Sex, plays and casting
Everywhere I go people are talking about “gender fluidity” in casting and production concept. Women are being widely cast in roles originally...
Everywhere I go people are talking about “gender fluidity” in casting and production concept. Women are being widely cast in roles originally...
A degree won’t make you an actor if you don’t have the potential to be one. Neither will any other formal qualification....
I review many dozens of professional shows every year ranging from tiny scale two-handers on the extreme edges of the fringe to...
So what makes a good subject for a play? A historical footnote? (Emilia, Our Country’s Good). A major bit of history? (Six...
Everyone I speak to at the moment wants to talk about diversity. This week, Matthew Xia, in a very congenial, relaxed interview,...
I bang on about the appalling lack of civilised lavatorial facilities in theatres so often that it’s become a joke amongst my...
Last week Henry Bell, Sheffield-based lecturer and performance director, tweeted: “I’m currently helping a student to apply to drama school. They are...
The open air season will soon be upon us. “…if winter comes, can spring be far behind? as Shelley puts it. And...