There are meaty themes, humour and insight in this Royal Shakespeare Company production, but somehow Tanika Gupta’s script doesn’t quite take off. Read my full Broadway World review here
BWW Review: THE EMPRESS, Lyric Hammersmith
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BWW Review: OTHELLO, Riverside Studios
Three’s a crowd with multiple Iagos in this bold and fiercely tense version of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Read my full Broadway World review here
BWW Review: PRIVATE LIVES, Ambassador’s Theatre
A still very debonair Nigel Havers as dashing Elyot, and Patricia Hodge, very much at the top of her game as sensational Amanda, command the stage of the newly refurbished Ambassadors Theatre. Read my full Broadway World review here
BWW Review: 2:22 A GHOST STORY, Theatre Royal Bath
I’m afraid I don’t find the promised thriller play all that thrilling. There are references to ghosts, but by the end of the night I feel duped. Read my full Broadway World Review here
BWW Review:JEEVES & WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE, Salisbury Playhouse
Hilarious PG Wodehouse farce that’s guaranteed to chase the blues away. Read my full Broadway World review here
BWW Review: FAREWELL MISTER HAFFMANN, Theatre Royal Bath
The English language premiere of Farewell Mister Haffman is the most gripping, funny and startling play you’re likely to see this year. Read my full Broadway World review here
BWW Podcast Review: HOW TO WRITE A PLAY WITH MIKE BARTLETT, Old Fire Station
Tips, exercises and useful info for budding playwrights from Olivier award-winning writer Mike Bartlett. Read my podcast review here
Walk Listen Create blog: How to walk around an art gallery
You might think there’s only one way to walk around an art gallery. Hell, no. Read my full Walk Listen Create walking blog here
Just One Big Happy Family, in Scratching the Sands, National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2023
I want Astrid Vogel’s Happy Family Chalet Cuckoo Clock more than Astrid’s Skipper babysitter doll I stuffed up my sweater last time I came round to play. Read my National Flash Fiction Day flash fiction story, available from here
Musical Magazines Review: BUGSY MALONE THE MUSICAL, Theatre Royal Bath
Who says crime doesn’t pay? Director Sean Holmes certainly reaps dividends in a bouncy and bubbly revival of the baby-faced gangster musical that first blasted into existence as an award-winning film by Alan Parker back in 1976. Read my full Musicals Magazine review, obtainable here
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