Congratulations to all those artists, audiences and fellow travelers who attended the launch of the Crack Theatre Festival in 2009; 1. It was amazing, and 2. No-one got killed.*

Now, your kindly hosts David Finnigan and Gillian Schwab are very pleased to announce the dates for the festival in 2010: Thursday 30 September – Monday 4 October. Write it in your diaries with a leaky red pen and smear the ink with your thumb. NO EXCUSES. IF YOU DON’T ATTEND YOU CAN STILL GRADUATE BUT YOU CAN’T COME TO THE FORMAL.

* If you know otherwise, keep it to yourself.