Udderbelly, a new Underbelly venue shaped like an upside-down cow, is not a hit with Lyn Gardner. “People often assume that because I’m a theatre critic I must be in favour of new theatres. Wrong. Contemporary drama really doesn’t need – and on the whole is ill-suited – to the playhouse, and it certainly isn’t going to be shown off to best advantage inside a giant purple plastic cow. It just makes everyone involved look ridiculous.”