Dan Hutton, author of Litro‘s acclaimed column Drama Matters, is stepping down after seven months to concentrate on making theatre, rather than writing about it. In his final column, he ...
While Litro Live! told stories in the Faraway Forest with the likes of writer and TV presenter Kate Williams, Ian Kelly, and more in Shed of Stories, Litro’s theatre reviewer ...
Last week, the National Theatre suddenly announced that Richard Bean’s phone-hacking satire Great Britain would open five days later. But can theatre really achieve a sense of topical immediacy?
From Action Hero’s five-hour piece Slap Talk to the three-month installation pieces of Marina Abramović, “durational performance” is having a moment. Dan Hutton reflects on what we make of these ...
Are today’s theatre critics giving away too many stars in their reviews? Dan Hutton tackles the issue of “star inflation”.
Dan Hutton looks back at an extraordinary month of London theatre.
Dan Hutton is a stalwart of the National Student Drama Festival – as a critic. But in 2014, he managed to worm his way in as a performer. Here, he ...
Simon Stephens recently highlighted the similarities between choreography and theatre. Dan Hutton looks at how dance shows that we don’t need verbose prose to understand a maker’s ideas.
Many theatre commentators are optimistic about the changing face of theatre criticism. But what about theatre journalism? Dan Hutton argues that the picture is much more bleak…
In his latest column, Dan Hutton reflects on how set designers are increasingly refusing to be tied down to notions of “realism”.
Two plays being revived in London this month – Oh What A Lovely War and Sizwe Banzi Is Dead at the Young Vic – were originally devised, collaborative pieces. Is ...
Every year, the theatrical community gets together for Devoted and Disgruntled, or D&D – a conversation about the future of theatre. Dan Hutton went for the first time this year ...
Drama Matters is theatre critic Dan Hutton’s new column for Litro. Still reeling from a double bill of political plays at Camden People’s Theatre, he reflects on what political theatre ...
