Published in The i Paper September 24, 2020
When lockdown was announced, Francesca Martinez’s play All of Us was in its final week of rehearsals at the National Theatre.
Continue reading “Rufus Norris on theatre and class: There’s ‘an awful danger’ that only people with money can survive in the industry”At no other time of the year are family-friendly shows more welcome than at Christmas. Yet it’s also often a time of boringly traditional, bankable fare. Panto reigns and theatre can tend towards the literary, twee and old-fashioned: Dickensian orphans in the faux snow, endless visits to Narnia and Neverland. This year, however, there’s a sleigh-full of alternative shows hurtling down a distinctly psychedelic rabbit hole. Continue reading “Why Christmas shows are going down a psychedelic rabbit hole”