Q&A photos: Why was working on Peter Shaffer’s Equus so freeing for the cast?
Q&A photos: Why was working on Peter Shaffer’s Equus so freeing for the cast?

Q&A photos: Why was working on Peter Shaffer’s Equus so freeing for the cast?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T21:57:10+00:0024 July 2019|Tags: Doreene Blackstock, English Touring Theatre, Ethan Kai, Natalie Radmall-Quirke, Ned Bennett, Norah Lopez Holden, Peter Shaffer, Post-show Q&As, Robert Fitch, Terri Paddock events, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Trafalgar Studios, West End, Zubin Varla|

How many different ways can one play be interpreted? The company of Equus were very keen not to impose their opinions but the audience at last night's post-show Q&A at Trafalgar Studios had plenty of their own. Which were right? All of them!

What happens when you cross Dragons’ Den with new musicals?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:56:11+00:008 February 2016|Tags: David Baddiel, Kate Prince, Michael Ball, New musicals, Perfect Pitch Award, Roy Williams, The Go-Between, Theatre Royal Stratford East, ZooNation|

In November, I blogged about three ‘new’ musical schemes, including The S and

Video and photos: Spoiling post-show debate ahead of Scottish referendum

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-29T23:38:01+01:008 September 2014|Tags: Post-show Q&As, Q&As, Scottish independence, Scottish referendum, Spoiling, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Traverse Theatre|

“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.