Theatre Critic of the Observer. Author of 'A Card from Angela Carter' and 'With Chatwin'.
Joined August 2010
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Susannah Clapp retweeted
The World is Full of Married Men is a gloriously filthy Barbie bonkbuster
Hackney’s Yard theatre reopens in startling fashion with a hilarious feminist Jackie Collins puppet show boasting plenty of plastic-on-plastic action
Review by @susannahclapp
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Tom Littler’s open-air Shakespeare double bill triumphantly plaits two comedies
An ingenious merging at @OrangeTreeThtr of Much Ado and Love’s Labours Lost either side of wartime draws out the romance of wordplay, writes @susannahclapp
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Susannah Clapp retweeted
Camden Fringe’s Shakefest – mixed, young, ridiculous fun
A punchy Prince of Tyre musical and a portrait of a pouting Perdita are among the highlights of a festival held in an old pub theatre
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Electra/Persona: Sophocles meets Ingmar Bergman is all Swedish to me
The combination of classical tragedy and the film director’s 1966 psychological drama is wilfully opaque, despite star turns by Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss
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Susannah Clapp retweeted
Of 2500 media stories about the June heatwave in the UK, 72% didn’t mention climate change. 95% didn’t mention net zero.
“The link between all three recent periods of extreme heat and climate change is indisputable.” - Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit theguardian.com/environment/…
Susannah Clapp retweeted
Very sad to learn that Radio 4's The World Tonight is to be killed off in the latest round of BBC cuts. It has a long and honourable history as one of the more thoughtful BBC news programmes and I am proud to have been associated with it for more than twenty years.
Susannah Clapp retweeted
Tonight's @BBCFrontRow: @boydhilton and @susannahclapp are reviewing 1536, Rivals S2 and The Christophers. 715pm R4 or link after... bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w62…
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Great article by @susannahclapp about our ‘beloved’ #TheArchers and the Art of the Soap.
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Susannah Clapp retweeted
The best theatre to see in 2026
The stage next year has a distinctly feminist feel, from a Victoria Wood musical to Tilda Swinton wearing the trousers, writes @susannahclapp
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Susannah Clapp retweeted
The best theatre to see in 2026
The stage next year has a distinctly feminist feel, from a Victoria Wood musical to Tilda Swinton wearing the trousers, writes @susannahclapp
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Susannah Clapp retweeted
Goodwin got annihilated by a chap wearing a grey shirt, we all owe that lad a beer.
Susannah Clapp retweeted
A consequence of leaving the ECHR would mean the UK could reintroduce the death penalty, which Farage and Reform seem to want.
Here's Ian Hislop to explain why that's a ridiculous idea 👇👇👇
Susannah Clapp retweeted
“The same lack of transparency, the same Bitcoin stuff, the same conflicts of interest, the same disregard for what is actually true.”
Prepare for Nigel Farage and his “Trumpery” in government, Private Eye editor Ian Hislop tells #TimesRadio.
@HelenLewis | @DarrylMorris
Susannah Clapp retweeted
Despite a vivid performance from Susan Sarandon, Tracy Letts’s portrait of a woman at different stages of life lacks detail and heart, read @susannahclapp's full review now:
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Susannah Clapp retweeted
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve_news. We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
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'Tragedy teeters on the brink of comedy in the National’s racing, relentless production, redeemed by Francesca Mills’s triumph as Ophelia'
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Thanks @amolrajan for allowing us to hear not unchallenged but not totally obstructed. Cd Nick Robinson to Rachel Reeves : ‘You’re crushed: you cried!!!’