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OpinionI Kissed A Girl And I Liked It. Then I Went To Hell.
"Are you single?" It's the question I ought to have asked approximately seventy percent of my dates in the last year, along with "Do you know who the father... Read more »| 16 May 2010 -
OpinionWrite like No-one is Reading...
One of the great joys of being performance editor of The Skinny is the freedom. Sitting in my flat, wondering how I am going to pay my rent, I can dream up n... Read more »| 12 May 2010 -
OpinionThe Theatrical is the Political
This week, I decided to get political. Despite my unwillingness to consider anything that doesn’t contain clear awareness of performance theory and hal... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
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Brooking no Complaints
Tramway ought to be paying me a stipend. Given the number of my ex-lovers I meet there, I have obviously been using my love life as an extension of their mar... Read more »| 10 Apr 2010 -
OpinionPutting the Pulpit on the Stage
No sooner do I decide to treat theatre criticism as a brand of theology, God starts turning up on stage. While I still find it difficult to listen to any pre... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
OpinionDeath and The Critic
While I devoutly hope that this isn’t God giving me a warning, I’ve seen a great deal of death in the theatre lately. First of all, Via Negativa&... Read more »| 24 Mar 2010
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Day 5: Shell Shock and Awe
It's true. I was too shell-shocked to write the final blog the next day. After five days in The Arches, I buckled under the weight of imagery and intensity. ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2010 -
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National Review, Day 4
“I’ve read so much about them.” “They are on my course’s essential reading.” “I can’t wait to see Forced Ente... Read more »| 21 Mar 2010 -
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NRLA. Day Three.
Having wrested control back from Charlie Montgomery, I continue to stroke my chin over the definition of Live Art. I know that Iona Kewney is performing in a... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
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National Review of Live Art: Wank & Naked People Thursday 18th March edited highlights
As a veteran cabaret performer and raconteur of some years vintage, various chums from the hip and arty burlesque scene were recently encouraging me to "d... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
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National Review, Day Two
It’s day two, and the ugly sight of a performance critic boring performers with his dogmatic opinions is repeatedly noted in The CCA and Arches bar. I ... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
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National Review: Day One
It’s a tough job serving two muses, especially when they’ve both been denied funding from the Arts Council of Olympus for three thousand years. A... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
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Four Deaths and a stone circle
Since my understanding of life is that wisdom is the gradual recognition of how utterly fucked I am, and that a series of traumas have taught me the moments ... Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
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On theatre blogging
I am feeling a little out of step with the world this week. It might just be the absinthe, or the continued evolution of a romantic sensibility I can’t... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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Girls Girls Glas(s)
If, as Luther Blisset suggests in Death of Hermeneutics, performance is merely the mirror in which the reviewer sees themselves, I am not sure that I like th... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010