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A couple of weeks ago, The City opened at the Royal Court. It’s the latest play by top Brit writer Martin Crimp in a production by Katie Mitchell, without doubt one of the country’s most distinctive directors. You’d think that critics and audiences would be falling over themselves in admiration. Not a bit of it: […]

Just been musing over my interview with Soho Theatre’s Paul Sirett, and I’m still not satisfied that I really understand why British audiences really don’t seem to GET foreign theatre. It’s odd isn’t it? I mean, today’s Brits are a minor miracle of globalised taste. Typically, we are amazingly eclectic: we eat curry and sushi, […]