"Improv Everywhere tramples the lines drawn between spectacle and spectator, theatre and real life, public and private, performance and protest, and reclaims the streets for ordinary people."

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Source: Lyn Hejinian (2013). “My Life and My Life in the Nineties”, p.28, Wesleyan University Press

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Lyn Gardner is a prominent theatre critic and writer, known for her insightful commentary on contemporary theatre and its societal impact.

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