Twelfth Night (Review – Onstage)

A sun kissed account of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Exceptionally well produced, directed and acted show about survival and humanity with a healthy dose of animal life on display

The Last Five Years (Online review)

A non professional company takes the plunge into online streaming - the result is an engaging musical with real heart

Normal service will be….

An attempt to retain some normality

Triple Ayckbourn

Later this month,Tower Theatre in Stoke Newington is producing all three plays of the celebrated Norman Conquests trilogy by Alan Ayckbourn. By way of celebration here's my own trilogy of blogs about why this man looms quite so large in my life (click each picture to reveal details) .... And if that has whetted your …

Directing Ayckbourn

Part of an Alan Ayckbourn blog trilogy - this time being in the driving seat

Acting Ayckbourn

Part of an Alan Ayckbourn blog trilogy – this time being on stage

Getting sorted ….

Some new developments on the blog to make things more accessible

2019 – The Best Of The Bunch collection

A round up of my monthly cultural picks for 2019 January The Cane – play by Mark Ravenhill (Royal Court Theatre) ***** February The Only Story - novel by Julian Barnes ***** March The Show In Which Hopefully Nothing Happens – play by Jetse Batelaan (Unicorn Theatre) ***** April Happy Days - play by Samuel …

Culture Bound – December

Managed to squeeze a few things in between directing a play and Christmas.