The Crush Bar
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The Crush Bar is a weekly newsletter about emerging theatremakers written by me, Fergus Morgan, and published here on Substack. Usually, it is published on Friday morning, arriving straight into subscribers’ inboxes at 11.45am-ish. Source
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Search Articles"Don’t pester Lyn Gardner while she’s having her lunch."
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan. This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, though, I have assembled a panel of experts to answer readers’ questions about the Edinburgh Fringe, which kicks off in five weeks. After that, there’s your usual three show recommendations for next week.
Will they still do those tasty madeleines?
Hello, and welcome back to Shouts and Murmurs, a weekly round-up of theatre news, reviews, interviews and more from The Crush Bar, written by Fergus Morgan. If you are a free subscriber, you can usually only read the top bit. To access the stuff below the paywall, you have to become a paid supporter of The Crush Bar, which you can do for £50/year or £5/month, less than the price of a pint in a theatre bar.
"I realised we were walking into risky territory. I worried that what we were doing might be be weaponised."
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan. This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, it is a chat with director and dramaturg Marlie Haco, whose revival of Phil Davies’ Firebird opens at Southwark Playhouse next month. After that, there are your regular show recommendations.
Accompanied by a giant papier-mâché feline
Hello, and welcome back to Shouts and Murmurs, a weekly round-up of theatre news, reviews, interviews and more from The Crush Bar, written by Fergus Morgan. If you are a free subscriber, you can only read the top bit. To access the stuff below the paywall, you have to become a paid supporter of The Crush Bar, which you can do for £50/year or £5/month, which is less than the price of a pint in a theatre bar.
What do you want to know about the Edinburgh Fringe?
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan. This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, though, only partly because I have been ridiculously busy, it is a short newsletter teeing up a pre-Fringe issue I will be running in a fortnight’s time. After that, there’s your usual show recommendations.
Rosamund Pike does her job
Hello, and welcome back to Shouts and Murmurs, a weekly round-up of theatre news, reviews, interviews and more from The Crush Bar, written by Fergus Morgan. If you are a free subscriber, you can only read the top bit. To access the stuff below the paywall, you have to become a paid supporter of The Crush Bar, which you can do for £50/year or £5/month, which is less than the price of a pint in a theatre bar.
"Rob Icke told me to go and make my own work. It was the best advice."
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan. This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, it is a chat with writer-director Emma Howlett, whose new show The Plot is running at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Fringe. Then there are your regular show recommendations for next week.
Several thought-provoking pints of Guinness
Hello, and welcome back to Shouts and Murmurs, a weekly round-up of theatre news, reviews, interviews and more from The Crush Bar, written by Fergus Morgan. If you are a free subscriber, you can only read the top bit. To access the stuff below the paywall, you have to become a paid supporter of The Crush Bar, which you can do for £50/year or £5/month, which is less than the price of a pint in a theatre bar.
"The play traces his life leading up to the moment he stuck a flare up his arse"
Hello, and welcome to The Crush Bar, a newsletter about theatre by Fergus Morgan. This is the free Friday issue, which usually contains an interview with a theatremaker or an essay on a theatre-related topic. This week, it is a chat with actor and writer Alex Hill about his one-man play Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England and upcoming Edinburgh Fringe drama The Jolly Fisherman. After that, there are your usual show recommendations: one in London, one in Chichester, one in Glasgow.
Failing to efficiently flog some posters
Hello, and welcome back to Shouts and Murmurs, a weekly round-up of theatre news, reviews, interviews and more from The Crush Bar, written by Fergus Morgan. If you are a free subscriber, you can only read the top bit. To access the stuff below the paywall, you have to become a paid supporter of The Crush Bar, which you can do for £50/year or £5/month, which is less than the price of a pint in a theatre bar.