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About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of recent theatre awards and the exclusion of national critics from a world premiere.

Awards season is trundling along with the Standard Theatre Awards and the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards all happening in the same week. If that's not enough to keep Alex and Sarah busy, they've also been trekking to Stratford-upon-Avon and a soggy Manchester, but found enough time to mull over the implications of the decision not to let national critics into the world premiere of One Day the Musical at the Edinburgh Lyceum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah Crompton, Alex Wood

Topics covered

• awards
• theatre
• critics
• plays
• performing arts

Keywords

• theatre awards
• critics
• One Day the Musical
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• Manchester

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Standard Theatre Awards, Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, Edinburgh Lyceum

Books & works: One Day the Musical

Places: Stratford-upon-Avon, Manchester

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