First, a warning: A lot of what you read here may surprise you. On the surface, it sounds unbelievable. How could something so traditional as a historic church surprise anyone? It is easy to walk by, you know the scenario. A show with heavy marketing, laden down with posters, guided me South. Especially during […]
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Thomas Dawkins sparkles as Jack, the hero in this Oscar Wilde adaptation, and tops and tails the show doubling as a young writer in search of his sidekick. In both future and past scenarios he finds a muse in the steadfast gaze of Cassandra Foster who plays an assured Gwendolen. Pamela Schermann’s direction presents a […]
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This is part of a novel I am slowly working on that reflects the theme of ‘honey and vinegar’, and looks at the role of kindness from others in building a life. Her parents had such a lust for life no one was around to pick her up from dance lessons or […]
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I found pressed flowers in the attic during a clear out and these dusty first few pages of a novel that look at the power of a flower in a theatre. A closer view of the stage can be found here! The school Jack once studied at stood in Edinburgh like a tombstone in evil grey stone. […]
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The first time I got paid to do what I love, namely entertain, was my best job ever. I can see my first pay packet today and remember staring at it in disbelief that I was being given money to be on stage, singing and dancing all day at a UK entertainment resort. I […]
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Time and the passing of it seems to be my biggest obstacle and source of frustration. It has taken me three years to complete a script I anticipated finishing in three weeks. I seek some inspiration by attending a talk of a writer I very much admire. He stands formidably strong in this advanced time […]
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The technician has floppy hair, comfortable trainers and can’t get the lantern on the rigging to go straight. He also has a beany hat and no job to go to after this gig. I try to read the thoughts on his mind as I get us two strong large black coffees to keep us focussed […]
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Walking back from the last panto of the season makes the dust from the magic wand that is still clinging to the shiny handle seem all the more precious. On the wonderful Oxford Playhouse stage the rip roaring ‘Robin Hood’ came to town in true style and lifted our horizons. Imagination soars during pantomime so […]
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