nicholas Hytner trim down the tragedy to a virtually one-man show

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In our Friday piece for subscribers, @alicesaville.bsky.social dives deep on queer subtext seeping into or out of West End shows. How malleable are these star vehicles and musical theatre stalwarts?

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This month's @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social recs spot on as always - mine is @openclasp.bsky.social Rupture, coming to @livetheatre.bsky.social and touring

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Shows shows shows! Exeunt writers on the plays coming up that they are excited for, featuring Seagulls, Streetcars and Sidney Poitier - plus @anyaryan.bsky.social shines a light on Frankie Monroe

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Today's piece is a nice long in-depth chat with the brilliant @chrisbushwrites.bsky.social, about her new play Otherland, now on at The Almeida. She tells @hollywilliams.bsky.social how it's her most personal, and her most expansive, play yet

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In today's new piece, @izlew.bsky.social takes us to revisit Eline Arbo's adaptation of Annie Ernaux's The Years in the West End, investigating why her response was so different the second time round, with her mother. Read now for more on reviewing vs recommending and the intimacy of space...

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In today's Friday paid subscribers piece, @emilyjupp.bsky.social writes about her experience as a theatre reviewer who's become Hard of Hearing, approaching work accessible or not, and the gorgeous Last Rites by Ad Infinitum, a physical show on grief for a father, across communication's barriers.

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An wonderful reflection on the art of translating a play from Rory Mullarkey.

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To my knowledge Rory is the first working English-language playwright who’s also a Russian speaker to translate Chekhov since Michael Frayn & Paul Schmidt.. his ideas here are fascinating & I look forward to it

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I worked on #roryMullarkey’s wonderful version of the Cherry Orchard with the late great director #MichaelBoyd for #BristolOldVic . Michael also spoke Russian having trained in Moscow so it was a wonderful collaboration with Rory , both with a subtle understanding of the Russian sensibility

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"'Sounding English' isn’t the point. It’s a Russian play, set in Russia, 125 years ago... if anything, 'sounding Russian' is the point" Today, we have Rory Mullarkey on his new version of Chekhov's "most beautiful" play, Three Sisters, and why the magic is in its maintaining its mystery...

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Natasha Tripney takes a long look into the dark rooms of TV and now theatre comedy-horror sensation Inside No 9. Helmed by two "theatre creatures", Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, how does Stage/Fright at Wyndham's Theatre revisit much-loved concepts while landing the in-person scares?

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A great read! And a reminder that arts criticism is necessarily a subjective, human, awkward thing - feeling out the space between artists' imaginings and audience experience

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How do you put Mary Wollstonecraft - the 'mother of feminism', and also of Mary Shelley - on stage? With songs by Billy Nomates! @hollywilliams.bsky.social discusses Wollstonecraft's radical legacy, sexism in the music industry, and being sick of the term Strong Woman

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From the pleasures of feeling part of a community to awkward conversations and hostile glares after a lukewarm review… @fergusmorgan.bsky.social, @traceysinclair.bsky.social, Frank Peschier and @hollywilliams.bsky.social on what it’s like to be a critic within a small theatre scene

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It's a very busy February! And Exeunt writers have picked a load of brilliant shows to get excited by, that go beyond the big star name vehicles... Plus reviews round-ups, a spotlight on Laura Lomas, and some gossip (feat. horny Judi Dench, "smacked" Brit transfers, and rumblings over rankings)

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So happy to have Rosemary Waugh doing this occasional series for us, going in deep in a kind of career retrospective exploring a designer’s work, their aesthetic, their collaborators, their development…

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In the first of a new series on designers, Rosemary Waugh looks at the work of Soutra Gilmour, frequent collaborator with directors like Jamie Lloyd and Yaël Farber, instrumental in constructing their striking aesthetics and the lasting impact of their productions. For paid subscribers - read now!

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You Me Bum Bum Train tickets sell faster than Glastonbury, and the show has made people quit jobs - and marriages. @emilyjupp.bsky.social - one of their 20,000 volunteers - reveals why it inspires such devotion, and chats to its creators Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd

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Our contributing editor @alicesaville.bsky.social wrangles critics' pre-, during and post-theatre snack choices: pear drops? Madeleines? What's the right sweet consistency? Ice creams - yay or nay? Join as a paid subscriber for less per month than your average theatre snack and read today!

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Accents can be a last bastion of realism on stage. Why is that - and is it finally changing? @hollywilliams.bsky.social looks at what ditching accents might mean for cultural specificity, class assumptions, and releasing classic texts... But what do you think? Accents: 'In' or 'Out'?

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Alexander Cohen writes about the perils of turning press nights into dates nights, and the search for that elusive spark - both on the stage and off

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Alexander Cohen writes about the perils of turning press nights into dates nights, and the search for that elusive spark - both on the stage and off

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Honourable mentions for Girls & Boys and Punch here - great to be amongst the recommendations for 2025! 🎭

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Happy to have my pick included in @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social fab list of recs for 2025 - my choice being Champion @livetheatre.bsky.social

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It's our last piece of 2024: Exeunt writers' initial round of recommendations for 2025! From the new new to transfers to Summerhall survivors, and an ode to the glorious, undersung Maureen Beattie, who can be seen in a Caryl Churchill double bill at @rxtheatre.bsky.social Feb - March! HNY, all.

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Charge your glasses and get ready to celebrate - it's Exeunt's Alternative Theatre Awards!

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Merry Christmas, Chanukah sameach, and a great big festive THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Exeunt’s return this winter From @hollywilliams.bsky.social, and a bear bauble gifted in honour of our Exeunt mascot 🤶🐻

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Loved the book, the tape, and now the play - a Christmas treat to get to think and talk and write about Ballet Shoes!

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Why has a 1936 children's book about going on the stage proved so enduringly beloved? Three generations of Ballet Shoes fans and theatre critics - Susannah Clapp, @hollywilliams.bsky.social and @izlew.bsky.social - excavate their memories and ask if the NT's new production can live up to them

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In today's free-for-everyone piece, Natasha Tripney explores endurance theatre, with an international bent: treadmills, heart monitors, running on the spot. How do you take care of yourself while performing these feats night after night? What's all this strain for? How does it feel to watch it?

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In today's piece, @hollyomahony.bsky.social explores why so many British theatres have been silent on the conflict - and attends a workshop on how to talk about Palestine ‘in a way that’s meaningful and not defensive’

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Here's this week's issue of The Crush Bar, feat. six gifts the theatre person in your life would actually like, plus three show worth seeing... - Trouble In Spiritland @traversetheatre.bsky.social - Cat On A HTR at Almeida - Ballet Shoes at NT Read/sub: thecrushbar.substack.com/p/the-crush-...

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Been working on this for a wee while, and I hope it feels balanced. We all know theatres are broke and trying to do a lot with v v little, and reading can also be career-boosting and deeply rewarding - but can all that justify the dismally low fees? I'm not sure...

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Solid and insightful dive into the state of the "value" of script reading both as a discipline and a process. Loads more conversations to have and work to be done on the matter; but overall feels like people are more keen, and more equipped, to do so. Ideally major unions tune in and show up next.

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Do you read me? In our latest free-to-all piece, editor Holly Williams (@hollywilliams.bsky.social) investigates the working conditions of script readers. An unseen but critical part of the theatre industry, why are these freelancers often working for less than minimum wage? And why do it at all?

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