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
09 Nov 2011
Imagine
The BBC 1 programme IMAGINE stunned me again last night with a fantastic programme about Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel and their making of the album Bridge Over Troubled Water.... read more
05 Nov 2011
Skyfall
I appear to have joined that small club who were disappointed with SKYFALL. I know many have loved it and the critics are raving, but I confess to being bewildered.... read more
03 Nov 2011
Barmy Britain
The BSC has always had a reputation for being cheeky – I can’t think where that’s come from?! So when we were deciding where to launch our West End premiere... read more