My top 10 Theatres in London (well, everyone else is doing it)

If there’s a bandwagon to be jumped on… There’ve recently been a number of influential critics and bloggers listing their top 10 theatre venues (including Mark Shenton, Michael Coveney and RevStan), and the Londonist have also made a list of their top 10 fringe venues, so I thought I’d add my own fuel to the … Continue reading →

The King’s Speech (****)

Following on the heels of the blockbuster movie, this West End production of The King’s Speech has a lot of baggage – luckily, David Seidler’s script was written for the stage, and it’s here that it really shines. No slight on the film, but I’d rather see this again any day – an assured production … Continue reading →

Moved

Well, the move is now done: I am officially a London resident. It’s currently raining cats and dogs, but apart from that I’m quite liking it: lots to do, plenty of old friends to catch up with and new ones just made… there seems to be plenty of work here as well, although I am … Continue reading →

Back to Life, Back to Reality

Showing my age with that title, I reckon… So, yes, I’m back. If you didn’t know I was gone, don’t worry, it was my honeymoon, I didn’t advertise extensively where I was going to be: wanted a bit of piece and quiet with the missus. Enough of that, though: the world is busy, and there’s … Continue reading →

What the fringe?

It has hit that time of year again, where all of the thesps start to make their Fringe plans. The actors start casting their eyes for audition notices, wanting to see what bonanza they’ll be involved with, while the directors and producers should already be in the process of organising the next big spiel, especially … Continue reading →

London: plugging, chugging and glugging

With the Camden Fringe just around the corner, and me spending quite a bit of time in the old capital, I wanted to write an article exuding my utter distain for this blot on cultural variance. However, I find myself loving London the more time I spend there, for it’s decadent, impossible ways. I guess … Continue reading →