

West End Recast: The Results
by Emily Hardy In order to write the following, I first need to do a little recasting of my own - stepping away from the objective,...


Theatre Criticism: Waving or Drowning?
By JBR Mark Shenton's blog can usually be relied upon to get me thinking. This week he returned to a subject close to his heart: the role...


Frankenstein, Catford Broadway Theatre
by Emily Hardy "We are sadly short of great new plays... Our theatrical skills at the moment seem to lie more in interpretation than in...


Gay history is a hard act to follow.
By JBR I’m supposed to be writing a postscript. I’m meant to be considering my opinion of the two shows I’ve seen and offering an...


Emily Hardy fills the cracks in the Cement with David Aula, artistic director of FallOut Theatre
by Emily Hardy "I guess I don't really understand what theatre is. You can't be a car mechanic without knowing how to fix cars. You can't...


Has writing this made me a writeress?
By Holly Morgan "So, what do you do then?" a slightly frayed hipster smirked at me the other evening. As chat goes this is obviously...


Do you need to put me in that box? Then take me out.
By Esh Alladi Recently I read a really important article about racism in the entertainment industry by Daniel York who articulated some...


Edinburgh to Offies: Why Francesca Moody is Hot Right Now
by JBR When Francesca Moody stepped up to collect the 2014 Off West Award for Best Female on behalf of Phoebe Waller-Bridge for her...


Bikram Yoga: Masochism or Rational Theatrical Practice?
by Emily Hardy I started practicing Bikram Yoga in 2009 and class is as agonising now as it was on day one. Tortured for the full 90...


Loitering in Blue Remembered Hills
by Emily Hardy Blue Remembered Hills, New Diorama Theatre Set in 1943, Blue Remembered Hills observes seven children playing in the...