Imagine a world held hostage by fear and episodes of extreme weather, where you must be careful what you say or risk your very existence. Though you might think I’m describing the current situation in Britain, this is actually the gist of Dawn King’s Foxfinder. Farmers have rigid targets they must meet (no matter how much […]
Read More FoxfinderApparently 2018 is the “Year of the Woman”, and it has definitely felt like the world of theatre has stepped up for the occasion. So imagine my horror when I read Victoria Sadler’s annual report on female playwrights and the reality isn’t quite as rosy across the board as you might hope… I’d definitely recommend […]
Read More “You don’t need to be a woman to know what is coming”Following in the toe-tapping footsteps of his previous live shows from the last decade (Live & Unjudged, Licence to Thrill & A Night to Remember), Brendan Cole is bringing back his acclaimed All Night Long for an autumn tour that begins at the end of next month at King’s Theatre, Southsea. It includes a West End […]
Read More Brendan Cole: All Night Long – Autumn 2018 tour announcedSeptember is a bit of a busy month at the day job, so I’ve made sure that my evenings are filled so I have something to look forward to each day… On the broader theatrical landscape, there are plenty of things opening this month! In London Eugenius! returns to The Other Palace, Milly Thomas’ Dust […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… It’s September 2018The second show in Iris Theatre’s summer season at St Paul’s (the Actor’s Church) this year, following on from their production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel, The Three Musketeers. It’s time to head to 17th century Paris with d’Artagnan, desperate to become a Musketeer – but hiding a […]
Read More The Three MusketeersBeginning last October, Dominic Dromgoole (former Artistic Director at Shakespeare’s Globe) set out to bring a year of Oscar Wilde’s most well-known Victorian plays to the West End Stage. Through his new company, Classic Spring, A Woman of No Importance, Lady Windermere’s Fan and An Ideal Husband have all run at the Vaudeville Theatre, […]
Read More The Importance of Being EarnestThough 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! […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s August 2018After meeting in the rehearsal rooms for Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s play The Jungle, cast members John Falsetto (Okot) and Mohamed Sarrar (Omar) started composing music for the show. Now, alongside Ammar Haj Ahmad (Syrian actor & poet, who plays Safi), they are set to release a recording of their compositions entitled Sounds of Refuge – one […]
Read More Sounds of Refuge: album announcedSince its announcement back in March, the Arts Theatre’s latest show has been causing quite a stir in the capital – from a multitude of posters, to performances at West End LIVE and a horseback photo shoot on Tower Bridge. It is now open and is due to have a fairly limited run over the […]
Read More Knights of the RoseA hip-hop musical about a section of American history which sees British rule overthrown and a new republic created; a story that’s probably quite unfamiliar to many native Brits. It’s not on the history curriculum for one thing – when I was at school, once you got to a particular stage in your education the […]
Read More “We are a powder keg about to explode”
