Head Editor & Reviewer at @everytheatre - TYA specialist, British Puppet Guild President's Plate award, MA (hons) London's Theatre, freelance designer
London
Joined May 2009
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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. everything-theatre.co.uk/202…
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#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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#Review: Time Sliders @newdiorama ★★★★
"A great instance of an entertaining show that offers its young audience food for thought."
#theatre #TYA
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Free 90-min dance workshop opp for 18-30 yr-youngs on March 28: candoco.co.uk/events/creativ…
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#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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.
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Playing now @PolkaTheatre
#theatre #TYA #Wimbledon
Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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#Theatre #Puppetry #FamilyShow
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#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
#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
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Mary Pollard retweeted
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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Mary Pollard retweeted
#Interview: Director Eoin McKenzie on The Show for Young Men
"Ultimately, it’s a show about love, and about expanding how men can connect with each other and learn from each other."
13 - 15 Feb @SouthbankCentre for #ImagineFestival
#theatre #TYA #dance
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