From Page to Stage photos and podcast: Are we doing enough to nurture new musicals?
Last night I had the privilege of helping to open the third annual From Page to Stage season of new musicals. From Page to Stage is the brainchild of Katy Lipson of Aria Entertainment.
Photos and podcast: Why we should edit classics like Hamlet and Marlowe’s Tamburlaine
A couple of weeks ago, as part of the ongoing Hamlet hysteria, I was amazed that such an apparent uproar was caused by director Lyndsey Turner's experimenting with the placement of the play's most famous soliloquy, "To be or not to be".
Photos and podcast: The making of new British musical The House of Mirrors and Hearts
The adage – usually attributed to Sondheim – that “musicals aren’t written, they’re rewritten” was central to the post-show discussion that I hosted last night at London's Arcola Theatre.
Photos: Final Father post-show panel on Women in the Arts
All good things must come to an end. Last night was the third and final post-show panel discussion in the series that I've programmed and hosted around Jagged Fence's new production of The Father, starring Alex Ferns.
Photos: Equal parenting, Fathers4Justice and Strindberg’s The Father
I’m still reeling after the thrillingly heated and thought-provoking panel discussion I hosted last night at Trafalgar Studios 2. This was the second in a series of post-show events I’ve programmed around issues and themes raised in Jagged Fence’s explosive new production of Strindberg’s The Father.
Photos: Feminism, Fifty Shades of Grey and The Father
How far have we come with feminism since August Strindberg was writing in the 1880s? “About halfway,” said Polly Toynbee on Monday night at Trafalgar Studios, in the first of a series of post-show panel discussions I’ve programmed and am hosting around Jagged Fence’s explosive new production of Strindberg’s The Father.
You’re invited: Join my post-show panel debates at The Father
that a well-run Q&A can not only give theatregoers greater insights into the creative process, it can deepen connections with the play and its themes for both artists and audiences.
Eric and Little Ern Q&A photos + 13 things I now know about Morecambe & Wise
Less than 24 hours before my scheduled post-show Q&A at the St James Theatre, I had a temperature of over 103° F (39.4° C). My boyfriend tells me I was semi-delirious. He contacted the producers of Eric and Little Ern and warned them I may not be able to make it the next night.
Photos: Go See post-show Q&A with the legendary Sondra Lee
Norris Church Mailer was the widow of the late American literary giant Norman Mailer. Sondra Lee was friends with them both, and helped Norris develop Go See, her only full-length play.
Video and photos: Spoiling post-show debate ahead of Scottish referendum
“Talk about handling a hot potato,” Gabriel Quigley said to me after I chaired a post-show Q&A with her and her co-star Richard Clements following last Thursday’s performance of Spoiling at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
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