Inspired by Sarah Wilson’s recent blogpost on Learning to be a Producer, I wanted to write something that took in the year end without writing ‘here were my best theatre producing moments of 2016’. Instead here is a list of … Continued
In the brief time that I have been in New Zealand (I’m currently traveling for a month around New Zealand and Australia), I’ve come to realise that much of the concerns about theatre in the UK (or London) are being … Continued
A clinical trial looking at the effects of a new anti-depressant. Not quite the setting you’d imagine love to explode from, but in Lucy Prebble’s new play, The Effect, under the direction of Rupert Goold for Headlong Theatre at the … Continued
Iara Solano Arana stands in a black dress and dons a blonde wig. Lit from the side she is bathed in a yellow hue as she presses her lips against the microphone that crackles and sparks at the contact. Oozing … Continued
I’ve held off writing up a review of Little Angel Theatre’s production of The Tear Thief for nearly a week now. It is the sort of production that is best enjoyed over time, a sort of slow sinking passionate affair that you … Continued
The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre is, much like the National Theatre’s Cottesloes Theatre, a space that offers experimentation to limited audiences. Hidden at the top of the building, you’re likely to see new plays by emerging … Continued
If there is one thing I have learnt recently, it is how much of the National Theatre is hidden from sight amongst the cocooning layers of concrete. Where Made In China’s Get Stuff Break Free took audiences between two lift shafts overlooking the … Continued
Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, as part of LIFT Festival, sees the return of Back to Back Theatre, the Australian company that brought Food Court to the Barbican in 2010. Working to provoke and inspire through the use of disabled actors and … Continued
We’ve all seen those statistical reports about the current opinion of Londoners in magazines and papers. They’re quoted in government reports, and slowly filtered down so that they become throwaway stats that we use every day. With 7.8 million inhabitants … Continued
I’m an emotional person, this much I know about myself, but when it comes to theatre I have developed a heart of stone. I’ve spoken previously about how music can make my heart swell, but when it comes down to sitting … Continued