01 May 2008
Feedback
A nice email from a happy visitor! Well done DANNY cast again! “I just wanted to say that we came to see your production of Danny Champion of the World... read more
30 Apr 2008
Depressing
Just come back from RADA showcase where a top agent friend told me she was just looking for ‘pretties’. “It’s all TV and film directors are interested in now” she... read more
24 Apr 2008
Showcase
We’re coming to the end of the showcase season for the drama schools. Given the unfortunate importance of these events for those involved, it would seem to me a good... read more
23 Apr 2008
Gossip
I don’t really do gossip, but after the programme on Channel 4 last night, I feel this could be the right forum to reveal that, some years ago, I went... read more
23 Apr 2008
Jesus and George
If anyone was qualified to discuss the merits and mishaps of George Bush, it is Luke Rhinehart, the amazing author of THE DICE MAN. Luke is publishing a new book... read more
18 Apr 2008
Auditions
With auditions coming up for our next three shows, it’s worth mentioning that it’s helpful – indeed vital – for people coming to the auditions to know the piece for... read more
14 Apr 2008
Mark Speight
There are many terrible things happening around the world – most of them involving multiple thousands -but I can’t help feeling a deep sadness about Mark Speight, following the death... read more
13 Apr 2008
Wicked
It would be hard to think of two finer performances in a musical than the current leads in WICKED. Dianne Pilkington and Kerry Ellis are exemplary. In fact everyone in... read more
09 Apr 2008
Charlton Heston
My idol for years! Michael Moore put paid to my boyhood admiration of Heston in his film BOWLING FOR COLOMBINE – plus the fact that Heston’s autobiography (I have a... read more
08 Apr 2008
Busy
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up! Next week we will have five shows on stage – in London, Hull, Wolverhampton, Horsham and Kingston. Thirty-three actors, ten stage managers, three wardobe,... read more