RaveThe Financial Times...many anecdotes that pepper the pages of Nicholas Hytner’s hugely entertaining memoir...subtly revealing, even-handed approach is typical of the book, which, as its title suggests, describes the many balancing acts entailed in running the UK’s flagship theatre. It’s also characteristic of Hytner’s astutely pitched style ...balances wit with intellectual gravitas, gossip with self-deprecation and mischief with serious insight, but rarely discloses his innermost thoughts and emotions ...a book that balances revelation with caution ...a palpable sense of the work and camaraderie that drives the creation of drama. Hytner has a writer’s instinct for detail, drawing you into the room with luminaries... He’s at his precise best on Shakespeare (brilliantly incisive and revealing on Hamlet) and on Alan Bennett.
