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"The play traces his life leading up to the moment he stuck a flare up his arse"
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan.
This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, it is a chat with...
Failing to efficiently flog some posters
An advertising fiasco at the Fringe; a review round-up of Beetlejuice, Once, The Tempest, and more; and zero chat about Rosamund Pike. All that and more in this week's belated Shouts and Murmurs.
Hello, and welcome back to Shouts and Murmu...
"It interrogates our relationship to watching horrific things online. Are we complicit?"
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan.
This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, it is a chat with...
West End strikes, Michael Sheen backlash, and a new reason you should support The Crush Bar
Are performers really going to walk out this summer? Why are Welsh theatremakers mad at Michael Sheen? Is Alexander Zeldin's new play any good? All that and more in this week's issue of The Crush Bar.
Hello, and welcome back to Shouts and...
"This is specifically about a family in Tehran in 1988, but that unlocks universal themes"
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan.
This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, it is a chat with...
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