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Back to the theatre!

Posted on June 3, 2021March 2, 2022 by Heather Neill
I have been to the theatre! Twice! Well, I didn’t travel anywhere the second time, but I was watching a live-streamed performance attended by several hundred people present in the building. My f... Read More

Laughs, guffaws and tears

Posted on July 5, 2019July 7, 2019 by Heather Neill
It may be summer (well, some of the time) but it’s rarely too warm to enjoy going to the theatre. In fact, these days, the air conditioning is often so efficient that it’s advisable to tak... Read More

Elizabethan Theatre

Posted on May 17, 2019March 2, 2022 by Heather Neill
There is nothing like an anniversary to concentrate the mind and here we have several Tudor-linked ones all coming together. Thirty years ago this month Dame Peggy Ashcroft obstructed the bulldozers i... Read More

Metatheatre

Posted on March 16, 2019July 5, 2019 by Heather Neill
Metatheatre is everywhere these days, the fourth wall frequently breached. Actors, in or out of character, address the audience directly or simply remind them they are in a theatre, sharing imaginatio... Read More

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