In his book State Of The Nation: British Theatre since 1945, Michael Billington mentions a number of plays which, whilst seminal at the time, have not as he gracefully puts it ‘aged well’. He posits Caryl Churchill’s 1976 play Light Shining In Buckinghamshire as one of the few exceptions to this rule; so why then [...]
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Review: Light Shining In Buckinghamshire
Posted in Reviews, tagged Caryl Churchill, Helen Lymbery, Kobna Holdbrook Smith, Light Shining In Buckinghamshire, Michelle Terry, Polly Findlay, The Arcola on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Theatre That Expects Something
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged audience participation, audience performer relationship, Caryl Churchill, experimental theatre, Forced Entertainment, Julia Lee Barclay, Samuel Beckett on March 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In a world where relativism is absolute (the ultimate irony of which cannot be lost on anyone!) it is hard to make bold statements about anything without having your thoughts bashed into a bland liberal pc version of themselves. This is not to say that I don’t want discussion, in fact discussion is essential, but [...]
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Max Stafford-Clark’s toothless Top Girls
Posted in Comment, tagged Caryl Churchill, Fiona Mountford, Malcolm Gladwell, Max Stafford Clark, Outliers, Top Girls, Trafalgar Studios on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the ‘Haves’ and ‘Have Nots’, about aptitude, luck and opportunity. Questions of cultural legacy and the onus of the individual within society have been swirling round my head. It is in this frame of mind that I went to see Top Girls, the Chichester revival currently at Trafalgar [...]
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