Yep, the rumours are true – I’m stepping down from the editorship of One Stop Arts, effective next Friday (October 11th). The rather brilliant Becky Brewis will be replacing me from then, and I’m sure she’ll do a stellar job. For the first time in ages, I’m leaving a job of my own volition – … Continue reading
Working as a reviewer means that you see a lot of theatre, and I make a big effort to spread myself (and the theatre section of the website I edit, OneStopArts) across it’s many iterations, through the from the arbitrarily bordered Fringe/Off West-End all the way through to West End blockbusters and productions that tour … Continue reading
It wasn’t too long ago that I was very worried about being a reviewer… and it still weighs rather heavily on my mind. Can I really review theatre, even edit a review magazine, and still direct, write and produce? Previous writings and musings, as well as comments from friends, would suggest that no, it isn’t … Continue reading
Well, I have indeed been away for a while – and how this poor little blog has suffered. Apologies, loyal readers, for the time taken away from the small screen: it seemed that there was nothing I really wanted to talk about. Is that fair? Of course not, I had plenty to talk about, but … Continue reading
That’s more like it! After yesterday’s rant, I’ve now seen a Camden Fringe show with some passion, some heart: the review’ll be up on FringeReview (and here) sometime today. I didn’t mean to imply yesterday that no Camden Fringe show had that kind of heart, I just hadn’t seen any yet; now that I have, … Continue reading
No blog articles yet this Fringe, Chris? No, not really. I’ve been a bit busy. Busier than usual? Amazingly, yes. I’ve been writing on article series on Indieoma.com (some of which are printed below, others are linked through to below) on my Brighton Fringe production, When All the Crowds Have Gone, as well as running … Continue reading
It has hit that time of year again, where the rain begins to pour and the British Fringe theatre crowd starts to plan their busy schedules for the upcoming Brighton and Edinburgh extravaganzas. As a reviewer (one of my main Fringe occupations), I have started to plan my many endeavours, as I want to cover … Continue reading
As most of you are no doubt aware, part of my various jobs is PR for various theatre companies, theatre-related applications, etc. I was having a long, drunken chat with a friend recently about theatrical PR, and there were a couple of sticky points: 1)Â Â Â Â Â How can you work as a director, reviewer and PR … Continue reading
Just read an excellent blog on Guardian.co.uk about reviewing, and I wanted to add my two cents to the fray. There’s no denying that reviewing is a contentious issue, for many a reason, and there seems to be a current outcry for more culpability, that a show being reviewed should be allowed to respond to … Continue reading
Grubby Strugglers 