Audio: Reviews and Roundtables
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David Benedict’s West End Review
29th January 2007
THE DAVID BENEDICT EXPERIENCE Ian Rickson's The Seagull (Royal Court) and Deborah Warner's Happy Days (National) reviewed, plus discussion of the upco...
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Review of the Year 2006
15th December 2006
REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2006 Critics Jane Edwardes, Mark Shenton and Charles Spencer remember the highs and lows of a very remarkable year. David Benedict ...
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Soap Box Debate: Critics Are Parasites and Eunuchs
8th December 2006
SOAP BOX DEBATE: CRITICS ARE PARASITES AND EUNUCHS Actor Mike McShane and Nick Hackworth, deputy art critic of the Evening Standard, propose the motio...
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Debate: a crisis in new writing?
24th November 2006
DEBATE: A CRISIS IN NEW WRITING? Round-table featuring Paines Plough director Roxana Silbert, young writers James Graham and Duncan Macmillan, Guardia...
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West End Review: November 2006
3rd November 2006
WEST END REVIEW Musicals galore: Spamalot (Palace Theatre), Cabaret (Lyric), Caroline or Change (National) and Dirty Dancing (Aldwych). Charles Spence...
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Soap Box Debate: Theatre Is Better Than Film
27th October 2006
SOAP BOX DEBATE: THEATRE IS BETTER THAN FILM Critic Michael Billington and director Rupert Goold propose the motion while film producer Nik Powell and...
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West End Review: September 2006
29th September 2006
WEST END REVIEW The Alchemist (National), Moon for the Misbegotten (Old Vic), Piano/Forte (Royal Court) and Wicked (Apollo). Mark Shenton (Sunday Ex...
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Edinburgh Fringe Review 2006
17th August 2006
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2006 REVIEW Strawberries in January (Traverse), Black Watch (Drill Hall), Realism (Royal Lyceum) and more. Lyn Gardner (Guardian), Ma...
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Shakespeare and Leadership (2/2)
2nd July 2006
SHAKESPEARE AND LEADERSHIP (2/2) Politics lecturer Liz Frazer, former Secretary of State for Culture Chris Smith and RSC director Josie Rourke discuss...
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