Wish list: The Show Must Go Online

This week The Show Must Go Online headed off into new territory, eschewing Shakespeare and anything Shakespeare-related with their latest production: John Lyly’s Gallathea (with a majority LGBTQIA+ cast). The team are clearly keen to continue their exploration of Zoom theatre for the foreseeable (though not at the eye-watering pace of a play a week […]

The Show Must Go Online: Groundlings’ Choice Awards 2021

To celebrate their first birthday, The Show Must Go Online held the inaugural Groundlings’ Choice Awards last night. It’s hard to believe that it has been a year since that kiss in The Two Gentlemen of Verona – and most of us were probably convinced that things would go back to some semblance of normality before the […]

Out of 2020 – Into 2021

I’ve ummed and ahhed over doing this sort of post, but (now the end of January is in sight) I’ve finally decided that I might as well follow up my ‘favourite things‘ post with a bit of a round-up – and some kind of look forward. One thing that I did manage was to get […]

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 […]

The Show Must Go Online: Measure for Measure

The ‘problems’ continue for The Show Must Go Online this week, as they tackle Measure for Measure – jumping from Troilus and Cressida‘s classical Troy to Vienna. It’s also designated as a sort-of comedy, though again this may depend entirely upon your own perspective. Measure for Measure is another that I haven’t seen that many times. My first […]

The Show Must Go Online: Troilus and Cressida

A bit of a swerve this week on The Show Must Go Online, as Shakespeare heads to the classical world with his version of Troilus and Cressida – the first of the ‘problem plays’, which follows last week’s comedy, Twelfth Night. I have only ever seen this play once before, and I wasn’t quite sure what to […]

The Show Must Go Online: Twelfth Night

From Elsinore to Illyria, as this week The Show Must Go Online takes on my favourite Shakespeare play: Twelfth Night! After the tragedy of Hamlet last time, a madcap comedy was definitely in order. Rather neatly, I’ve so far seen 12 different productions of the play; it isn’t just because it’s my favourite, it’s an incredibly popular play […]

#MindTheBard 2020: round-up

And you thought a challenge week sans the theatre wouldn’t happen… It’s not the same, obviously, but I did at least have two live shows and one new to make it feel a bit more like the real thing. If you were keeping an eye on my diary updates and Insta stories you’ll already have […]

#MindTheBard 2020: “What country, friends, is this?” – Twelfth Night preview

Orsino is in love with Olivia, and spends his days sending gifts & messages to her, pining away in his own home. Olivia does not love him, and so refuses him every time – even news that she will remain in mourning for both her father and brother for seven years doesn’t put him off! […]

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 […]