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Best of the year 2009: theatre

Londoners’ pockets were at their emptiest, but seats kept getting filled

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Amelia Nicholson's The Shawl at Arcola Theatre Amelia Nicholson's The Shawl at Arcola Theatre - © Robert Workman
10/10

Fringe directors

Apart from the JMK Trust and the Young Vic’s  Genesis project, young British directors get little help. So hats off to Amelia Nicholson and Chris Haydon whose Arcola shows revealed serious talent.

By Theatre editor Caroline McGinn and Time Out’s Off-West End and Fringe critics

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By Karen Burge - Jan 8 2010

I have no interest in cycling but this was a gripping play. I'm looking forward to seeing their next productions, in fact I shall make an effort to do so.

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By Edward Burge - Jan 6 2010

Pedal Pusher was absolutely spell binding. As a cyclist the idea of protesting the greatest cycling story of all time seemed doubtful on such a small scale but the beautiful way they represented the races got my heart racing!

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