The View from the Circle

As a big and unashamed fan of a good old fashioned musical, when it was announced that then-Artistic Director of the Sheffield Crucible, Dan...

I don’t like Bob Dylan and I make no apologies for this fact. So there. What I do like however is musicals. I like them a lot. And I als...

It all started to go wrong with a salad. Specifically, the ‘seasonal salad with halloumi’ at the National Theatre’s Kitchen restaurant whi...

If I were to compile a list of theatrical phrases that are likely to get me excited, ‘rarely performed, early James Graham play with £7.50 t...

It’s always a risk seeing a second play by a playwright who has written one piece that you’ve seen and absolutely love. Sometimes that risk ...

Sometimes the heavens align in theatreland and you find yourself watching a production written by your favourite playwright, starring your f...

As premises for a musical go, recreating a Parliamentary select committee hearing into charity governance using the verbatim transcripts as ...