Title: Belt Up, Tim Crouch and breach of contract
Publication: The 5th Medium
Date: Friday November 27th 2009

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

Read the sixteenth instalment of my 5th Medium column here.

Production: HALL (Lowri Jenkins)
Venue: Secret
Review Date: Monday 16th November 2009
Closing Date: Thursday 26th November 2009

Notable Crew: Felix Mortimer, Artistic Director

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Matt Trueman's review for Culture Wars can be found here.
The Londonist's review can be found here.

Production: The Author (Tim Crouch)
Venue: Royal Court Theatre
Review Date: Thursday 1st October 2009
Closing Date: Saturday 24th October 2009

Notable Crew: Karl James, a smith, Directors; Matt Drury, Lighting Designer; Ben & Max Ringham, Music & Sound Designers

Notable Cast: Tim Crouch, Adrian Howells, Vic Llewellyn, Esther Smith, Themselves

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Dominic Cavendish's review for The Telegraph can be found here.
Theo Bosanquet's review for What's On Stage can be found here.

Production: Money (SHUNT Collective after Émile Zola)
Venue: New SHUNT Space
Review Date: Wednesday 30th September 2009
Closing Date: Tuesday 22nd December 2009

Notable Crew: Francesca Peschier, Scenic Artist; George Tomlinson, Head of Construction; Paul Ross, Chief Carpenter

Notable Cast: Serena Bobowski, Gemma Brockis, Lizzie Clachan, Louisa Mari, Hannah Ringham, Layla Rosa, David Rosenberg, Andrew Rutland, Mischa Twitchin, Heather Uprichard

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Production: Orestes: Re-Examined (after Aeschylus)
Venue: Southwark Playhouse
Review Date: Thursday 17th September 2009
Closing Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009

Notable Crew: Emma Gersch, Director; Alexie Kharibian, Designer; Alex Musgrave, Lighting; Kitty Randle, Movement; Katherine Hare, Composer

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Nicholas De Jongh's review for the Evening Standard can be found here.
Giles Cole's review for What's On Stage can be found here.

Production: Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht, trans. Tony Kushner)
Venue: National Theatre
Review Date: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Closing Date: Tuesday 8th December 2009

Notable Crew: Deborah Warner, Director; Duke Special, Songs; Mel Mercier, Musicscape

Notable Cast: Stephen Kennedy, The Chaplain; Martin Marquez, The Cook; Harry Melling, Swiss Cheese; Charlotte Randle, Yvette; Clifford Samuel, Eilif; Fiona Shaw, Mother Courage; Sophie Stone, Kattrin

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Michael Billington's review for The Guardian can be found here.
Benedict Nightingale's review for The Times can be found here.
Charles Spencer's review for The Telegraph can be found here.
Fiona Mountford's review for the Evening Standard can be found here.
Heather Neill's review for The Stage can be found here.
Michael Coveney's review for What's On Stage can be found here.
Stephen Crowe's review for musicOMH.com can be found here.

Production: Scratch Festival 2009
Venue: Battersea Arts Centre
Review Date: Friday 11th September 2009
Closing Date: Saturday 26th September 2009

Notable participants: Brian Fuata, Dirty Market Theatre, Clara Garcia Fraile, Longfellows Theatre, Ruth Cross, Charlotte Simkins

My article for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Production: Punk Rock (Simon Stephens)
Venue: Lyric Hammersmith
Review Date: Wednesday 9th September 2009
Closing Date: Saturday 26th September 2009

Notable Crew: Sarah Frankcom, Director; Paul Wills, Designer; Philip Gladwell, Lighting Designer; Pete Rice, Sound Designer

Notable Cast: Nicholas Banks, Nicholas Chatman; Ghazaleh Golpira, Lucy Francis; Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Bennet Francis; Harry McEntire, Chadwick Meade; Jessica Raine, Lilly Cahill; Tom Sturridge, William Carlisle; Katie West, Tanya Gleason; Simon Wolfe, Dr Richard Harvey; Sophie Wu, Cissy Franks

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Michael Billington's review for The Guardian can be found here.
Evelyn Curlet's review for The Stage can be found here.
Henry Hitchings's review for the Evening Standard can be found here.
Kat Brown's review for The London Paper can be found here.
Philip Fisher's review for the British Theatre Guide can be found here.
Natasha Tripney's review for musicOMH.com can be found here.
Lizzie Loveridge's review for Curtain Up can be found here.

Production: ÁTMAN (Sarah McLaughlin after Peter Handke)
Venue: Wimbledon College of Art
Review Date: Wednesday 9th September 2009
Closing Date: Wednesday 9th September 2009

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Title: Un/Afraid
Publication: London Theatre Blog
Date: Tuesday 1st September 2009

Column description: For every show or company I revisit from last year, I'll seek out something else that's similar in style or content but otherwise totally unfamiliar, then compare them side by side and see how the shock of the new compares to the security of the old.

Read the third and final instalment of my Un/Familiar Fringe column here.