I had a fabulous time last week in Stratford-upon-Avon seeing Justin Audibert's new re-gendered production of Shakespeare's early "battle of the sexes" comedy The Taming of the Shrew (…
I've spent quite a lot of my Easter weekend thinking about Donald Trump. As a thankful respite from trying to read the 448 pages of the Mueller Report, it was for positive reasons on Good…
When: 13th May 2019 @ 7:30 pm " 10:30 pm Where: Charing Cross Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NL Oscar-winning French musical composer, conductor and pi…
What does theatre mean to you? How do actors marry up the dual emotional demands of their chosen profession? How many 'characters' or versions of ourselves to the rest of us play in our own …
When: 7th May 2019 @ 7:30 pm " 10:15 pm Where: Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, London EC1V 4NJ After Anomaly earlier this year, I'm delighted to return to the Ol…
When: 19th April 2019 @ 8:00 pm " 10:45 pm Where: Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD What a timely revival of this 1980s satire on corporate gre…
When: 8th May 2019 @ 7:30 pm " 10:15 pm Where: Print Room at the Coronet, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB This sounds like such a fascinating piece " and I'm looking…
When: 4th May 2019 @ 7:30 pm " 10:00 pm Where: Cervantes Theatre, Arch 26, Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, London SE1 0LR The Cervantes Theatre continues to both bring…
When: 25th April 2019 @ 5:00 pm " 6:15 pm Where: The Other Place Studio, 22 Southern Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BH Two days after Shakespeare's birthday (23 April), I…
When: 12th April 2019 @ 7:30 pm " 10:00 pm Where: Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP After the European premiere of Tom Coash's Cry Havoc in Park9…
How lucky am I? Last night I got to spend a second night in a row with lovely Olivier Awards nominee Marc Antolin. After sitting behind him at the ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday…
I was thrilled to attend last night's Olivier Awards with the Songs for Nobodies team " and also with my old friend Richard Gresham in tow. Richard and I decided to run a competition. Who co…
This past Wednesday (3 April 2019) would have been Tony Benn's 94th birthday. Great celebratory timing for the return of Tony's Last Tape, the one-man play celebrating the Labour firebran…
Did seeing fascist Tommy Robinson denouncing Muslims and immigrants on a big screen in Whitehall terrify you? What are the long-term consequences of today's political rhetoric in Trump's Ame…
Last night I chaired my second of three post-show Q&As with Lazarus Theatre Company as part of their 2019 residency at Greenwich Theatre " their highly acclaimed return production of Lor…
Why is intimacy so hard? In the bedroom, when can drugs be a help and when a hindrance? How much should we reveal to a new partner? What new demons do today's young gay men carry with the…
How can a 60-seat black box studio above a pub stand out amongst nearly 100 Off-West End and fringe theatres in London? THIS is how. There was palpable excitement in the room on last nigh…
How often do you ask yourself this question: Do you love this planet? No, but seriously, do you really love this planet? How much? And how much are you willing to sacrifice to prove it in th…
When: 8th April 2019 @ 7:45 pm " 9:45 pm Where: Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP "Love is a search for faith. Love is passion. Putting your hand…
A lot has been said about All in a Row online (especially on Twitter around #puppetgate) " about the play itself, its depiction of autism and its use of a puppet in portraying the non-…
"It's so rare these days to see a play about optimism," the wonderful actor Malcolm Sinclair told me after Wednesday night's performance of Gently Down the Stream at the Park Theatre. Malcol…
When: 12th March 2019 @ 7:00 pm " 10:00 pm Where: Lion & Unicorn Theatre, 42-44 Gaisford Street, London NW5 3ED Exciting things going on at the Lion & Unicorn Thea…
When: 30th April 2019 @ 7:30 pm " 10:00 pm Where: Drayton Arms Theatre, 153 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 0LJ Calling all David Bowie fans! Come join me for this acclaimed…
In my first of three post-show Q&As this year with Lazarus Theatre, I was at Greenwich Theatre for this pioneering ensemble company’s exciting re-examination of Shakespeare’s…
The bookworm in me adores everything about libraries and they don’t get much more atmospheric, or historic, than The London Library, the world’s oldest independent lending librar…