2024 was a year I wanted to push myself to see more shows that were new to me, or things I may not have chosen to see at first glance. I’ll always have my comfort shows – ones I go back to regularly, but it’s been really enriching to push my theatrical boundaries and open […]
I’ve a bit of a fractured relationship with Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible. It was one of the set texts on the curriculum for English class, and for one reason or another I found it really difficult to connect with, and didn’t truly appreciate the complexity and nuance behind it, despite actually going to […]
On 13th September 1993, the Oslo I Accord was signed in Washington DC. The document, known for short as a Declaration of Principles, set out a framework to bring about a resolution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, in the first face to face agreement between the Israeli Government and the Palestine Liberation Organization. […]
As you may have already gathered, I’m a bit of a Shakespeare nerd. I love the vibrancy, intensity and colours of his language and he is responsible for creating some of my favourite characters of all time. Admittedly though, I confess I generally prefer the tragedies to the comedies, so am not as well versed […]
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it. Since I was first introduced to the idea of NT: Live a few years back with an encore screening of Danny Boyle’s awesome Frankenstein, I’d hoped that one day I’d be able to be in […]
Wheelie Stagey 