dear theatre, que paso?

overheard in theatre: "selling experiences to drive ppl to the brand"

"people pretend that doing business is more important than living. and the next day so-called safe spaces are preaching togetherness while refusing to clean indoor air despite loads of evidence proving that doing so will make a difference to a better quality of life for all."

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"there is talk of effort and costs and the future. there is little talk of the present that has been buried for the sake of an illusion of convenience."

today in pocket theatre, i write abt theatre's sacrifice open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...

“It’s never been a more difficult time for culture, arts funding is collapsing. Brexit has been very damaging. Our creative workforce find it hard to live in the city." - Justine Simon, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/londons...

Lyn Gardner telling it

Free-flowing alcohol is not the solution to making theatre more inclusive, writes Lyn Gardner 👇

dear theatre, too much pretending

dear theatre, myriad affinities

436 human beings dead 135,600 new cvd cases in the US this past week. while leaders and nearly all continue to tra-la and do nothing.

today in pocket theatre, i write abt the feeling you have after you write a play. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...

there were hardly any 🐈🐈 yesterday. where did they go?

mourning the passing of writer Kaleb Horton. superb chronicler of the music scene, southern California, pop culture, and the ways in which ppl try to do good in blinkered times

mourning the passing of poet and playwright Tony Harrison. one of the best verse writers in the business. made it look easy.

dear theatre, someday maybe again

"I doubt we will be able to fill the gap left by these debilitating cuts" In this week's Long Read, The Stage investigates how the thriving disabled dance sector is under threat from under-the-radar grant cuts and other barriers to inclusion 👇

How can artists make great theatre when they can no longer practise? asks Lyn Gardner. Read more in The Stage 👇

ICYMI: The National Theatre has declined calls from campaigners and culture workers, including actors Denise Gough and Siobhán McSweeney, to host a meeting “examining the theatre industry’s response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine” 👇

@publicradionerd.bsky.social i miss Snoops. are they on sabbatical?

Really sorry to hear about the sudden passing of Kaleb Horton, a fantastic writer. Only seems fitting to share what he wrote for David Lynch kalebhorton.ghost.io/death-is-jus...

y los 🐈🐈🐈?

Loved this piece on activist performance-maker Morgan Bassichis by Alisa Solomon. Now added to my to-do list: “Study ‘The Witches of Eastwick’ for political strategy.” “Find a therapist who can work quickly.” jewishcurrents.org/can-morgan-b...

Pleased to share this fascinating conversation with the brilliant playwright Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social, where we talked about her Iphigenia play and how to adapt Greek tragedy now. Out now in Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception Studies! university.open.ac.uk/arts/researc...

I liked this article, especially the part about presupposing audiences are passive and need to be forced to take part. “Verify you are human… or else it’s not REAL theatre!” That is basically how it feels to me now I come to think of it #theatre

here in on demand theatre: Michael Abbensetts ALTERATIONS on NT at Home. @nationaltheatre.org.uk

today in pocket theatre, i write abt when theatre plays soft. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...

here for livestream theatre at @lamamaetc.bsky.social : Hoi Polloi does Celine Song's FAMILY

dear theatre, not exempt

so much participatory theatre in unmitigated spaces

dear theatre, denialism at your peril

dear theatre, electric dreams

when you see a new gorgeous review of the feature film based on your play FUGITIVE DREAMS. (you can watch it on Apple TV and more). and wonder when someone will ask you to write a movie again. thehollywoodbeat.com/2025/08/17/f...

dear theatre, long way to light

George Devine said, 'You choose your theatre like you choose your religion.' This is how I try to live. It's really that important. You have to believe, & go deeper, & sacrifice, & fight. We don't all worship the same God & it's betrayal to pretend otherwise.

“It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say ‘we knew how to protect you, but we didn’t.’” A powerful speech from Violet Affleck.

Violet is 🔥 and she is right.

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Experts on air pollution raise alarms over the problem's absence from the upcoming declaration on noncommunicable diseases at the U.N. General Assembly.

There’s a historic indoor clean air high level event at the UN today. @drbronking.bsky.social is of course leading by example wearing a high quality mask while chairing the meeting 👏👏👏

“It’s never been a more difficult time for culture, arts funding is collapsing. Brexit has been very damaging. Our creative workforce find it hard to live in the city." - Justine Simon, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/londons...

"Neil Simon's work cuts across class lines. Laughter does that. or at least it can."

dear theatre, underground

today in pocket theatre, i write abt popularity and funny business. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...

all the ppl doing nothing abt everything think everything will be fine. they are in for a surprise

random: Disney himself was a "friendly witness" who unwittingly helped build out the Hollywood Blacklist due to those hearings: alphahistory.com/coldwar/walt...

The numbers in this story stun me. And i have seen a lot of theater is dying moments. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/t...

sometimes i think abt how Neil Simon was one of the most popular and prolific US playwrights of the 20th century, and now nobody talks abt him

444 human beings dead this past week in the US. 145,186 new cvd cases. while leaders and ppl tra-la and do nothing.