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Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show video and photos: What’s your version of Ada’s Christian Dior dress?

By |2023-10-12T19:42:06+01:009 October 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

What do you covet so much that you would work yourself, save and sacrifice for years, just for the chance of making the prized possession yours?

Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million

By |2021-11-07T09:58:33+00:0029 October 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The big moral question at the heart of Indecent Proposal is: what are you willing to do for $1 million? More specifically: would you have sex for a stranger if they paid you $1 million?

The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

By |2021-10-02T14:46:05+01:0030 September 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Apart from it being a charming public park and one of my dog's favourite destinations for our daily walks, I have always been fascinated by history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, near my home in south London.

Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

By |2021-06-02T11:30:53+01:0016 February 2021|Tags: , , , , |

In April 2020, I was due to chair a post-show Q&A at The Other Palace for new British musical CASES. Of course, that run was cancelled due to Covid, but when composer-lyricist Dominic Powell decided to give CASES a new lease of life by recording a studio album, he asked me back to chair a discussion via Zoom.

Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?

By |2020-01-26T22:11:08+00:0021 November 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One of my favourite reviews of Fanatical, the new British musical currently receiving its world premiere season at London's Playground Theatre, opines: "It will remind you why you love whatever it is that you're a fan of".

Midnight Q&A video and photos: What would you do if the secret police knocked on your door?

By |2020-02-01T21:50:56+00:0021 September 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

So often with the news these days, parallels are drawn with our turbulent political times and the fascism that swept across Europe in the 1930s, and the question is asked: what would you do if...?

Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?

By |2020-02-01T21:57:11+00:0014 September 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Can musical theatre help us find common ground with those with whom we disagree? If so, Unexpected Joy is undoubtedly the musical to do it. 

It Happened in Key West Q&A video and photos: But did it ACTUALLY happen? (Yes)

By |2020-02-01T22:34:48+00:0012 July 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Andrew Lloyd Webber came up twice in conversation at last night's post-show for It Happened in Key West. The second pertained to the title of the show when, many years ago, Jeremiah James was first inspired by a late-night television documentary about Carl von Cosel.
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