The Cost of Drama School Training
As I approach the end of my time at Birmingham School of Acting, and the prospect of entering the already overcrowded acting industry, I...
Wuthering Heights – a twisted romance
Call me strange. Call me weird. Call me twisted. I have always found stories with darker themes, tones and events to be much more...
Theatre Etiquette: For the love of theatre behave yourselves!
As a regular theatre-goer, and having completed three graduate year drama school shows in the past six months, I find myself frequently frustrated by...
Theatre Review – Pedro and The Captain (The Vaults)
Pedro and The Captain
The Vaults, Waterloo
Written by Mario Benedetti
Directed by Miguel Hernando Torres Umba
Reviewer: Megan Mattravers
A production of advocation, profound thought and discussion of...
Theatre Review – Hello Norma Jeane
Hello Norma Jeane
Giant Cherry Productions
Park Theatre
Written by Dylan Costello
Directed by Matthew Gould
Reviewer: Andy Millward
Hello Norma Jeane could have been just a warm and perceptive tale...
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley’s Promethean Tale
Who is the monster?
This question, above all others, is what Mary Shelley's popular Gothic tale poses to us. Frankenstein is a novel inspired by the...
Theatre Review – You Tweet My Face Space
You Tweet My Face Space
Writer/Producer: Tom Hartwell
Director: Anne Stoffels
The Bedford, Balham (Theatre N16)
Reviewer: Laura Shoebottom
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, meet David. He’s addicted to Facebook and...
Theatre Review – See Bob Run
See Bob Run
The Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham
Written by Daniel MacIvor
Directed by Scott Le Crass
Reviewer: Laura Shoebottom
See Bob Run by Daniel MacIvor follows Bob...
Theatre Review – The Mikado (ENO)
The Mikado
English National Opera
Music by Arthur Sullivan and lyrics by W.S Gilbert
Directed by Jonathan Miller
Reviewer: Andy Millward
This being a revival of Jonathan Miller‘s famed and oft-repeated 1987 production of Gilbert and Sullivan‘s, The...
Theatre Review – Uncle Vanya (Almeida Theatre)
Uncle Vanya
Almeida Theatre
by Chekhov
Directed by Robert Icke
Reviewer: Andy Millward
Uncle Vanya is serious and weighty stuff, literally and metaphorically; it is ominous, the lull before the storm....
