Emily Milledge in the title role in Jane Montgomery Griffith’s Antigone. Photo by Pia Johnson.
The Latin phrase ‘de gustibus non est disputandum’, or ‘on matters of taste, there can be no disputes’, should be a reassuring maxim for theatre critics.
It gives them the licence to speak freely about a production, knowing even if their audience – or the artist – disagrees, their right to that opinion is sacrosanct.