Performing Arts
Jamila Gavin: Re-working Shakespeare
Shakespeare 24 is the largest ever global Shakespeare festival. It takes place on 23rd April, timed to coincide with what…
In conversation with Sophie Macpherson - fine art recruiter
Sophie Macpherson - if the name sounds familiar it's no wonder: Sophie runs the fine art world's best known recruitment…
How to run a leading festival with one full-time staff member
It’s been described as the nearest thing the Belfast Festival has to a “fringe” even though it takes place several…
Finding The Moment
Michael David Jones is in the running to be part of Birmingham's FIERCE festival with The Moment Before We Kiss,…
REVIEW: Testing the Echo, Tricycle Theatre, London
REVIEW: Testing the Echo is one of those plays where you only find out what the title refers to halfway…
Into the Interval?
David Trennery tackles the contentious issue of the interval: overpriced drinks, bad acting, sullen drama student staff, long toilet queues…
REVIEW: The Vortex, Apollo Theatre, London
REVIEW: Noel Coward needs no introduction, and Felicity Kendal only needs a tiny one, to make sure you don’t remember…
REVIEW: Days Of Significance, Tricycle, London
REVIEW: There is no interval and scarcely any break in the searing intensity of the subject matter, language and violence.…
Pay Attention – asking for and getting that increase in pay
It's that time of year – Spring is here along with the start of the new financial year. You're looking…
Strangelove
I'm not a war correspondent. I'm a comedian. Sometimes though, if I'm lucky I get to listen to my jokes…