10 Feb 2011
It’s showcase season and I am trying to see them all – but I hope never to see anything like the final showcase of Queen Margaret. The course is closing this year and not before time if the direction of the showcase is anything to go by. The actors appear to have been asked to do every scene as if it were a panto. It was impossible to judge anyone by the work they had been asked to perform. I think we all accept that there are too many drama schools offering poor quality training to wholly innocent actors, people who are being asked to pay serious money for serious training. On the basis of the show today, QM should not be missed and the directors should be ashamed.