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As I’ve all but abandoned my old PhD blog (for those interested it’s all still here) this seems like the place to reflect on 2017 in terms of professional and the overlapping personal achievements/life/whatever. And anyway the title of this blog seems apt.So 2017 started with a promise of a steady job for the comingContinueContinue reading “The World Only Spins Forward…2017 reflections”

As I’ve all but abandoned my old PhD blog (for those interested it’s all still here) this seems like the place to reflect on 2017 in terms of professional and the overlapping personal achievements/life/whatever. And anyway the title of this blog seems apt.So 2017 started with a promise of a steady job for the comingContinueContinue reading “The World Only Spins Forward…2017 reflections”

Here it is a list of the 10 shows that for various reasons made a mark in 2017. Some commentary being naturally longer than others…Outside the ‘Top 10’ some Honorable mentions as well…The Wedding Singer: Saw this on what was, by far the saddest day of the year- when our dear Doggy died. It didn’tContinueContinue reading “2017 Favourite Theatre”

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie This was my last theatre outing of the year, and what a way to end a year. Everyone should be talking about Jamie if they aren’t already. From what I saw on stage in front of me, and the fact that this is a new original British musical, Jamie is somethingContinueContinue reading “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie- Apollo Theatre”

Greetings Prophet! Ok so it’s been a while…life (and temp jobs) intervened and the ‘Angels’ part of my brain got turned off. But I’m back, and excited to get back into it. I missed month 3 update, and skipped ahead. But I have news…Project book has a publisher! Yes that’s right this ‘Tomb of Immobility’ hasContinueContinue reading “More Life! (Project book month 4)”

Greetings Prophet! Ok so it’s been a while…life (and temp jobs) intervened and the ‘Angels’ part of my brain got turned off. But I’m back, and excited to get back into it. I missed month 3 update, and skipped ahead. But I have news…Project book has a publisher! Yes that’s right this ‘Tomb of Immobility’ hasContinueContinue reading “More Life! (Project book month 4)”

It’s 25 years since the Angel first flew at the Mark Taper Forum so this is blog 1 of 2 on ‘Angels and me’ of sorts to ‘celebrate’ Two years ago this week I was doing this: Throwing pennies into Bethesda to celebrate the end of the PhD Making peace with the Angel.As the caption says, I’dContinueContinue reading “"She’s my Favourite Angel" Visiting Bethesda”

It’s 25 years since the Angel first flew at the Mark Taper Forum so this is blog 1 of 2 on ‘Angels and me’ of sorts to ‘celebrate’ Two years ago this week I was doing this: Throwing pennies into Bethesda to celebrate the end of the PhD Making peace with the Angel.As the caption says, I’dContinueContinue reading “"She’s my Favourite Angel" Visiting Bethesda”

A review of two halves, as I can’t be given a shiny new theatre to poke at without reviewing that too….Everyone loves a new toy to play with…and The Bridge Theatre is a lovely new toy for theatreland. Firstly, it’s location is spectacular- the views of London are glorious and next summer it will make forContinueContinue reading “Young Marx- Bridge Theatre”

The Epilogue is perhaps the richest of all scenes in the entire two plays. It divides people with some believing the whole thing would be better left at the point of the final ‘real time’ scenes. (So Prior and Louis’ final exchange and Harper’s monologue).  And while there’s a case for that- nothing is leftContinueContinue reading “‘You’ve got to have a theory’- Epilogue Thoughts”