It's been a great few days for me. Not only did I get to visit the Omnibus Theatre to review Simon Stephens’ excellent one-act play Country Music but I also got a chance to have a chat with the show’s Offie and Broadway World Nominated director, Scott Le Crass. I started by asking Scott to tell me a little bit about himself. SLC: I started out as an actor, trained … [Read more...]
London Theatre Interviews with Cast and Creatives
Interview with Hannah Sinclair Robinson – Shakespeare In The Squares
Shakespeare In The Squares annual production is A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed by Tatty Hennessy, it will play across London’s private squares and gardens, opening at Arundel and Ladbroke Gardens on 25th June and running until 11th July 2019. Shakespeare’s wild play of love and magic is transplanted to 1920s Britain, a country bruised by battle and economic … [Read more...]
Interview with Andrew Day from the cast of Bullet Tongue Reloaded
Andrew Day is one of the writers of The Big House production Bullet Tongue Reloaded. The promenade production, which runs at The Big House from 22nd May to 15th June 2019, tackles the topic of County Lines and was developed with a young cast, many of whom are directly affected by this issue. Bigger, bolder, and braver than the 2018 production, Bullet Tongue … [Read more...]
Interview with Layton Williams – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
In January 2019, Layton Williams took over from John McCrea in the smash West End show Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Layton is probably best known for playing the character Kylie in the BBC series Beautiful People and for playing the lead, alongside Jack Whitehall, in the critically acclaimed BBC comedy Bad Education, the follow-up film was in cinemas and can now … [Read more...]
Q&A with Emily Greenslade from Education, Education, Education
It's May 1997. Tony Blair has won the election and Katrina and the Waves have won Eurovision. The iPhone doesn't exist, no one knows who Harry Potter is and Titanic is on the shelves of every Blockbuster. Britain is the coolest place in the world. Presented by The Wardrobe Ensemble, this whip-smart show is a love letter to education in the 90s and is jam-packed … [Read more...]
Q&A with Summer Strallen in Intra Muros at Park Theatre
Intra Muros, written by Alexis Michalik and directed by Ché Walker is at Park Theatre until 4th May 2019. Ageing thespian Richard is preparing to direct his first theatre class in a maximum security prison, assisted by his former-actress ex-wife Jane and an inexperienced social worker called Alice. When only two inmates turn up he decides to go ahead with the … [Read more...]
Interview with Jack Whittle – The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
Breaking into its 3rd year, Mischief Theatre's smash-and-grab hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is a fast, fabulous comedy caper and the funniest show in the West End. Summer 1958. Minneapolis City Bank has been entrusted with a priceless diamond. An escaped convict is dead set on pocketing the gem with the help of his screwball sidekick, trickster girlfriend… … [Read more...]
Interview with Linus Karp and Joseph Martin
In May 2018 I met and interviewed two lovely young theatricals preparing to take their show to the Edinburgh Festival. Their names are Linus Karp and Joseph Martin and the show was Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve F*cked. Move forward to April this year and the show is about to open at Islington’s famous King’s Head Theatre and I met up with the guys once more … [Read more...]
Interview with John Godber – Scary Bikers
The Scary Bikers is an original comedy by The John Godber Company starring John Godber and his wife Jane Thornton opening at Trafalgar Studios on Thursday 4th April, 2019. When retired miner Don (Godber) and former private school teacher Carol (Thornton) meet by chance after both suffering a loss, they thought they’d found a new beginning. But a bike ride through … [Read more...]