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Blackouts in Lebanon, and other love stories

Blackouts in Lebanon, and other love stories

I’m in an Ibis ‘Styles’ hotel* in Birmingham, having just got in from seeing the new Tania El Khoury show for Fierce festival. Like all…
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Megan Vaughan
13 for 2018

13 for 2018

It’s been a big year. I left my job, moved out of London, put my first book together, and somehow still haven’t fucked up my PhD (yet)…
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Megan Vaughan
Remembering Boy at the Almeida

Remembering Boy at the Almeida

Leo Butler has a new play about LSD, but the interview with him in The Guardian has really just got me thinking again about how absolutely…
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Megan Vaughan
Phobiarama is fucking brilliant

Phobiarama is fucking brilliant

And I’m about to tell you what happens in it, so if you’re planning to go, think carefully before you keep reading.
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Megan Vaughan
Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

First things first: how great is it to see a Tom Scutt design in action again?! I sometimes worry that since he’s returned from his showbiz…
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Megan Vaughan
John (National Theatre)

John (National Theatre)

Simultaneously the most interesting and most boring play I’ve seen in a long time.
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Megan Vaughan
Wild Life FM (Unicorn Theatre)

Wild Life FM (Unicorn Theatre)

This collaboration between Kim Noble, the guys at CAMPO, and a bunch of the most brilliant teenage musicians ever is a weird mix of the…
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Megan Vaughan
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Gate Theatre)

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Gate Theatre)

This was FANTASTIC. Like, startlingly good. It’s a period of history that interests me culturally (from a privileged white British…
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Megan Vaughan
Parliament Square (Bush Theatre)

Parliament Square (Bush Theatre)

I was disappointed by this, but I think I am partly guilty; I had somehow convinced myself that it was going to be electrifying. Thinking…
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Megan Vaughan
Network (National Theatre)

Network (National Theatre)

Him off of Breaking Bad! In the flesh! Having a breakdown! OMG!
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Megan Vaughan
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