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October 6, 2019 Susan Elkin

Tatty venues do not guarantee good theatre

Let’s stop smilingly pretending that tatty, cramped dives with dreadful lavatories are more artistically expressive than venues which conform to modern standards....

September 29, 2019 Susan Elkin

Migration and devising – new books

Two interesting new theatre-related titles have arrived on my desk from Methuen Drama (part of Bloomsbury) – both relevant to youth theatre...

September 22, 2019 Susan Elkin

Theatre partying all week

It was a real joy and privilege to be a special guest at  The MTA’s tenth birthday party, Gradunion, last week. It...

September 15, 2019 Susan Elkin

Reviewing Proms and other theatre

Concerts are just another form of theatre – especially classical ones which, however hard promoters and co try to de-formalise them, do...

September 8, 2019 Susan Elkin

Critics need info

Let me share an, apparently unrecognised, fact of theatre life: You cannot review a show properly without the names of the creatives...

August 4, 2019 Susan Elkin

Rainbow casting without quotas

I’m an inclusivity advocate. I love colour-blind or “rainbow” casting such as you see in the current production of Oklahoma at Chichester...

July 28, 2019 Susan Elkin

Lots of writing careers in theatre

Why aren’t we telling young people about the writing and writing-related careers which drive our industry? Careers advisers working in secondary schools...