Apologia, Bush Theatre

Text of the day: “I was thinking that in the present climate your job would have lost some of its allure.”

Campaign of the week: the cast of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride take a curtain call with “To Russia with Love” placards.

Text of the day: “Perhaps that is what I mean by love.”

Favourite stage direction: “He takes whatever tape is in the recorder out, and replaces it with the Greek one.”