Part of me wonders why I’m writing this – there’s nothing I can say that would feel adequate, or hasn’t already been expressed by people better placed and far more eloquent than I. And yet, it feels right that I get this down and share it, so here goes… On Friday 26th November 2021, Stephen […]
If you ask me who my favourite composers are, Rodgers and Hammerstein are always up there. Carousel is my favourite, but there are some pieces amongst their body of work that I’m less familiar with, South Pacific being one of them until very recently, when I finally saw the 1958 film version. Originally premiering on […]
Back on August 14th, I returned to the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park for I think my… 6th visit all in, and 3rd show overall to catch their revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel! Originally premiering on Broadway in 1945, Carousel is an adaptation of the play “Liliom” by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar, written […]
I’ve been trying to make a bit more of an effort on here and my podcast to be more open about my disability and how it affects me, and this particular show seemed like the perfect place to do that! So, let’s rewind a couple weeks back to the 7th where I headed back to […]
This piece is a day late, and others I admire including Shona Louise have written about it far more eloquently than I probably will, but this is important and I’m tired of being passive. I realised lately I don’t use my platform, small though it is, to help impact change, so here’s me making a […]
“This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything about glory, honour, might, majesty, dominion, or power, except War. Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is […]
“The sky was painfully big, but our worlds were small, our lives little. So when we found each other in the muddle of it all, that feeling of belonging was addictive.” Performance poet Malaika Kegode and Bristol four piece band Jakabol – have joined forces to create Outlier, a fusion of concert and the spoken […]
Though I’ve only managed to visit in person twice over the years, the pandemic is changing my relationship with Southwark Playhouse for the better: over lockdown I’ve seen a brilliant version of The Last Five Years, and they’ve helped me make good on my commitment to see and support more new work: with their streaming […]
This is a blog that, if I recall rightly, is about 23 weeks overdue. Still, I wanted to spread the love and talk about two wonderful and ridiculously talented people that have been brightening up my Sundays for all that time: Stuart Matthew Price & his wife, Heather Lundstedt Price, with their venture: “Lockdown Lounge”. […]
Oscar Wilde’s only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray has proved ripe ground for adaptation, with numerous stage and screen iterations over the years. The challenge then, I suspect is how to make it exciting and ensure it resonates with your audience. Enter Cirencester’s Barn Theatre, who, reuniting the team behind the phenomenally successfull What […]
Wheelie Stagey 