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Reflections on the state of the nation’s theatre – which seems to me to be cautiously optimistic. I got let out to write about it in the London press this week in the hallowed pages of the New Statesman; read all about it here. Inevitably the very nice editor wanted me to start off with Black Watch even though the third iteration of the show has, according to colleagues, lost some of its edgy pace so that by the time the London cognoscenti get to see it this summer, they will all be able to say sniffily, “Huh, can’t understand what all the fuss was about”.  Well they will be wrong; it was sensational. But It does seems like ancient history now.  Director John Tiffany is expect to put it out to grass after this run. Probably about time.

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