Q&A photos and podcast: Putting the accent on authenticity in The Gulf
Getting the accents for lovers Kendra and Betty just right is indicative of the overall authenticity achieved in Matthew Gould's production.
Q&A video and photos: What happens in the Dames loo on a Friday night?
DAMES, a celebration of female friendship, has been born from that creative collaboration and is the first of what, I hope, is many Siberian Lights productions.
Q&A video and photos: Things are blooming with The Secret Garden at Cirencester’s new Barn Theatre
The Barn Theatre's inaugural production of The Secret Garden extended by a fortnight - which very helpfully allowed me to fit another trip to Cirencester and a post-show Q&A into the diary. And I'm so glad.
Q&A video and podcast: How did Miss Nightingale fly into its perfect venue at the Hippodrome?
When I chaired my first post-show Q&A at Miss Nightingale a year ago, I thought The Vaults was its perfect home. But now that it's moved to the London Hippodrome, it's obvious" THIS is truly the ideal venue for this lovely original British musical.
Q&A photos and podcast: How has theatre helped Soldier On’s veterans recover?
I'm pretty certain that my event last night at SOLDIER ON was my largest-ever panel for a post-show Q&A: in total, there were 19 of us, including me. Thank goodness the Playground Theatre had plenty of chairs.
Q&A video and photos: Celebrating mothers, daughters and gender equity at After the Ball
When you hold a post-show Q&A on Mothering Sunday, it's awfully helpful to have a mother of one of the show's stars in the cast.
Curtains Q&A photos and tweeting: Are we all entitled to a ‘decent death’?
If an elderly relative in enormous physical pain begged you to help them to die, would you? Would you ever ask the same of someone else? What is a ‘decent death’?
Q&A photos and podcasts: Getting Angry with Philip Ridley, Georgie Henley and Tyrone Huntley
Why should we stay angry? Philip Ridley articulated for me what I so often want to say to people who shrug their shoulders about Donald Trump’s latest assault on human decency.
Q&A video and photos: Questioning the point of philosophy with The Soul of Wittgenstein company
What’s the point of philosophy? According to Ludwig Wittgenstein, as portrayed in Ron Elisha’s moving and thought-provoking two-hander The Soul of Wittgenstein: “It creates the illusion of knowledge. Which gives one a sense of order."
Rothschild & Sons Q&A podcast and photos: Broadway legend Sheldon Harnick on why the Jewish story must be told
The Jewish story must continue to be told, Sheldon Harnick told me and a packed house at London's Park Theatre after a performance of Rothschild & Sons, for which he wrote the lyrics to the music by late collaborator Jerry Bock.
