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NT Connections - new departures

by Carole Woddis
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Like the Finborough Theatre, the best kept secrets are often hidden away from the usual theatre razamataz. Neil McPherson, who has just unearthed another amazing find in Patrick Hamilton’s Hangover Square has proved to have that absolutely essential but elusive quality when it comes to running a theatre: an unerring sense of a good play […]

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Histories unconfined

by Carole Woddis
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Never mind the actors, what does it take to survive a marathon? Yesterday’s trilogy at the Round House was an endurance test for audiences as much as it was for the company themselves. I think they came off better. Where do they get their energy from? Nine hours, even when cut up into three hour […]

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Unfinished Histories

by Carole Woddis
Monday, May 5th, 2008

Sunday April 27, 2008 turned out to be a bit of a red letter day. At The Drill Hall in Chenies Street, temporarily rescued from last year’s Arts Council cull, women theatre artists, many of whom played the Drill Hall as performers, gathered to remember some of the good times and celebrate what many now […]

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