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.
Press launch: With the original Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley, who has choreographed and directed Lord of the Dance, appears in the show, but says these will be his last-ever West End performances. At 55, he says it’s time to hang up his dancing shoes.
Photos: The Lion post-show Q&A with musician Benjamin Scheuer
I cannot recommend Benjamin Scheuer’s The Lion highly enough. This is a beautiful one-man musical about a boy and his father and how that boy became a man and fell in love with playing music.
Post-show Q&A photos: Julie Atherton, the cast & the cast of Therese Raquin
What a turnout! After a Twitter RT frenzy with the cast of Therese Raquin yesterday, every single one of them joined me for a post-show Q&A after their sensational performance last night at the Park Theatre – including, as promised, feline star, Francois the Cat!
Photos: The Frida Kahlo of Penge West post-show Q&A
I had a great time last night (3 July 2014) hosting the post-show Q&A at the hilarious new "two-woman comedy about putting on a one-woman show", The Frida Kahlo of Penge West. I was joined by writer/director Chris Larner and the show's two stars, Cecily Nash and Laura Kirman.