Not the usual way we’d all like to be spending World Theatre Day, but if you do want to mark it in some form then there are plenty of creative options available. News The National Theatre is due to begin a series of NT Live streaming events on YouTube; they will take place every […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s World Theatre Day 2020I really enjoyed the last summer season overall (despite now being almost completely sworn off returning to the groundling life – people are just too rude & inconsiderate for me to countenance it as a viable option), and the 2019/20 winter season has just gone above and beyond so far. The Wars of the Roses […]
Read More Globe 2020: “This wooden O”What I’d usually do here is say I’m aiming to be sensible again, but that clearly doesn’t work – at the most it lasts about one or two months and then anything goes… So I’ll just say that I’ll think carefully about my reviewing commitments, and then everything else can sort itself out organically. What […]
Read More Coming up in 2020…With the summer season over, we now retreat into the cosier confines of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for the next winter season at Shakespeare’s Globe: She Wolves and Shrews. As well as several offerings from the Bard, there will also be a contribution from one of his close collaborators, plus a couple of pieces of […]
Read More Play by Candlelight 2019/20: preview“Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away.” This Arthur Miller classic began life as a one-act play (first staged on Broadway in September 1955), before being developed into a more substantial two-act play – it premièred at the New Watergate theatre […]
Read More A View From The Bridge: “A hugely contentious political issue”The slightest of delays in getting this one out – but if you were dealing with unco-operative internet, a laptop whose keyboard still won’t work, and a manic month at work to prepare for, you’d be in the same boat. News Tower Theatre in Stoke Newington is celebrating its first anniversary, and will be […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s Autumn/Winter 2019Last year, writer and actor Tom Hartwell brought his latest play to the stage at Theatre N16; a solo show about the modern generation entering their thirties, Before 30 made it to my top shows of 2018. It came back for a brief run at Waterloo East Theatre earlier this year, and is now making […]
Read More Before 30: “Writing a play is cheaper than therapy”You may remember that last year I provided you with one of these big preview posts every month. Whilst it was interesting to find out what was going on across the country (and remind myself of things I still needed to see), the self-imposed pressure of compiling so much every few weeks started to cause […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s Spring/Summer 2019It is now just one week until MT Fest UK kicks off at The Other Palace, which will include not just musical showcases, but also talks and concerts. Last week the festival was officially launched in The Other Palace Studio, with exclusive performances from Evelyn Hoskins & Luke Bayer, and an insight into the event […]
Read More MT Fest UK: launchOnce again I start off with the intention of looking after myself more – it worked for a short while in 2018, but I very quickly slipped back into old habits… I have at least blocked out regular nights off for half of the year already, so fingers crossed I can stick to that. This […]
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