149 stories by "Camilla Gurtler"
Summertime in London is the time for Shakespeare, and the city blossoms with various productions from open-air theatre in the heart of Covent Garden and small modern interpretations, to the …
It is always a pleasure seeing one of Iris Theatre's outdoor Shakespeare productions in the heart of Covent Garden, concealed in the sweet idyll of St Paul's Church. Staged in the church's g…
Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, Fences is one of August Wilson's plays about the African-American experience of a divided America. Officially the country was “separate but equal”, bu…
When we are children we fantasise about becoming superheroes. We dream ourselves into a world where anything's possible " we can fly, run through walls, our bodies are capable of anything. T…
"Mockingbirds just make music; they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out. That's why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird." To Kill a Mockingbird is probably one of the most beloved boo…
Guy's life is running away from him without him noticing. Once a writer (he won a short story award 14 years ago, according to his talking fridge) he now finds himself stuck with a writer's …
A narrative is any account that presents connected events, usually with a certain structure. When we read/hear/tell stories there's almost always a beginning, a climax and an ending. Even if…
Parveen Akram, a young Muslim barrister, fights for her clients' liberties in the Westminster County Court but soon realises that separating her professional life and her domestic nightmare …
It is unbelievably hard to get into drama school in the UK. About 4,500 young people apply every year, pay a fortune to be seen for about 90 seconds (which is outrageous, but that's a differ…
If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep depicts a government that has privatised the welfare state, with catastrophic results for its citizens. The play exposes the failures of our…
Auditioning is hard. That's no secret. It is terrifying putting yourself on display with the risk of failing " and even the best actors are rejected from time to time. Sometimes you are just…
When you are applying for jobs it's usually your CV you have to worry about " your experience, your degree and how it all fits in with the company for which you are hoping to work. But with …
We all dream of happy endings. We grow up with great fairy tales promising a “happily ever after” and even as grown-ups living in a world of financial crisis, one-night stands an…
The Effect questions medicine at its highest level: neuroscience. We rely so much on what scientists tell us " if we are ill we trust them to give us the cure, and we do what they say in the…
When Mark (Joe Doherty) came on stage, ranting and swearing like a talking bulldog, I thought Bones would leave me checking my watch every ten seconds, dying to run out of Tristan Bates Thea…
I so didn't expect to be wearing goggles in a locker room playing thumb war with a guy on a Monday night, but that was exactly my experience of Non Zero One's The Time Out. Today people seem…
President Barack Obama has killed a dog. With his bare hands. And apparently he lived with an illegal Pakistani immigrant in Harlem before jumping up the social ladder, fulfilling the Americ…
As a Scandinavian, it is very exciting when the West End takes on some of the Nordic masterpieces. And when this is Ibsen himself, whose dramatic portrayal of women had such an impact on the…
Writing is not the same anymore. Where beautiful poetry and theatre pieces blossomed with Shakespeare and his contemporaries, it seems as if new writing in the 21stcentury has gone into over…
I believe every actor’s mum has told him at least once that she will be his manager when he reaches Hollywood. I've got at least 5 people who have promised to manage me if I ever find …
Science fiction rarely treads the boards, with the exception of a certain Spiderman musical, which ended in disaster with four major accidents. So Misshapen Theatre's Blast Off at the Soho T…
Life in London is busy. Relaxing could easily be a Russian word to Londoners, taking a break from the city is like asking a photographer to take pictures with a shoe. Yet somehow Iris Theatr…
When we buy Coca Cola in a supermarket the first thing we look for is the brand " the label, Coca Cola. If it wasn't clear to us what the product was we would spend ages in the beer departme…
Back in the days, before Timeline on Facebook, people worshipped gods. They were divine creatures we couldn't touch. This is how we see actors today: god-figures, creatures from another worl…
