One Jewish Boy, set mostly in London and New York, concerns Jesse, a thirty-year-old (or thereabouts) from North London who is unable to mentally recover from the trauma of an antisemitic attack on him, and Alex, the mixed heritage woman he falls in love with. Even though the attack took place in 2013, and the […]

According to the publicity, Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s ‘supernatural spectacular’ Ghost Stories is a ‘worldwide cult production’. Well, I don’t know about that, but it is hugely enjoyable, very funny, inventively staged and will certainly shock you, even if, like me, you sat down in the Theatre Royal Brighton, determined not to be shocked […]

The newly formed Crime and Comedy Theatre Company have just opened a two month 17 venue small/medium scale tour of Robin Hawdon’s two-handed whodunnit Revenge. I saw the production at Greenwich Theatre. Walking to the theatre up Crooms Hill I did wonder if I had come to the wrong theatre, as although there was advertising […]

It is always fascinating to see the first production of a new play, especially when it is as enjoyable as this! James McDermott is a writer and performance poet based in East Anglia and has been working on Time and Tide for several years – all credit to Park Theatre for being willing to stage […]

Joseph Crilly’s play On McQuillan’s Hill has taken twenty years to reach mainland Britain, since its first production in Belfast soon after the Good Friday agreement. It has been more than well worth the wait! Crilly’s play looks at the effects of the large scale prisoner release after the agreement – he had no time […]