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November 18, 2018 Susan Elkin

Vocational training at Lyric Hammersmith

It isn’t every day I stumble across a strong new vocational training opportunity which is almost free to the participants. I refer...

November 11, 2018 Susan Elkin

Auditions, sound, light, precarity

Three new  practical how-to books have landed on my desk along with one rather more academic title. Whether you’re auditioning for a...

November 4, 2018 Susan Elkin

Spice of Life

I think variety is the best thing about my life and work. In the last two weeks I’ve seen a children’s show...

October 21, 2018 Susan Elkin

Audiences deserve punctuality

Every effort should be made for every show to start on time. Shows run late far too often and I reckon that’s...

October 14, 2018 Susan Elkin

Rule-bound schools hard to work in

I used to love visiting schools. Having taught for many years in secondary schools myself and visited, in various capacities, literally hundreds...

October 7, 2018 Susan Elkin

Nothing passive about these LIPA grads

Lago Theatre Company is a fine example of how theatrical entrepreneurialism – aka “making your own work” – can work, and work...

September 30, 2018 Susan Elkin

How to enjoy a night at the theatre

 So that journalistically useful wo/man from Mars arrives in Britain in 2018 and decides to go to theatre but needs a few...

September 23, 2018 Susan Elkin

New view for Mountview

Last week I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of Mountview’s jaw-dropping new £28m building in Peckham – just 48...