Last month, debates on online theatre criticism raged after incendiary pieces by Michael Billington and Matt Trueman. In their wake, critics and academics Duška Radosavljević, Mark Fisher and Karen Fricker hold an international conversation about theatre, democracy and the role of criticality.
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31 December 2016
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Exeunt New York’s Most Memorable Shows of 2016
By Exeunt Staff
The New York critics name the 2016 shows that will linger in their minds well into 2017.
21 November 2016
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Jordan Seavey: “I’m not interested in naturalism”
By Kev Berry
Kev Berry interviews the writer of ‘HOMOS, or Everyone in America’ about his work, ‘gay leaning’, and what makes a writer a writer.
31 October 2016
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Hamilton: A Critics’ Dialogue
By Exeunt Staff
Overwhelming levels of Hamil-hype have surrounded Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Founding Fathers musical since it opened Off-Broadway. Exeunt’s New York team debate how the Hamilton phenomenon influences their relationship with the show – and how, as it opens in London, its story has renewed political bite.
26 September 2016
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Acting and Disability: A Transatlantic Dialogue
By Nicole Serratore
“Don’t give me place on the panel. Give me a fucking job.” Mat Fraser and Gregg Mozgala discuss the frustrations of working as a disabled performer, a gamechanging decision from the BBC, and why we need more disabled writers.
5 September 2016
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Anne Peter: “Theatre criticism won’t die out.”
By Duska Radosavljevic
Duška Radosavljević interviews Anne Peter, editor at German theatre publication nachtkritik.de, about how the site’s new model of criticism works – and the challenges of supporting high-quality journalism online.
2 August 2016
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The Americans Are Coming
By Nicole Serratore
New York theatre critic Nicole Serratore offers a sneak-peek at some of the most exciting American work coming to the Edinburgh Festivals this August.
19 October 2015
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Gare St. Lazare Ireland: Excavating Beckett in the Big Apple
By Molly Grogan
Judy Hegarty Lovett talks bringing Beckett’s prose to the stage and taking on Godot for the first time.
15 September 2015
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Timur and the Dime Museum: “We’re redefining what it means to be a band”
By Nicole Serratore
The genre-defying band on their glam-rock requiem, Collapse.
6 March 2015
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The Implosion Model
By Loren Noveck
“We don’t develop plays. (We do them.)” On 13P and their new model of making and staging work in the US.