Plus One Podcast: Stella
In which I discuss Firehouse Creative Productions’ radical new adaptation of Goethe’s Stella at the Southwark Playhouse with writer and performer Richard ‘Strat’ Stratton.
Stella
Stella is a collage of different source texts and performance styles, and a collage is not a mosaic: while the components may share a common theme, they don’t necessarily work together to create a bigger picture.
No excuses: theatre is affordable
If you can afford a cinema ticket, you can afford a theatre ticket.
Plus One Podcast: Belt Up at Southwark Playhouse
In which I discuss York-based immersive theatre company Belt Up’s double bill at Southwark Playhouse with one of its co-directors, James Wilkes.
Orestes: Re-Examined
In Full Tilt’s revival of Orestes: Re-Examined, the audience is brought forward as jury to judge the case of Orestes’ matricide and its myriad ramifications.
The Moon The Moon
The Moon The Moon is many overlapping things, but never feels like collage; its elements complement rather than contradict one another.
Southwark Secrets
London Bridge is a bit of a theatrical Narnia. Discreet entrances, discoverable only by chance or by word of mouth, lead straight to the underground London of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere.
Love in (3) Parts
The best thing to say about it is it’s nice. Not life-changing, but not bad either; just nice.
