Chris Neville-Smith's blog on theatre

Bit later than planned, but I have now sent off all my review acknowledgements. I have had to start getting a little stricter over press releases and not logged a few requests that neither said when they were running nor linked to somewhere I could check – I don’t have time to look this up myself. Even links to the Edinburgh Fringe site are a faff. I allowed that, but I may n...

Okay, controversy seekeers. There has been enough time to gauge reactions to the Amanda Knox show. And in the end, it’s quite boring.

Reaction from the audience is, by all accounts, positive. Admittedly, that’s a low bar to clear – if you people who chose to attend a divisive show hated it, you really are in trouble – so so far so good. Reviews are a bit more split ...

We’re halfway though week 1, but when we reach the end of week 1, a lot of shows finish their runs. The end of this week is considered by many to be a halfway point.

Here are the shows in my picks ending soon if you want to catch them:

Amadam and Mortair Kill the King: Tartan Tabletop’s first fray into theatre – probably b...

312. I’ll try to get the acknowledgements out tomorrow. But logging everything had me working solidly two nights running.

I appreciate the number of acts who’ve put their trust in me to ask for their verdict, but there has to be a better way of doing this. Review publications can cope if they can centralised administration and put everything into a database. But whe...

Before Edinburgh reviews get underway, a Buxton Fringe review to bring forward, running at Edinburgh Fringe, and firmly in my safe choices.

The first thing I have to own up to is I thought I was going to see a come...