Neal's Posts Archive - Birmingham Stage

Last night I saw the film NAZA made by two Israeli filmmakers about the war in Gaza. It follows their shocking film NO OTHER LAND about the treatment of Palestinians,... read more

I’ve spent the last several days as a member of a jury and it feels like the most serious thing I’ve ever done. It’s quite an extraordinary system that twelve... read more

It says everything about Trump that he lambasted our Prime Minister for his weakness in wanting to consult with his ‘team’ before responding to Trump’s demands. It made me think... read more

I’ve been in literary heaven reading Barry Diller’s extraordinary life story – a man I’d never heard of who went from ABC Television to Chairman of Paramount Studios (to founding... read more

A moment’s escape from the noise

It’s almost crippling to be relentlessly battered by the ugly, simplistic and dangerous nonsense we have to put up with from the likes of Trump, Vance, Musk, Farage, and Jenrick.... read more

It’s a little bit funny

This evening I watched an eighty-two year old man perform a two and half hour, one man show, in Birmingham. At the end we all sang ‘Always look on the... read more

After a fantastic summer performing Barmy Britain with the amazing Emma Swan and Jack Ballard at the Apollo, this week I will be performing the last ever Terrible Thames tour... read more

I am in London performing with one of the loveliest and most talented companies – the same group I’ve been performing with for three years each summer and here we... read more

It doesn’t get better

Sometimes a great company of actors and stage/sound/wardrobe come along which makes you feel utterly privileged to part of – and to our great good fortune we’ve had two come... read more

This isn’t a typical entry for this blog, but I would like to publicly express my long held disgust and deep distrust of Ed Miliband. I’ve not expressed it before... read more