You’ve Been Warned (But Why?)

In British theatre now, there are warnings for everything. “As yet, theatre warnings haven’t become sufficiently detailed to confuse the actual with the represented. Apart from quantifiable matters such as nudity, theatres tend to use euphemistic phrases like ‘adult content’ or ‘scenes of an explicit nature’. But behind all warnings – whether about content or sensation – lie presumptions that go beyond health and safety into more contestable areas of consumer protection.”