05 Jan 2021

Well, by the skin of our teeth, we made it. Our tour finished two days earlier than planned but we managed to accomplish 75% of our dates and entertain 40,000... read more

21 Dec 2020

Producing theatre in 2020 is like rowing a small boat through a storm. Our drive in tour of Horrible Christmas is almost half way through but new restrictions are creating... read more

28 Nov 2020

Tomorrow the cast and crew of Horrible Christmas gather together in a working bubble which we hope won’t pop until 3rd of January. We will be rehearsing, performing, eating and... read more

23 Nov 2020

Robert Lindsay is giving the most wonderful readings in a prog about Roald Dahl on BBC4 now. I once phoned Dahl from a payphone when I was 15 to ask... read more

12 Nov 2020

In 2002 I won a raffle. It wasn’t an ordinary raffle and it wasn’t an ordinary prize. Each ticket was £10 in support of Soho Theatre and I had bought... read more

28 Oct 2020

Nothing we’ve done so far this year has prepared us for performing at the Minack, a theatre at the end of the country in Cornwall, on the edge of the... read more

12 Oct 2020

Yesterday we finished performing a three show day of Barmy Britain in Bridlington Spa, which has truly one of the most wonderful theatres I’ve ever performed in. The relationship with... read more

26 Sep 2020

My goodness it was bliss to be back inside a theatre again today. We’ve been performing Barmy Britain in all sorts of venues and having a ball, but nothing beats... read more

21 Sep 2020

We had a marvellous weekend at Soulton Hall. Three performances of Barmy Britain and the chance to stay overnight in an original Tudor room with a 20 degree slope that... read more

14 Sep 2020

We’re spending our tour of the UK enjoying everything we can in this very different world. So it was joyous to take Barmy Britain to the village of Clovelly in... read more