How I Review New Work
Holly Williams (Exeunt Magazine)
Pier Street
Saturday 19 July
11.15am-12.15pm
£3-10 (Pay What You Decide)
Reviews can make or break a new play, but what’s really behind them?
In this candid session, theatre critic Holly Williams shares how she approaches brand new work, offering writers and creatives a rare glimpse into the critic’s mindset.
What are reviewers looking for? How do they compare new writing to existing works? And how can artists engage with criticism in a healthy, constructive way?
If you’ve ever felt at the mercy of the star-rating system, this workshop will demystify the process and help you see criticism not as a threat, but as part of the ongoing conversation around your work.
Age recommendation 14+, with parental discretion. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Holly Williams is an author, journalist, critic and editor. She is a former staff writer and arts editor for The Independent, and as a freelance writer her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Observer, the BBC and Vogue.
Holly is the editor of Exeunt, a Substack about theatre, and has reviewed theatre for almost every publication in the UK, from Time Out, What's on Stage and The Stage to The FT, The TLS, The Telegraph and The Times.
Her novels What Time Is Love? and The Start of Something are published by Orion.
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Sat 19 July
11.15am