04 May 2017

Thirty years ago while training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School I took part in a poetry reading for an old people’s club near Bath. I drove home that... read more

07 Apr 2016

If Isis came to your city and asked you to tell them where the treasure was buried under pain of death, would you disobey? Khaled al-Asaad was head of antiquities... read more

04 Apr 2016

So I listen to the Today programme every morning, read a broadsheet most days, watch C4 News and Newsnight most evenings and when it comes to reaching a decision about... read more

12 Aug 2015

I have been filled with horror at the experience Benedict Cumberbatch is going through in Hamlet. The reason someone filming you is so disturbing is not just because of the... read more

18 Jul 2015

One of the things I love about theatre is that no matter what experience you bring to a production, there comes that moment when you bring it in front of... read more

05 Feb 2015

I was struck by this comment from Robin Whitefield, the original creator of the Cadbury’s crème egg, when his expressing disappointment at the chocolate being used in the new confectionery:... read more

20 Jan 2015

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BSC Following the most successful show in its history with HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS and after twenty-three years at the theatre, the Birmingham Stage Company is taking its... read more

10 Dec 2014

I posted his blog while waiting to hear news about my teacher Christopher Jefferies who is the subject of a TV drama tonight in which I was invited to appear.... read more

19 Aug 2014

On Sunday we were performing Horrible Histories in the West End, when a cold thought crossed my mind. Holding a severed head in my hand, I was busy explaining to... read more

16 Jul 2014

I have long held the view that child abuse is much more common than acknowledged. The scale of the problem was brought home to me a decade ago by a... read more