Never Mind The Blog… Here’s Spring/Summer 2019

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 […]

Olivier Awards 2018

So, that just happened! Despite some small disappointments in the nominations (nothing too much, just some things felt unnecessarily overlooked), I was rather looking forward to this year’s Oliviers. And I was also rather glad that I wasn’t on site to cover the ceremony this time – partly because of the damp forecast, partly because I […]

Olivier Awards 2018 – nominees

I must admit that I was feeling slightly trepidatious about today’s announcement, having checked over the list of eligible productions for this year’s Olivier Awards and being reminded of some of the awful pieces of theatre I saw last year – so my immediate reaction is one of relief. Then follows a tinge of smugness […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s January 2018

John & George One of my theatre resolutions for the year was to start a monthly feature to preview the comings & goings of Theatreland, with some extras thrown in for good measure. Hopefully as time goes on the logo will get some work done on it, but for the moment just don’t judge a […]

Favourite shows of 2017

Any number of shows could have been included in this post; frankly it’s ludicrous that I decided to stick with my whole top 12 idea… As I’ve seen about 90 more individual shows than last year, it’s almost a question of picking some of the shows out of a hat to be able to split […]

Mind the Blog ‘on tour’ 2017

I have to admit, my line about Mind the Blog going ‘on tour’ more this year was basically a reference to my secret New York trip that I’d been planning for a few months prior to writing the post about my plans for 2017. But, in the end, it has turned out to be a […]