It is 1969, and Hugh Cudlipp wants to get rid of The Sun, a broadsheet newspaper that is failing, with [Read More]
The Ferryman at the Royal Court
It is harvest-time in rural Derry, 1981. The Carney family seem role models for all that is good about farming [Read More]
Hamlet at the Almeida Theatre
There is an issue with changing the setting and context of great plays in an effort to make them more [Read More]
Madam Butterfly at the King’s Head
The King’s Head Theatre in Islington has a long history of success in producing pared down versions of high opera [Read More]
Pinocchio at the King’s Head Theatre
My love affair with panto has been rekindled. The prospect of going to yet another interminably long, hackneyed vehicle for [Read More]
Nice Fish at the Harold Pinter Theatre
Mark Rylance’s recent acting successes; on stage in Farinelli and the King and Jerusalem, on the big screen in Bridge [Read More]