“We have a revivified RSC, a National prepared to take extraordinary and bold risks, a fitfully intelligent raft of musicals and a collection of new companies, including Kneehigh and the scintillating Punchdrunk, prepared to reinvent what they think theatre should be capable of with each new show. So, why is it that a trip to the theatre these days so often leaves the feeling of a meal half eaten, of being served an appetiser rather than a main course?”