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David Walliams on getting the RSC’s ‘stamp of approval’ with The Boy in the Dress musical

By |2020-01-08T10:14:50+00:0024 October 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

During rehearsals for The Boy in the Dress, I spoke to David Walliams about his inspiration for the original story, his burgeoning career as a children’s writer and how he feels having his work adapted by the RSC.

How did Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting become a cultural phenomenon? I’m finally ready to immerse myself

By |2020-02-01T23:40:38+00:0028 March 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

By |2020-02-01T23:49:51+00:0026 February 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

By |2020-02-01T23:50:47+00:0027 January 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

By |2020-01-08T09:57:25+00:0023 December 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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

By |2020-02-01T23:50:27+00:0020 December 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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

By |2020-03-27T12:44:13+00:007 November 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Clockwise from top left: Young Marx, The House of Bernarda Alba, Insignificance, Imagine This

Musicals diary: Hair, Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein

By |2020-03-27T12:44:38+00:0023 October 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Clockwise from top: Five Guys Named Moe, Young Frankenstein and Hair. In the

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