Are We Losing An Entire Generation Of Theatre Critics?

“In contemporary criticism, authority is everything, and it is nothing without both expertise and experience. As far as I know, there are no regularly employed theatre critics under 30. For all their vim and vigour, their self-assurance and their passion, the young critic is inevitably a naive one. The question, then, is not one of whereabouts, but of training: where are tomorrow’s critics going to come from?”