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[IWG @IWGalloway]

Next show! We're making What is the City AGAIN, this time in Sydney, right outside the Opera House. If you're in Sydney, come! It's free, but you need to book a space in advance.

https://t.co/a3h7NHZu9m

[IWG @IWGalloway]

@ChrisBushWrites ME TOO

[IWG @IWGalloway]

Instead, if we want theatre to be a popular, unique art form, then make it random, changeable, immersive and interactive. Like it was before film was invented and theatre started attempting to use authenticity and classism as it's USP.

[IWG @IWGalloway]

Obligatory #TheatreEtiquette tweet. If you expect audiences to sit silently and observe the same identical show as every other night through a fourth wall, all liveness and variance drained away, just 'appreciating' a static, unchanging, managed product, then 🧵

[IWG @IWGalloway]

What's the point?

Just make a film.

Why are you even making theatre?

[IWG @IWGalloway]

@Reese_Williams Ok I'm suddenly interested in pots now. Gonna get me an Easter pot.

[IWG @IWGalloway]

@Ben_Armstrong_4 @AlisonHammond If people are not 'respecting the art' then the question should be 'why don't they consider it worthy of respect?'

You can't gain respect by demanding it. Demanding that people take theatre seriously only makes it look more ridiculous

[IWG @IWGalloway]

TRAPLORD just won Best New Dance Production @OlivierAwards! Well done everyone!

[IWG @IWGalloway]

Tomorrow I am going to the @OlivierAwards and I really really really can't be bothered to go dig out a suit from the storage unit. It's 2023, why do suits even still exist? 🛋️

[IWG @IWGalloway]

Considering a new passive-aggresive theatre policy to go with the current anti-biog. If one of the designers is credited unspecifically as just 'Designer', then insist the rest of us are too. 🤣

[IWG @IWGalloway]

Reasons theatre tech weeks are annoying no.355829: I'm currently behind on #StarTrekPicard , #TheMandalorian AND #rupaulsdragrace15.

[IWG @IWGalloway]

Ok, next week we go to Edinburgh. What shall we see?

[Selina Thompson Ltd @SelinaTLtd]

... theatres... I beg... on your access page, put the width of your seats, average legroom, whether seats have arms or not. Have a picture of the stalls, note which end row seats put folks closest to loos. Couple of lines of text, a jpeg or two, but it can make all the difference

[IWG @IWGalloway]

@mogster

[IWG @IWGalloway]

That doesn't mean we shouldn't have awards - every industry gets awards. They just don't expect the rest of the world to care about them! If theatre dropped it's delusions of grandeur, maybe its awards wouldn't have to be weighted so heavily towards shows that can pay for them?

[IWG @IWGalloway]

@MrLukowski (accidentally?) hits the nail on the head. There's a DESIRE in theatre not just for an awards ceremony, but for an Oscars/Baftas-scale ceremony. But while most people in the street can name a movie star, they'd be hard pressed to name a 'theatre star'. 1/

[Andrzej Łukowski @MrLukowski]

@crowleyjo @Little_Bulb I think it’s a funny one, there’s a hunger for an Oscars-style ceremony for the industry and it’s basically given a pass because it comes closer than anybody else, the trouble is there’s just nobody with more money than SOLT with the will to make a better awards!

[IWG @IWGalloway]

They did try this a few years ago, but it was quickly pushed back to the late night slot. I would imagine, if it pulled in viewers, it would have stayed at primetime. But it's an awards ceremony for an industry most people happily ignore. I'm surprised it's still on TV at all!

[James @James_Bren_]

But I’m really disappointed that @ITV aren’t showing it on TV until 10:15pm-12:15am. This should be a prime time family show at 7-9 that celebrates the craft of theatre. For an industry still recovering from the pandemic ITV really should’ve helped by putting it at a better time

[IWG @IWGalloway]

So who's getting slapped this afternoon to try and make #OlivierAwards relevant again? Oh hold on, they can't do that. They don't recognise fight directors. 😂

[IWG @IWGalloway]

@Abnormal_UK what happened to Caramel Latte? It's not appearing as an option on my account.

[IWG @IWGalloway]

TRAPLORD is open at 180 Strand!
https://t.co/3BNF6kNAZJ