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I never review comedy. I’m a massive comedy nerd. I could probably talk your ear off about comedy structure more than theatre. But I’ve always kept it as my thing ‘for me’ rather than work. But I’m breaking that one for this show. Never has a comedy show been so perfectly pitched comedically but alsoContinueContinue reading “Rhod Gilbert- The Book of John”

A note to start. This isn\’t a review, it\’s a personal reflection. I\’m Chair of the Board of Taking Flight Theatre, so it wouldn\’t be proper to review. But having seen peeling a second time this weekend, I have so many thoughts I needed to get them out. For those who don\’t know Kaite O\’Reilly\’s playContinueContinue reading “peeling- a personal reflection”

 ‘You’re wasting yourself when you could choose not to’Sylvia, is, without doubt, the character who talks most sense in Laura Wade’s Home I’m Darling. Mother of Judy, who is living what Sylvia calls a ‘cartoon’ of a 1950s life, having dropped out of the working world to be a housewife, Sylvia despairs of her daughter’sContinueContinue reading “\’Wasting Your Life\’ Home I\’m Darling, and feminist choice.”

 ‘You’re wasting yourself when you could choose not to’Sylvia, is, without doubt, the character who talks most sense in Laura Wade’s Home I’m Darling. Mother of Judy, who is living what Sylvia calls a ‘cartoon’ of a 1950s life, having dropped out of the working world to be a housewife, Sylvia despairs of her daughter’sContinueContinue reading “\'Wasting Your Life\' Home I\'m Darling, and feminist choice.”

It is not to diminish the historical elements, the research and indeed the politics of the play, to say that it’s power and its joy is in storytelling. In an age where playwrights are, rightly so, turning their words towards political statements with fervour once again, increasingly the storytelling of theatre is forgotten. There areContinueContinue reading “Emilia- Vaudeville Theatre”

I did a completely rash thing this weekend:  I went to see a show I had no intention of reviewing, that wasn’t for professional reasons of any kind. I went to see a community theatre production of Witness for the Prosecution because my friend was in it, and I wanted to support him. And onContinueContinue reading “A good night out, entitlement and Agatha Christie”

 4 ****On the top layer, Waitress is sweet and fun with beautiful ingredients in the form of a stellar cast. But dig a little deeper and we find there are a lot more layers to the pie. Waitress is so much more than the fluffy romcom musical of a movie it’s marketed as. It’s aContinueContinue reading “Waitress- Adelphi Theatre”

A note on this piece: I could have written a rave review of Come from Away. But what I couldn\’t get out of my head was how important a piece it feels in terms of recording history. As a former history teacher, and as an academic who looks at theatre\’s response to real-world events…I wrote anContinueContinue reading “Come From Away: Memory, Memorial and Hope.”

My piece for Miro magazine on Rent Live can be found here

My recent piece on ‘Rent Live’ for Slate magazine can be found here.