Never Mind The Blog… Here’s August 2018

Though at the moment it looks quiet, I have finally got a draft schedule together for my time in Edinburgh, and it seems as if my plan to ease myself in has just gone out of the window… It’s going to be a hectic week for me up there, but it has to be done! […]

2018 mid-year update

Where have those six months gone? The year started off quite slow and steady, but all of a sudden things have picked up the pace again… It’s as if I never attempted to take things a little easier! As of this evening, I’ve managed to fit in 110 different shows – plus there are the […]

Dust: West End transfer announced

Following an award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2017, and a sold-out engagement at Soho Theatre earlier this year, Milly Thomas’ acclaimed solo show Dust will transfer to Trafalgar Studios 2 in September. It is directed by Sara Joyce, and features set design from Anna Reid, sound design from Max Perryment and lighting design from […]

“Sit by my side and let the world slip”

Previously I’ve written about ‘how to be a groundling‘ at Shakespeare’s Globe (though obviously some of those tips can be universally applied to standing areas in theatres), so I thought it was high time I turned my attention to the more widely used format: seats. An element of theatregoing that can just be taken for […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s May 2018

An exciting couple of months coming up on the fringe – this month I’m checking out Theatre N16’s new venue for a couple of shows, for one thing, and next month The Bunker Theatre will be a bit of a hotbed for new writing. By now, you won’t be surprised that there’s a lot coming […]

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 […]

“The great publishing rip-off of our times”

This is something I’ve been meaning to write about for quite some time, but (as ever) other things have managed to get in the way. However, last night a couple of interesting tweets popped up from Channel 4’s political correspondent, Michael Crick, that seemed to get people’s juices flowing – one of which makes a rather […]

Never Mind The Blog… Here’s February 2018

Missed what January had to offer? Have a quick skim over the first post if you like, and then see what’s happening in the shortest month of the year. No time to revamp the logo, so for now you’ll still have to bear with my ‘interesting’ design… There’s another slew of openings and early previews […]

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 […]

Love Theatre Day 2017: A day in the life of Mind the Blog

It’s Love Theatre Day! What will you be doing to celebrate? My plans tonight aren’t strictly theatre, as I’m heading to Live at Zédel to see Barb Jungr’s tribute to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen; I’m reviewing the show for BroadwayWorld UK, so keep an eye out for that… I thought one way of marking […]