Occasionally, I have time to write about productions where I haven’t chaired a post-show talk 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.
Press Pass: Everything you need to know about Alfie Boe & Katherine Jenkins in Carousel
Carousel at the London Coliseum After successes with Sunset Boulevard and Sweeney Todd, English National Opera continues its
Press Pass: Everything you need to know about 42nd Street (and Kate Middleton!)
The cast of 42nd Street. © Brinkhoff & Mogenburg The second massive New York import in less than a
Bra-waving, toe-tapping and female solidarity: The Girls and Stepping Out
Joanna Riding in The Girls; Dominic Rowan and Tracy-Ann Oberman in Stepping Out If you're seeking life affirmation,
Take two: Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz & Travesties, plus future fantasy casting
Doubling up with Stoppard: Joshua McGuire & Daniel Radcliffe in R&G, Freddie Fox & Tom Hollander in Travesties
Press Pass: Everything you need to know about An American in Paris
An American in Paris has burst onto the West End stage Here's what London is crying out for:
Off-West End musicals diary: The Sorrows of Satan and The Wild Party
The Wild Party at The Other Palace and The Sorrows of Satan at Tristan Bates Theatre Not long
Limehouse asks both ‘what if?’ and ‘why not now?’ Urgent questions
Paul Chahidi, Roger Allam, Shirley Williams and Tom Goodman-Hill play the "Gang of Four" in Limehouse. © Jack Sain
The ‘will of the people’? London has no place in My Country
My Country; a work in progress I’ve never voted Conserative. Indeed, the morning after the 2015 General Election,
My theatre diary: Off-West End plays Diary of a Teenage Girl, In Other Words and La Ronde
Clockwise: In Other Words, Diary of a Teenaged Girl and La Ronde Two Off-West End plays have recently
Press Pass: Everything you need to know about Gary Barlow & The Girls
The cast of The Girls includes Joanna Riding, James Gaddas, Claire Moore, Claire Machin, Sophie-Louise Dann and Debbie Chazen