The Girl Next Door (Online review)

Time travel reveals the differences and similarities in societies 78 years and a hedge width apart

Haunting Julia (Online review)

The lack of a visual dimension is no barrier to a successful production of this chilling tale

Anno Domino (Online review)

Ayckbourn experiments with audio for the first time and produces an interesting and diverting play

By Jeeves (Online review)

Delightful musical from two masters of their crafts

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

Watching Ayckbourn

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

Culture bound – January 2020

A real case of extremes this month – although there was plenty that was straight down the middle too.

Table talks

A review of Ten Times Table by Alan Ayckbourn currently at Richmond Theatre . Still has resonance.