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The Last Five Years: The piano is the new star in Jason Robert Brown’s two-hander

By |2021-09-27T11:09:49+01:0027 September 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

There's a line in The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown's semi-autobiographical musical two-hander about a relationship breakdown, that gets me every time.

The View Upstairs video and photos: What happened in New Orleans on 24 June 1973? Why should we remember?

By |2020-01-25T21:29:10+00:004 August 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had just enough time to wipe away my tears - I was sobbing - at the end of The View Upstairs before jumping up after the curtain call to announce this post-show Q&A at Soho Theatre.

A Guide for the Homesick Q&A video and photos: How did Doctors Without Borders & homophobia inspire this new play?

By |2020-01-26T22:51:48+00:0022 October 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The night after they faced the press, the team behind the European premiere production of A Guide for the Homesick faced a packed audience, most of whom stayed on to take part enthusiastically in our post-show discussion.

Q&A video and photos: Discussing racism & representation at Rasheeda Speaking

By |2020-02-01T23:22:16+00:0026 April 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What a provocative play and post-show discussion! Are we all racist? How different are racial relations in 21st-century America versus Britain? How do we get more unheard voices onstage?

Photos and podcast: Talking second chances and JM Barrie with Dear Brutus director and cast

By |2020-03-27T15:21:42+00:006 December 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Another fascinating rediscovery from Troupe Theatre. JM Barrie is best known, of course, for Peter Pan, but he also authored myriad novels and numerous other stage works, including Dear Brutus.

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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