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Short Shorts 82: Placing an economic value on the arts, previews and photography
The economic value of the arts and its cabinet minister On Wednesday, the government’s culture secretary Maria Miller, a former marketing and advertising executive appointed to the cabinet last September, made her first public speech…
The critical and Shakespearean conundrum
“To call this production eagerly awaited would be an understatement,” wrote Michael Billington yesterday in his Guardian review of Nick Hytner’s new production of Othello that had opened the night before at the National. In…
The week ahead in London and beyond, April 22-28
I often bemoan the state of cabaret in London – which is one of my favourite art forms, combining two of my passions: singers and songs. When put together in perfect harmony (so to speak),…
A temporary misjudgement?
Last week’s announcement of Nicholas Hytner’s departure from the National has given many of us, myself included, a chance to speculate already on his possible successor; but also to reflect on his achievements, which I…
Making Headlines with Hytner, The Wizard of Oz and Macbeth
No sooner had I posted my column last Wednesday about Nicholas Hytner’s 10th anniversary lessons than later the same morning he declared his intention to depart from the theatre in March 2015, alongside his executive…
A tale of two Nicks
There’s a phenomenon that afflicts entertainment double acts. For want of a proper name let us dub it ‘Ernie Wise syndrome’. It’s not a condition limited to comics or even performers and it is probably…
Nicholas Hytner confirms 2015 departure from National
Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr have announced the dates they will step down as artistic and executive directors of the National Theatre. Hytner will leave at the end of March 2015, having joined the NT…
Hytner’s 10th anniversary lessons and a Thatcherite legacy
In yesterday’s column I referred to an Observer feature about the souvenir industry in museums and galleries that contributes an estimated turnover of some £100m to them. It was also mentioned in the same feature…
Short Shorts 79: Farewell to Richard Griffiths, reviewing the reviewers, and the good and bad at the National
It’s becoming an epidemic. Last week I mentioned critics finding themselves criticised, sometimes by their (former) colleagues. Now it turns out we are sometimes being watched during the show. Victoria Coren recently wrote a Guardian…
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