Critics and the Criticised: Luke Jones meets Simon Godwin
What's it like when your new show is about to be exposed to the acid wit of the critics? Top theatre director Simon Godwin bares his soul on the weird experience of being reviewed.
Imagine this: you've spent months, years even, working on a show. Now it's press night. Sat in a silent row, or peppered around the theatre, are the people whose life's work is to criticise yours - the critics. So what’s it like when your lovingly crafted new play opens and you see them out there, ready to tell the world what they think of it? Top theatre director Simon Godwin, who's worked at the National Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic and is now at Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company, bares his soul about how it really feels when the lights go down and the little notebooks come out.
Presenter: Luke Jones
Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton
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- Tue 7 Feb 202309:30BBC Radio 4
- Thu 21 Sep 202323:30BBC Radio 4
- Sun 14 Dec 202523:45BBC Radio 4 FM
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