Mary Pollard

Head Editor & Reviewer at @everytheatre - TYA specialist, British Puppet Guild President's Plate award, MA (hons) London's Theatre, freelance designer

[Simon Harris @SimonHarrisMBD]

This seems like a great time to reshare my favourite Sir Patrick Stewart performance, ‘What has the ECHR ever done for us?’ It’s just perfect in every possible way … including the ending 😂😂😂 RIP.

🎥 The Guardian

[Donald Hutera @DonaldHutera]

Once again my @EveryTheatre pal MPollard's view is astute incl spotlighting utterly charming physical theatre actor Nadeem Islam, wonderful Mary Malone's complex Helena & Jenny Rainsford's strong Titania/Hippolyta. Dream is a WS plays that keeps on giving. https://t.co/NKQ9VuG36T

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Interview: Breach Theatre talk devising for and with young people on Time Sliders

"We’ve always secretly hoped @newdiorama would ask us to do their schools project show... we thought it looked like an exciting and brilliant challenge."

#theatre #TYA

https://t.co/azuuyglVG3

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Review: My First Ballet: Cinderella @Sadlers_Wells ★★★★

"Clearly this positive first ballet experience might well be the jumping off point for many more."

#theatre #dance #ballet #TYA

https://t.co/mMlJkM82G3

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Review: Time Sliders @newdiorama ★★★★

"A great instance of an entertaining show that offers its young audience food for thought."

#theatre #TYA

https://t.co/gII4pP1KLm

[Donald Hutera @DonaldHutera]

Free 90-min dance workshop opp for 18-30 yr-youngs on March 28: https://t.co/NPsRjALz9f

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Interview: Peter Morton takes us on a tour of Tiny Planet

"The fact it’s largely non-verbal means you have to pay attention to the action and lock into what the puppet is doing."

Touring nationally until 26 April

@HalfAString

#theatre #TYA #Puppetry

https://t.co/5uitDTQUNM

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#Interview: Beau Hopkins serves up SALT

"Filled with sea shanties, folk hymns and raucous dances, SALT is a visceral and mesmerising journey into a stark, mythic world of salt and song."

Playing now @RiversideLondon

#theatre #offwestend #hammersmith

https://t.co/9uL1qK3MYB

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Interview: Naomi Sorkin talks about Women’s Voices: A Celebration

"I wanted to create something to represent women across all of the Arts – not just theatre."

@PlaygroundW10 from Sunday

#theatre #offwestend

https://t.co/HGjLMkTFxg

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#Review: The Great Big Bug Show @HalfMoonTheatre ★★★★

"This is a joyful hour of family fun that’s informative in the most inclusive manner and an excellent opportunity to get some poetry and music into your life."

#theatre #TYA

https://t.co/miI8FCqSDq

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#Interview: Martha Godber on Do I Love You?

" The play really takes you on a journey, one of belonging and finding yourself through a movement."

playing now @WiltonMusicHall

#theatre #fringe #offwestend #northernsoul

https://t.co/0tMJGxGUdw

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Oxford Playhouse ★★★★

"This is play that calls into question truth – how we live with it or choose to reframe it, and Tweddle’s vision makes it an active investigation."

#theatre #regional #oxford

https://t.co/2ejLOoKLUK

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Interview: What’s more terrifying: the wrath of the gods or modern dating? 🏺💔

We chatted with the creators of Who Let the Gods Out about blending ancient mythology with 21st-century chaos.

https://t.co/wr1yduxk4x

Playing now @PolkaTheatre

#theatre #TYA #Wimbledon

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Review: Brave Bettie @HalfMoonTheatre ★★★

"A really refreshing take on the ancient African legend, bringing a new superhero into our modern world and showing how the knowledge of the ancestors can be useful as well as entertaining."

#theatre #TYA

https://t.co/v4oly7oVcG

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Interview: Puppeteer Bori Mező tells us about making Hopeful Monsters

"We weave around each other, connecting and coming apart, appearing and disappearing in channels of light."

14 - 22 Feb, Well Walk Theatre

👉 https://t.co/Uha0sUheNe

#Theatre #Puppetry #FamilyShow

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Review: Mrs Armitage On Wheels @SouthbankCentre ★★★

"There’s definitely opportunity here to lean more into the magic of transformation, but the whole is a polished, if a little lightweight, adaptation."

#theatre #TYA #Southbank

https://t.co/hKL959vSK9

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Review: Deep Azure @The_Globe ★★★★★

"The talent on stage is breathtaking and what Fynn-Aiduenu is doing for Black British theatre is nothing short of gamechanging."

#theatre #southbank #TheGlobe #hiphop

https://t.co/jgstpLC1YM

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#Review: Jack and the Beanstalk (sort of) @HalfMoonTheatre ★★★

"The whole thing is kind of slapdash, but intentionally so, making it joyfully accessible."

#theatre #TYA

https://t.co/owoE1LNp0U

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

#Interview: Peddaling Puppet Power

Maia Kirkman-Richards on designing puppets for Mrs Armitage on Wheels, playing @SouthbankCentre for #ImagineFestival this February half-term

#theatre #puppets #TYA #southbank

https://t.co/fDTF0eHWnK

[Everything Theatre @EveryTheatre]

The Etties 2025

The Etties are all about the beating heart of the industry. ❤️

Our 2025 shortlists are a love letter to the grit, talent, and innovation of the Fringe.

Who are you rooting for this year?

#Fringe #TheEtties #TheatreAwards

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