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The woman’s part: is single-sex casting sexist?
Originally written for The Guardian. At a performance before Christmas of Propeller’s Henry V – not the funniest of Shakespeare’s works – theatregoers, including myself, were in stitches. The source of...
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How could technology change theatre criticism for good?
Originally written for The Guardian. Discussions about the future of theatre criticism seem to be evergreen. It is a debate that continues to impassion bloggers, and one that arose again […]
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Collaboration in kind: arts and business partnerships beyond the cheque
Originally written for The Guardian Culture Professionals Network. In the post-cuts cultural landscape, collaboration has become the new touchstone. Working together is widely regarded as the way for...
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Touring theatre: a risky business for audiences too?
Originally written for the Guardian Culture Professionals Network. Risk is a word that regularly gets aired in arguments about the arts. We talk a lot about risky work, about venues […]
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Lack of female role models? Make one up
Originally written for The Guardian. At the last count, there are currently more than 40,000 Disney Princessproducts on the market. It has been estimated that pre-teens now spend seven hours a day...
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Victoria Melody
Originally written for The Guardian. Major Tom, the long-eared, irresistibly endearing basset hound lying in the corner of the room, lets out a low disapproving howl. Awwww, is someone not happy? […]
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Steffan Rhodri’s theatrical road trip with piglets as passengers
Originally written for The Guardian. On the tiny stage of Notting Hill’s Gate theatre, Steffan Rhodri is joined by a pair of unlikely co-stars. Director Jude Christian’s production of the […]
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Mark Heap: Mr Zany Buttons Up
Originally written for The Guardian. Mark Heap is wryly recalling an online comment describing his bizarre turn in Channel 4′s Green Wing. It ran: “Mark Heap doing his usual mad […]
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Home is Where the Art Is
Originally written for the Guardian Culture Professionals Network. What value do you attach to a community art exhibition? How do you assess a conversation on a funding application? Is it […]
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Matilda the Musical
Originally written for the Guardian as part of their Musicals we love series. In a recent episode of Outnumbered, a headmistress in the mould of Roald Dahl‘s deliciously vile adults announces her […]
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Keep it moving: Jeremy Herrin
Originally written for The Guardian. “It’s about using the power of the words,” says the director Jeremy Herrin. He is reflecting on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptations of Wolf Hall and […]
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Ben Miles
Originally written for The Guardian. When Hilary Mantel first introduces us to Thomas Cromwell, the wily social climber at the centre of her award-winning historical novels, he’s face down in […]
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The Roof: Free-running Meets Gaming
Originally written for The Guardian. In an age of screens, avatars and online anonymity, David Rosenberg and Frauke Requardt’s latest collaboration performs an intriguing reversal. The Roof, which is...
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Sketches of Love
Originally written for The Guardian. It’s hard to imagine a more complete depiction of a relationship than the one that Danny Braverman unearthed in a dusty shoebox five years ago. […]
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Duncan Macmillan
Originally written for The Guardian. “There’s nothing I can do in my life to compensate for the fact that the world would be better without me in it,” says Duncan […]
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Chimera: The play about the twin inside
Originally written for The Guardian. We all have moments when we don’t quite feel ourselves. For some, though, fragmentation of the self is a biological as well as a psychological […]
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Oxford’s everyday activists inspire audiences
Originally written for the Guardian. Oxford’s residents have a history of taking a stand. Over the years the city has been home to the likes of Emily Wilding Davison, Percy […]
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Theatre goes wild in the country
Originally written for the Guardian. Across the South Downs, on Brighton beach and deep in the woods in Norfolk, theatre-makers are redefining the relationship between art and nature this spring […]
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Why we can’t stop watching violence
Originally written for the Guardian. Greg Wohead’s theatre show about the crimes of serial killer Ted Bundy opens innocuously enough. He welcomes his audience, shares some facts and tells a […]
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Wolf’s Child, Felbrigg Hall
Originally written for the Guardian. It’s hard to imagine a more atmospheric setting for WildWorks’s latest outdoor show. Stepping inside the grounds of Felbrigg Hall, sun hovering just above the […]
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