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  • The bearded man-witch doth protest too much

    The bearded man-witch doth protest too much

    15th June 2009 | 21 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Followers of my Twitter stream may already know my views on responding to criticism.  It's a debate most recently revived by Dame Judi Dench and Maureen Lipman, and this week I found myself on the receiving end.

    A few weeks ago, I reviewed a production of Macbeth by Love&Madness at Riverside Studios for the British Theatre Guide.  One member of the ensemble, actor/composer Arran Glass, took exception to my criticism and...

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  • Fringe 2009 nest-egg invested in scientific research

    Fringe 2009 nest-egg invested in scientific research

    5th June 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    With just over two months left until the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009, the Fringe Society have begun investing heavily in the previously unknown International College of Ovology.

    The College recently made headlines after it took possession of a specimen unearthed by workmen digging new tramlines in Edinburgh's Princes Street.  The egg is white, oviform and unusually resistant to investigative scientific methods, including extremes of temperature and emotion.

    "I've racked most of the...

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Arts journalist Matt Boothman talks performance, playwriting and criticism from London's fringe, where theatre is both challenging and affordable.

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