Operation Mincemeat: “Anything can happen, so strap in!”

Recently crowned winners of the Best Musical Production at the Off West End Awards, SpitLip are set to move their hit show Operation Mincemeat to the West End for a limited run this spring; they take over at the Fortune Theatre, following The Woman In Black‘s haunting 33-year run. Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on […]

Why should you see Bonnie & Clyde?

London’s “Most Wanted” musical is back for a new run – this time, Bonnie & Clyde are holding up the Garrick Theatre for a limited 11-week season. I was recently fortunate enough to be invited along to the rehearsal room to see how things were coming along (unsurprisingly it all sounded fantastic), as well as have […]

#FilmFebruary: “We need to let go of the idea of what ‘best person for the job’ looks like in our mind”

You’ve seen the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite (or one of its many cousins) knocking about for a few years now – but what’s that all about? Do you mean to say that awards ceremonies aren’t meritocracies? Basically, yeah. And it’s not just the glitzy end of season parties that have a diversity problem; improvements still need to […]

Interview with Invisible Cinema Russia

Last year I was interviewed by Anastasiya Kharchishena of Invisible Cinema Russia, answering questions about theatre blogging, diversity quotas, and a certain William Shakesbear… How did you get interested in theater? Why did you decide to blog? I went to a few shows when I was younger (mostly school productions, with my friends in the […]

The Show Must Go Online: “It’s a real community that uplifts and supports each other”

I may be woefully behind on my show write-ups (thanks, day job!), but I couldn’t not mark The Show Must Go Online coming to an end – at least until further notice. It’s also Love Theatre Day today, so it would have been remiss of me not to do something in honour of that; just […]

#MindTheBand: “There is nothing like live music”

Earlier this year, Danny Horn & the Shared Myths released their debut album – Quitting Smoking – supported by a pair of innovative DIY music videos for the first two singles from the record. Due to the ongoing pandemic the band (consisting of Danny Horn, Megan Leigh Mason, Andy Gallo & Holly Cassidy) were […]

The Show Must Go Online: “Very proud of our 50/50 gender split and diverse casting”

People get incredibly excited about casting announcements, but very rarely do they trace things back to the people who put these casts together. The tide now may (finally) be turning, however, as several awards ceremonies now have added prizes for casting – such as BAFTA in both its film and television awards (Shayna Markowitz winning […]

Third Wheel: “It felt a bit like it should’ve always been a musical web series”

Back in October 2017, following a showcase of songs that summer, I was lucky enough to catch a short run of two brand new musicals from New.: Fiver and The Dysfunctional Guide to Being a Third Wheel. As many of you may know, Fiver (written by Alex Ellison & Tom Lees) recently enjoyed a run at Southwark Playhouse to […]

Isolation Ensemble: “Your sense of connection to your fellow actors is still very much present”

In times of adversity, creativity doesn’t grind to a complete halt – how else do you think theatre has survived since its birth in Ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago? Instead it adapts to the conditions in which it finds itself, making the most of the options available. In the case of the coronavirus crisis, […]

The Show Must Go Online: “Exactly what the world needs right now”

Never have the words “all the world’s a stage” felt more apt. Thanks to initiatives such as The Show Must Go Online, global audiences are getting the chance to connect with Shakespeare in a way they never have before. When faced with the closure of theatres across the world, it seemed unfathomable that brand new […]