Month: May 2023

The old show formula of a love triangle in troubling times can grab an audience. Think of the film Casablanca. Two men in love with the same woman. The hero seems compromised but makes a stand. A blow is struck against fascism. Accompany that formula with some grand pop songs with an uplifting feel and… Continue reading Glory Ride

Part memoir, part collection of opinion pieces (sometimes political, sometimes about ‘the business’) and part advice manual, this book, subtitled “An A to Z of Some Stuff I’ve Learnt and Some Stuff I’m Still Learning”, is a very interesting insight into the mind of this popular actor that reflects her voice and her personality, flaws… Continue reading An Actor’s Alphabet

The National Theatre celebrates two anniversaries this year: the 60th of it’s founding by Laurence Olivier and the fifth of a national community initiative participatory theatre programme set up by the NT, Public Acts. The director, Emily Lim, and her colleagues wanted to produce an epic, episodic story “of endurance, resilience… finding a way of keeping… Continue reading The Odyssey – The Island of The Sun

J B Priestley (1894–1984) was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, essays, plays and passionate left-wing polemic. He was an influential figure during and after WW2, an enthusiastic supporter of Attlee’s postwar socialist government and co-founder with Bertrand Russell and others of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. An Inspector Calls provided Priestley with an… Continue reading An Inspector Calls