Occasionally, I have time to write about productions where I haven’t chaired post-show talks and perhaps even thoughts on topics that have nothing to do with theatre. You can find these ramblings here, including my still very popular What I Learned Today series.
Does Dr Theatre have a cure for the audience?
Ah-choo to you! Don't let the common cold stop your theatregoing - or bother others My partner Peter
7 essentials needed for a show to score on the Hitometer
Fans camped out for tickets to see Mark Rylance in Jerusalem in the West End in 2010 and 2011
Theatre bloggers unite for drinks and free tickets
On Monday night, I had the pleasure of attending the second official gathering of the London theatre bloggers, an amorphous
About time? Guy Fawkes inspires new musical
The creators of Guy Fawkes The Musical are seeking a producer My first thought when the folks behind
Must-see musicals: Memphis and Kinks-filled Sunny Afternoon
Killian Donnelly and Beverley Knight in Memphis at the Shaftesbury Theatre In my Theatre Diary last week, I
My theatre diary: The Distance, Electra, Lord of the Flies, Urinetown, Next Fall
Having escaped back to Mallorca for a week (god, I love that place, my little piece of heaven), there are
Simon Callow reaches 21 with The Man Jesus. What next?
Simon Callow in The Man Jesus, which premiered at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast in 2013 and played the Lyric
How to make your professional stage debut, aged 53
Old pros Jonathan D Ellis and Poppy Tierney play the devilish Mr Applegate and his homewrecking sidekick with newcomer
Have you voted yet in the West End Wilma Awards? Here’s why I have
Wicked vies with Miss Saigon, Matilda and Shakespeare in Love for Wilma's Best West End Show Award I
Spoiler alert: My favourite Forbidden Broadway spoofs
Forbidden Broadway was just what the doctor ordered for me the other night - I haven't laughed so hard in