Do you read your reviews? Six theatre notables talk about their relationship with the critics. (Faultlines).

Who are theatre critics writing for? Most critics would say their main goal is to inform and persuade their readers, the potential audience members. But what about the theatre practitioners themselves? Do they read their reviews? And if so, do they gain any insight into their own work in the process?

"Asking a working actor what he thinks about critics," Christopher Hampton once famously warned, "is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about dogs." Nonetheless, we put the question to working actors, writers, directors and designers. Some "look ...

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