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Charlotte Ivers

Baker’s Dozen

Tom Baker was a hard-drinking, fine-dining legend whose Soho sprees were captured in an infamous 1978 newspaper profile. 45 years later, a younger writer retraces his steps in a new, more sanitised era.
Apr 25, 2024
Clive Martin

Treading the Boards

Why are actors so weird?
Oct 26, 2023
Josh Mcloughlin

Taboo or not Taboo

A conference with the world’s angriest academic.
Jul 28, 2023
Alexander Cohen

Curtain Call

An interview with the legendary critic, Michael Billington, who has been reviewing plays since 1971, and is deeply concerned at the state of the British theatre.
Apr 22, 2023
The Fence

How British is Succession?

We sink our teeth into the show that everyone is talking about.
May 23, 2022
Anonymous

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

In the wake of London's post-pandemic reopening, our insider pondered the future of the necrotic British theatre industry.
Apr 13, 2021
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