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Review: Is My Microphone On?

Reviewer Naomi Holcombe takes a look at Is My Microphone On? by Jordan Tannahill, calling it 'an innovative story spawned from a creative annual festival'.
 
Is My Microphone On? by Jordan Tannahill
Is My Microphone On? by Jordan Tannahill

I am always interested to see what the National Theatre Connections Festival selects as its play of choice each year, because so often their pick is refreshing, modern and relevant to a young ensemble of actors in today's changing world. They choose something affronting and significant which is really important, as it engages actors in a way that many other historical plays do not.

Is My Microphone On? is exactly this sort of play. It is a piece intended for an ensemble of youth ‘under the voting age’, whose aim is to hold the audience to account. It allows for a huge range of opportunities both in terms of staging and cast size.

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