Anxiety is a death knell for theatre

guardian.co.uk: "Last week, I did some work with a group of sixth-formers through the excellent Mousetrap scheme. The scheme is designed to encourage young people to become independent theatregoers; it was providing cheap tickets for youngsters long before the government came up with its PR wheeze to offer freebies to those under 26. Most of the students had very little experience of going to the theatre, and one of them said that her experience made her feel quite anxious."