Editing Ewan MacColl (section)

==Teaching and theatre==
In 1965 Ewan and Peggy formed [[the Critics Group]] from a number of young followers, with [[Charles Parker (producer)|Charles Parker]] in attendance, frequently recording the group's weekly sessions at MacColl and Seeger's home. The initial aim of improving musical skills soon broadened to performing at political events, the Singers' Club where MacColl, Seeger and Lloyd were featured artists and theatre productions.{{clarify|date=September 2013}} Members who became performing folk singers in their own right included [[Frankie Armstrong]], John Faulkner, [[Sandra Kerr]], [[Dennis Turner]], Terry Yarnell, Bob Blair, Jim Carroll, Brian Pearson and [[Jack Warshaw]]. Other members, including [[Michael Rosen]], joined primarily for theatre productions, the Festival of Fools, a political review of the previous year.{{clarify|date=September 2013}}

As the theatre group's importance grew, members more interested in singing left. The productions ran until the winter of 1972–73. Members' differences with MacColl's vision of a full-time touring company led to the group's breakup. The offshoot group became Combine Theatre, with a club of their own mixing traditional and original folksongs and theatrical performances based on contemporary events, into the 1980s.