Review: Audience, St George's West, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars Spoiler alert: If there's any conceivable chance that you might see Audience either at the Fringe or beyond, pl...

LIFT Blog: We The People

Written for the LIFT Blog The People, Johanna told us in the midst of Thursday night’s revolution, are called Tim. They’ve come from Elephan...

Recent Musings

You may have noticed that things have slowed down a bit recently. That's not for want of ideas, but for lack of discipline and time. As ...

The Benefits of Doubt (or The Unimportance of Being Honest)

Over the past half-century, experimental theatre has been driven by the realities of performance and the performance of realities. From the ...

A 'Plague' on Both Their Houses

Just as violence begets violence, criticism has this week spun itself into a cyclone in a teacup over Plague Over England. Usually, I despis...

The Perfect Filling

For the lone theatre-goer, foyers are menacing halls of hubbub. You stand there, drink in hand, rooted to the spot, surrounded by conversing...

Playground Reactions

To witness an audience united in uproar is a thrilling and daunting experience. Individuals become a vociferous pack, reacting physically an...