'The rise of the solo performance' or 'Is the one-man-show the daddy of fringe theatre?'

I'll be writing a number of blogs for The National Theatre's temporary venue, The Shed.

These blogs will involve me riffing on a number of current theatrical themes.

First up: the rise of the solo performance. Why has this genre become so huge in recent years and can its increasing popularity be linked to broader sociological/economical/anything ending in 'cal' themes??

Read about it here