Matt Boothman

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Matt Boothman

Matt has been reviewing theatre in London and the South East since June 2008. He may look like an old-guard establishment critic (white and male, that is) but don't hold his ethnicity against him - he's young and tech literate, and tries hard not to be middle class all the time...

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ÁTMAN sends participants on a walk around the residential streets and footpaths of Merton, accompanied by an abridged audio-only version of Peter Handke’s Self-Accusation.

Un/Familiar Fringe Episode Three: Un/Afraid

In part 3 of his Fringe round-up, Matt Boothman looks at the relationship between physical theatre and technology, highlighting anomie by Precarious and Borges and I by Idle Motion.

Un/Familiar Fringe Episode Two: Un/Seated

Belt Up Theatre, Tickled Pig and Ontroerend Goed are busy blurring the actor/audience divide at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. What techniques to they use and how do they compare?

Un/Familiar Fringe – Episode One: Un/Heard

Matt Boothman puts two participatory audio-led performances to the test at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009. Rotozaza’s GuruGuru followed by David Leddy’s Susurrus.

Un/Familiar Fringe – Episode Zero: Un/Explained

Matt Boothman lays down plans for some exciting and unusual coverage of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009.

Hot Air

Ten Pence Short, the company behind Hot Air asked its audience for feedback, find out what Matt Boothman had to say.

Last Seen

Last Seen offers a glimpse of how audio headphone technology could positively impact theatre, whether as a dramatic technique in itself or as a facilitatory tool.

The Mountaintop

More than just a reverent character study of Dr. King, The Mountaintop presents a history with an immediate bearing on the modern world.

The Moon The Moon

The Moon The Moon is many overlapping things, but never feels like collage; its elements complement rather than contradict one another.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Perhaps under other circumstances having ’solved’ All’s Well would be enough of an achievement, but this is the National we’re talking about; it’s perfectly justifiable to demand more.

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