Sorry for the planes
Adler & Gibb – further thinking What are we all doing in a theatre? – Karl James I get many emails from unfamiliar email addresses containing links that I […]
Review
Adler & Gibb
by Tim Crouch directed by Tim Crouch, Karl James & Andy Smith At the Royal Court until 5th July For me, form is a uniquely contemporary expression. Form talks about […]
Seventeen Reviews and a Picture
We already have a collection of beautiful and personal thoughts about ‘The Disappearance of Sadie Jones’ on my blog, and below are seventeen more recent responses, but first, what […]
Where are the South West Theatre Critics?
When I tell people I live in Plymouth they often suggest that I enjoy the whole ‘big fish in a small pond’ phenomenon. Actually I feel like I’m a tadpole […]
Three Kingdoms: Simon Stephens and Sebastian Nübling
Not considered suitable for under 16s or British mainstream theatre critics I found Three Kingdoms a bit of a joyride. Sit forward on your seat in the first half, enjoy […]
The No Rules Handbook for Writers
(know the rules so you can break them) by Lisa Goldman I have designed this book to appeal to a new and hungry kind of writer – the original storyteller, […]
Why critics shouldn’t be invited into the creative process (but writers should)
So I have been reading this: Andrew Haydon on ‘embedded criticism’ & this: What new dialogue can we set up between people who write about theatre and people who make […]
Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats
I saw French/Canadian film Heartbeats by Xavier Dolan last night at the Plymouth Arts Centre. It made a nice contrast to watching ‘The Pitmen Painters’ at the Theatre Royal the […]