Once The Musical, the multi-award-winning Broadway and West End hit, has now embarked on its first major tour of the UK, including this week at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, where I'll catch up with Guy, Girl and the gang.
Chaplin post-show video and photos: What led to the birth of the Little Tramp?
Have you ever seen Charlie Chaplin's classic film The Great Dictator? Eighty years after it was released, it feels terrifyingly current. We get a glimpse of why with the inclusion of its final speech in Arrows & Traps' latest offering.
Chaplin
After my post-show talk to Jekyll & Hyde in September, I'm delighted to return to Brockley Jack Theatre for Chaplin, another Arrows & Traps production - and more exciting still, a brand-new play, written and directed by artistic director Ross McGregor.
The Jury post-show video and photos: How do social biases affect our judgments?
Are you aware of your inherent biases about gender? How much do they affect your judgments about women or men are capable of? What about when it comes to a violent crime?
The Jury
Twelve strangers collide in a controversial case that will change them forever. I'll chair a post-show discussion with the creators of tense new courtroom musical drama on their official London opening night.
For the Sake of Argument post-show video and photos: How did Christopher Hitchens inspire this provocative new play?
Have you ever been powerfully persuaded by something you've read in a newspaper? Should journalists be held responsibility for the consequences of the articles they write?
For the Sake of Argument
How much responsibility should journalists take for the words they write? Are we all 'citizen journalists' now? How much responsibility should we take for the information we share and the arguments we make online?
Magic Goes Wrong post-show video and photos: How well do comedy, Mischief and magic mix?
As their episodes of The Goes Wrong Show continue to delight television audiences, I was delighted to continue my series of Mischief Theatre talks with a return to the Vaudeville Theatre to catch up with the company’s co-writers – Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis and Henry Shields – and their co-stars in the latest goes-wrong stage comedy.
Magic Goes Wrong
In the latest of a monthly series of Mischief Theatre post-show talks in the West End, I'll return to the Vaudeville Theatre, where, following Groan Ups, the company's year-long season of new work continues with a brand-new 'goes wrong' comedy.
COPS post-show video and photos: What is an “actor’s play” and why are there so few of them?
To me, COPS, set in 1950s Chicago, comes across as so authentically period that it feels like it must be a finely minted revival. But it’s not: it’s a new play. Even more surprising then that it’s written by an author I’d never heard of before.