Title: Arts Futurism - the international live theatre exchange
Publication: The 5th Medium
Date: Thursday 25th June 2009

Column description: Arts journalist Matt Boothman talks performance, playwriting and criticism from London's fringe, where theatre is both challenging and affordable. (Arts Futurism is an occasional strand in which I discuss, based on current developments, what might be next for the arts.)

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

Production: England People Very Nice (Richard Bean)
Venue: National Theatre
Review Date: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Closing Date: Thursday 30th April 2009

Notable Crew: Nicholas Hytner, Director; Mark Thompson, Designer; Pete Bishop, Director of Animation; Neil Austin, Lighting Designer; Grant Olding, Music; Scarlett Mackmin, Choreographer

Notable Cast: Olivia Colman, Philippa/Anne O'Neill/Camilla; Sacha Dhawan, Norfolk Danny/Carlo/Aaron/Mushi; Trevor Laird, Yayah/Rennie; Aaron Neil, Iqbal/De Gascoigne/John O'Neill/Chief Rabbi/Attar/Imam; Sophie Stanton, Sanya/Ida; Michelle Terry, Camille/Mary/Black Ruth/Deborah

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.
Nicholas De Jongh's review for the Evening Standard can be found here.
William McEvoy's's review for The Stage can be found here.
Philip Fisher's review for the British Theatre Guide can be found here.
Michael Coveney's review for What's On Stage can be found here.
Natasha Tripney's review for musicOMH can be found here.