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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

UK theatre festival guide 2016 by Tim Bano

Buzzcut Festival, Glasgow When: April 6-10 What: A pay-what-you-can melting pot of the finest performance art in the country, now in its

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Friday, March 18, 2016

NSDF at 60: still a vital breeding ground for theatre by Tim Bano

Scarborough in March is an unlikely place to find the Caryl Churchills, the Jamie Lloyds and the Antony Shers of tomorrow. But

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The Archive: Tennessee Williams’ ‘stoned age’ play by Tim Bano

In 1961, when Tennessee Williams turned 50, he had two Pulitzer prizes and four New York Critics’ Circle awards under his belt,

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Florian Zeller: ‘Theatre is the place for questions, not answers’ by Tim Bano

Aside from Broadway invasions, long-dead Greeks and Chekhov, it’s rare to see work by non-British playwrights in London. Florian Zeller is an

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Friday, March 11, 2016

The Archive: Lorraine Hansberry – challenging the all-white American dream by Tim Bano

Julius Lester was effusive in his praise: “Her effect on others was like the seepage of rain into the earth, nourishing roots

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Tim Bano: Does The Encounter work as a live-stream? by Tim Bano

Like Simon McBurney at the beginning of each performance of The Encounter, I took a photo of the audience to prove that I

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The Archive: Genet’s ‘sordid’ magnum opus is not for old maids by Tim Bano

The legacy of Jean Genet endures in many forms – from novels and poetry to political activism and petty crime – but

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Ridiculusmus: It’s no joke being funny by Tim Bano

Jon Haynes is only semi-serious when he describes his work as “just an excuse for us to fart about”. With David Woods,

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

2015 year in review: Fringe by Tim Bano

Despite the onslaught of ancient Greek drama across the country, fringe theatre was anything but a tragedy this year. Both the Yard

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Pursued by a Bear: The Bruntwood Story by Tim Bano

In association with Nick Hern Books. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Presenter Tim Bano f…

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Uncaused Effects: Playwrights on Playwriting by Tim Bano

In association with Nick Hern Books. Visit nickhernbooks.co.uk/exeunt for exclusive discounts on books by many of the playwrights featured in this podcast. This month we talk to nine playwri…

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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Pursued by a Bear – episode 3 by Tim Bano

This month with a comprehensive look at European theatre! Annegret talks to Andrew Haydon, Lee Anderson and Megan Vaughan at Theatertreffen in Berlin. Tim talks to Selma Dimitrijevic, the ar…

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Pursued by a Bear – episode 2 by Tim Bano

This month it’s political. We have reviews and discussions of the latest in political theatre including…. Reviews of Lampedusa at Soho Theatre, Fight Night at Unicorn Theatre and…

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Pursued by a Bear – episode 1 by Tim Bano

This month’s endearingly ramshackle offerings: reviews of Little Light at Orange Tree Theatre, A Stab In The Dark at Lyric Hammersmith, The Eradication of Schizophrenia In Western Lapl…

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Alice, theSpace at North Bridge by Tim Bano

Alice In Wonderland is a creepy piece of literature, but that creepiness is magnified exponentially in Fourth Monkey’s immersive promenade production. We are thrust into a liminal world, t…

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Ernest; Or Much Ado About Muffins, C cubed by Tim Bano

In this whistlestop musical of The Importance of Being Earnest the pianist did not play any wrong notes. Wilde’s script has been savagely gutted so that, although the most famous lines rem…

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Edinburgh Review: Lace Up, theSpace on North Bridge by Tim Bano

Testosterone is splashed across the stage from the very beginning of Mikey Burnett and Joseph McCann’s play. Teddy, who has trained his brother Stuart to box for ten years, is arguing with…

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Edinburgh Review: Are You Lonesome Tonight, Summerhall by Tim Bano

Crystals, signs of the Zodiac, the alignment of planets or whatever other methods superstitious people use to determine the order in which they open boxes in Deal Or No Deal are obviously co…

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Edinburgh Review: 1 Green Bottle, C cubed by Tim Bano

Dig beneath the surface and Nick Cassenbaum’s weird play has a great deal to say about modern life, but it is said obliquely and cryptically. Pairs of characters take it in turns to play o…

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Winky, Underbelly Cowgate by Tim Bano

Tom Cruise’s best role is as the motivational speaker in Magnolia. Edward Davis as inspirational seminar leader Tom Rodgers in Winky channels some of the same colossal arrogance and brashn…

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Edinburgh Review: Lie Back And Think Of England, C nova by Tim Bano

Sex sells. Rachel Lincoln knows this, which is why she has created this show about it. It begins in darkness, Lincoln shining a headtorch onto an inflated condom and zooming it around the ro…

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Edinburgh Review: Loose Soul, Spotlites at Merchant’s Hall by Tim Bano

Connection breeds disconnection. Pinky creates an online persona, a superhero called Penelope, through whom she meets a guy and falls in love. But Penelope is not her; she is an avatar, an a…

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Edinburgh Review: Return To The Voice, Summerhall at St Giles’ Cathedral by Tim Bano

If once there existed an ancient glen, verdant and calm, with a cool stream running through that nourished grazing sheep, if once there existed this Arcadian ideal, then Return To The Voice …

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Edinburgh Review: Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked, Underbelly Cowgate by Tim Bano

Rob Hayes’s comedy will strike a chord with anyone who’s had a one night stand with a dog. Or a cat. Or a goat, a monkey or a bear. Standing in his vest and undercrackers, Jack Holden fe…

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Edinburgh Review: Spine, Underbelly Cowgate by Tim Bano

Tumbledown stacks of books in wooden boxes comprise the set for Clara Brennan’s fierce, fast-paced monologue. In it, Brennan follows Amy, a hot headed teenager from Willesden who meets an …

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Once Upon A Nightmare, Laughing Horse at the Counting House  by Tim Bano

Once upon a time there was a girl called Sophie and her brother Andy. They were called into the dream land Somnia to get the dreamstone and save the world. It is now 20 years later; Sophie …

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Edinburgh Review: I Killed Rasputin, Assembly George Square by Tim Bano

On the night of his death Grigori Rasputin, the mad monk, was poisoned with petits fours and shot in the heart and the back. He did not die. After going outside into the snow he was shot in …

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Edinburgh Review: Shakespeare for Breakfast, C Chambers Street by Tim Bano

To be greeted by a cup of coffee and a croissant as you take your seat in the theatre is not a bad start to the day. The friendly actors come and chat to audience members, sticking to Shakes…

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Edinburgh Review: How to Disappear Completely, Underbelly Cowgate by Tim Bano

Who would choose to relive their mother’s death every night on stage? Not just talk about it, but fully confront it, watch video footage of her in the late stages of cancer, re-examine ove…

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Edinburgh Review: Your Fragrant Phantom, C cubed by Tim Bano

F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were celebrities. They peppered the gossip pages with stories of extravagance and glamour, just as addicted to the high life as characters from Scott’s novels.…

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Edinburgh Review: Guinea Pigs on Trial, Summerhall by Tim Bano

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a show, like a party bag on arrival or the splendour of an old wooden lecture theatre. Sometimes it’s the big things, like a show that fiercely…

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