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Fringe theatre openings

Posted 5.00 pm Thu Nov 5 by Tamara Gausi

We’re not unfamiliar with enigmatic press releases here at Time Out Towers, but after reading and re-reading the blurb for ‘Hall’, a new production playing at an undisclosed north London venue between November 16-26, and watching ‘The Blair Witch Project’-style trailer that accompanied it  (see below) I was still none the wiser about what this show was actually about. Luckily, its in the trusty hands of imaginative young theatre duo 19;29 (Susanna Davies-Crook and Felix Mortimer), who ‘explore unexplored spaces’ and have amassed a string of euphoric reviews for their productions of  ‘Lazurus’ and Sarah Kane’s ‘Blasted’. So we’ll be there. Even if we don’t know where ‘there’ is just yet. Visit www.1929.org.uk to download an audio-guide.

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How to become a rising directorial star

Posted 5.40 pm Thu Oct 29 by Robert Shore

Welcome to my new Seven-Step Plan to Becoming a World-Class Director™. It’s based on the technique developed by rising fringe star Adam Spreadbury-Maher and is guaranteed to bring you massive success. (I also do personal horoscopes. Get in touch if you fancy a reading).

'The Present', directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher at The Cock Tavern Theatre 'The Present', directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher at The Cock Tavern Theatre
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Christmas comes early to the West End

Posted 12.52 pm Mon Oct 12 by Caroline McGinn

If you’re one of those highly unnerving souls who spent the last week of August laminating Yuletide timetables into their filofaxes, then this blog is too late for you. For the rest of us – just now experiencing the first glimmer of hope that Christmas is on its way – there are some highly anticipated theatre treats in store.

The Misanthrope comedy theatre keira knightley The Misanthrope comedy theatre keira knightley
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Why theatre-going as a disabled person is still harder than it should be

Posted 12.27 pm Mon Oct 12 by Beth O'Brien

Theatre critic Beth O'Brien used a wheelchair during a long illness in her teens. She argues that theatres could do more to open themselves up to a currently disenfranchised disabled audience.

Have you ever tried going to the theatre in London in a wheelchair, or with a friend who is deaf? No? There has been a lot of discussion about making theatre more 'accessible'; to young people, to people from all different cultures and different economic backgrounds, but what about making theatres physically accessible?

Comedian Adam Hills, who often uses BSL interpreters Comedian Adam Hills, who often uses BSL interpreters
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/PROFILES

CAROLINE McGINN
/THEATRE EDITOR

Caroline is currently Theatre editor of Time Out, and has previously written about theatre, books and contemporary culture for Time Out, the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Times and the Times Literary Supplement.

ANDREW HAYDON

Andrew Haydon is a freelance theatre critic. He writes regularly for Time Out, the Guardian online and has his own blog Postcards from the Gods. He has also had reviews published in German, Polish, Lithuanian and Czech.