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November 30, 2017 Susan Elkin

Go Noah Go (Susan Elkin reviews)

The flood myth is common to most cultures and John Agard, originally from Guyana, gives it strong African undertones with lots of...

November 26, 2017 Susan Elkin

No monkeying around

I have followed the success of Fourth Monkey Training Company, which launched in 2010, almost since before it was a twinkle in...

November 19, 2017 Susan Elkin

Actors and Performers Yearbook 2018

It’s always a pleasure when the annual Actors and Performers Yearbook arrives from Bloomsbury although I do wish they’d put some possessive...

November 12, 2017 Susan Elkin

Judge the art not the artist

Max Stafford-Clark is a fine director – innovative and influential. The industry has much to thank him for. Our Country’s Good and...

November 5, 2017 Susan Elkin

King Lear’s Buttons

Phil Daniels (Fool) Ian McKellen (Lear) Sinead Cusack (Kent) Chichester Festival Theatre 2017 production. Credit: Manuel Harlan “Pray you, undo this button:...

October 29, 2017 Susan Elkin

Full marks to the busy, buzzy Marlowe

Few bits of theatre news have delighted me more this year than hearing that Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, has taken possession of the...

October 22, 2017 Susan Elkin

Over recruitment?

I’m often invited to drama schools – to see shows, meet students, admire premises, chat to staff or whatever. I’ve been to...