The Way Old Friends Do
Calling all ABBA and new writing fans! I'm delighted to return to the Park Theatre for the premiere of The Way Old Friends Do, written by and starring Ian Hallard and directed by Mark Gatiss.
Potted Panto
Potted Panto runs at London's Southwark Playhouse from 5 December 2019 to 11 January
An Act of God post-show video and photos: Blasphemy & belly laughs with David Javerbaum, Zoe Lyons & co
How do you get SIX MILLION followers on Twitter? As someone who spends all day most days on social media, I'm staggered by the very notion. It must require divine intervention... of sorts.
Sinatra: Raw post-show video and photos: What makes Frank Sinatra such an enduring icon?
Despite singing the songs of Sinatra since he was a teenager, Richard Shelton was turned down multiple times for a part in concert show The Rat Pack. When he was invited to audition for Rat Pack Confidential, he went in angry and impatient... and finally got his man.
The Crown Dual Q&A video and photos: How to condense two Netflix seasons into 70 minutes… with more to come
We were all madly checking our phones for news in the bars afterwards, but while much of last night's Westminster drama was going on, at Wilton's Music Hall, we were getting to glorious grip with the (affectionate) comedy potential of the monarchy with The Crown Dual.
The Falcon’s Malteser Q&A video and photos: How to detect an Anthony Horowitz page-to-stage hit
How did New Old Friends come to adapt Anthony Horowitz's 1986 children's novel The Falcon's Malteser into a hit family stage show? How has a new gender-equal, four-strong cast brought it to life for its London premiere?
Q&A video and photos: How did Nina Simone inspire Black Is the Color of My Voice?
How much do you know about Nina Simone? Guaranteed: after you see Black Is the Color Of My Voice, the one-woman play with music written by and starring young American theatremaker Apphia Campbell, you will be inspired to learn more.
How did Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting become a cultural phenomenon? I’m finally ready to immerse myself
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.
Musicals diary: Death Takes a Holiday, Promises and Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Gabriel Vick and Daisy Maywood in Promises, Promises A few thoughts on musical
A new musical every night? Top 5 Showstopper conspiracy theories
The company of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical at the West End's Apollo Theatre