I first saw Harry Gibson's stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting in the 1990s when I was a recently-arrived-from-America twenty-something in London.
WATCH show vlogs: Julius Caesar, Beginning, The Lady With a Dog and Foul Pages
I've been raving about Julius Caesar to everyone over the past few weeks, and particularly the experience of seeing it in the pit of the staggeringly versatile Bridge Theatre.
WATCH: My thoughts on Mary Stuart, Oranges & Elephants and other #TimesUp shows
It’s natural that your reactions to shows are filtered through the prism of the current social and political climate. And savvy theatres, of course, seek to judge the mood and programme accordingly.
History has its eyes on us all: My joy and sorrow at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton
The London cast of Hamilton is led by Jamael Westman and Giles Terera as
WATCH: My thoughts on Off-West End musicals Miracle On 34th Street, The Little Match Girl, The Woman in White and Barnum
Does this count as a vlogmas? Probably not, but here's my attempt at a theatre diary vlog in any case, which includes two Christmas shows!
Acts of theatre resistance: Insignificance, The Lorax, Young Marx, Imagine This, Bernarda Alba
Clockwise from top left: Young Marx, The House of Bernarda Alba, Insignificance, Imagine This
Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights
Clockwise from top left: 31 Hours, Heisenberg and All the Little Lights. I
Musicals diary: Hair, Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein
Clockwise from top: Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein and Hair. In the
Plays diary: What Shadows, Ink, The Unknown Island, Lucy Light, The Swallow
Clockwise from top left: What Shadows, Lucy Light, The Swallow, Ink and The Unknown
Eye on the National: All the 2018 #NTNews announcements & reactions
If, like me, you're stuck at your desk today and can't follow the National Theatre 2018 season press briefing quite as closely as you'd like to, I've rounded up all today's key announcements and reactions for you here.