by Web Editor | Feb 29, 2016 | Archives
Hon Gen Sec Ten boxes of old letters, press cuttings, menus and membership books of the Critics Circle since its beginnings on the eve of the First World War are kept in a temperature controlled barn belonging to the Museum of Theatre History in Bristol. Nothing of... by Web Editor | Jun 9, 2011 | Archives
The reports in The Stage about the setting up of the Circle William Russell The following two cuttings taken from the archives of The Stage tell of the setting up of the Critics’ Circle in 1913. The first is from the issue April 17, the second from the issue of... 
by Web Editor | Mar 16, 2011 | Archives, Music, Visual Arts
Our oldest member’s memories Peter Cargin A year before his death in November 2009 I visited him and his wife, Ann at his lovely home and studio hidden away in the Wiltshire countryside and he talked about his early experiences both as a ‘part-time’ music... 
by Web Editor | Jan 7, 2011 | Awards, Film
We’ve recently discovered some old photographs in the archives… Our first three Film Awards – they began in 1980 – were held at the National Film Theatre on the South Bank. ... 
by Web Editor | Dec 16, 2010 | Archives
Peter Cargin “Criticism is passing, as many of us know, through a difficult phase. Its field is becoming more and more restricted. There are fewer papers than there were before the war and less space even in these. ” Yes a statement most would agree with... 