A Call to Critique

Exeunt Magazine: Bloomsbury Theatre, 2005, and a critic walks out of a performance of Tango Apocalypso by The Shysters, a company of actors with learning disabilities. Asked why he is leaving prematurely, he says something about being unable to review the show because the learning disability is “in his face”. Brighton Fringe, 2014, and a critic attends a performance of Eye Queue Hear by Access All Areas, a performance company of artists with learning disabilities and/or autism. He doesn’t file his review, however, and tells the venue this is because, “I don’t want to upset anyone”.