02 Jun 2012
Edna
Walking past the Coliseum in St Martin’s Lane today I suddenly remembered an evening from my teenage years that brought a broad smile to my face. In 1983 London theatreland... read more
12 May 2012
Past to Present
Wow! There’s an extraordinary exhibition at Lambeth Palace at the moment: taking us through their library of the Book of Common Prayer, you can peer through the glass at Richard... read more
07 May 2012
Horrible Histories
I’m getting excited about Thursday. Last year Nimax Theatres asked if we would produce a new production of HORRIBLE HISTORIES for the West End and I began working on HORRIBLE... read more
01 Apr 2012
2012 onwards…
A busy time for the BSC. It’s been non-stop since four shows played over Christmas – three in Birmingham and one in London – which also coincided with the launch... read more
18 Mar 2012
Peter Wolff
There are so many things I could write about Peter Wolff, who very sadly died this week. Here was a man in his 80’s, an age which you would normally... read more
07 Dec 2011
Acting
How come whenever you start a new role, you suddenly find yourself wondering whether you will ever remember how to act?! It’s like starting from scratch every time. I am... read more
04 Dec 2011
Excitement
In September 1992 I sat at the back of The Old Rep Theatre and watched our new patron Derek Jacobi being interviewed by Midlands Today for the launch of the... read more
23 Nov 2011
Gaddafi
Hasn’t the world grown to love sanctimony! It is being suggested the fighters in Libya should be prosecuted for war crimes for killing Gaddafi. Every hour that he lived, more... read more
13 Nov 2011
Theatre Life
One of my favourite quotes about the theatre, from Shakespeare by Ivor Brown. Theatre life, with its quarrels and muddles and vanities, is a form of lunacy: but the moonbeams... read more
13 Nov 2011
The Jungle Book
Every so often you stumble across a part which feels like it fits you like a glove. And so it was on Friday. Except this is a part I’ve taken... read more