23 Oct 2011

The BSC is entering a very interesting stage of development. You could almost say we’re growing up. On a board in our office is a list of current and forthcoming... read more

11 Oct 2011

It’s been a good month for BSC understudies! Jennifer O’Neill is to play the lead role in THE FIREWORK-MAKER’S DAUGHTER in London after understudying the role so wonderfully in Birmingham... read more

12 Aug 2011

Saw Ghost last night and it works. I didn’t believe the two leads had even a passing interest in each other as chemistry proves elusive. But the show is well... read more

26 Jul 2011

I always wonder why there is always so little mention of the psychopathic condition when events occur of the type that have happened in Norway. It was playing Iago in... read more

08 Jul 2011

David Cameron says he wanted to give Andy Coulson a second chance. When I was about 12 I remember my father driving me to school and telling me never to... read more

01 Jul 2011

I am very unsure about the move towards broadcasting live shows over the digital network to audiences around the country. It seems to me the essential nature of theatre is... read more

15 Jun 2011

I am probably over-reacting but I was pretty ashamed to watch last night’s opening of SHREK. What is happening to British theatre? Once again we were forced to watch unqualified... read more

01 Jun 2011

It doesn’t feel like it could get any better with our three shows this Christmas. Staging BAGPUSS was fraught with our fear about touching a national icon, but the show... read more

01 Jun 2011

Watching the media’s treatment of my old English teacher Christopher Jefferies has been an education. Mr Jefferies you will recall was arrested in connection with the tragic murder of Jo... read more

29 May 2011

If you have ever wanted to understand the war in former Yugoslavia, one of the greatest documentaries ever made is now on YouTube. The Death of Yugoslavia is made by... read more