What do you covet so much that you would work yourself, save and sacrifice for years, just for the chance of making the prized possession yours? The post Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show vid…
Dr Theatre came to the rescue at the White Bear Theatre for the London run of Am I Irish Yet?, the acclaimed one-woman show written and performed by Kate Kerrigan The post Am I Irish Yet? po…
How many post-show Q&As conclude with a discussion of worst-nightmare torture methods? A dark but hilarious first for me with my event at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre for The Shatter B…
In my first West End post-show Q&A for The Way Old Friends Do last month, director Mark Gatiss was asked for his thoughts on the actors who bring to life his husband Ian Hallard's new co…
In a note in the programme, Dumbledore Is So Gay author Robert Holtom admits that, while growing up in the UK in the Noughties, they could have never imagined writing the acclaimed queer …
In the first of my post-show Q&As for the West End premiere of The Way Old Friends Do, with writer and star Ian Hallard and director Mark Gatiss, it felt like ABBA's Agnetha, Björn, …
Teens were involved at every stage of the development of coming-of-age comedy SHEWOLVES. That was our jumping-off point for a wider discussion about theatre for, with and about young people.…
If you know next to nothing about the Cameroonian War of Independence, you are not alone. A quick poll of the audience at my post-show Q&A for Under the Kundè Tree proved that ignorance…
Joshua Hepple is a hugely accomplished person. But, as he joked with me via WhatsApp, he received no major attention until he revealed publicly that, with his severe cerebral palsy, he can't…
After One Who Wants to Cross at the Finborough in February, I'm thrilled to chair the post-show talk for another new play care of Clarisse Makundul Productions, Makundul's own Under the Kund…
Following the news yesterday of Paul O'Grady's unexpected death, last night's performance of The Way Old Friends Do at London's Park Theatre was dedicated to the comedian and drag legend, wh…
Calling all ABBA and new writing fans! I'm delighted to return to the Park Theatre for the premiere of The Way Old Friends Do, written by and starring Ian Hallard and directed by Mark Gatiss.
If you think the life of a jobbing actor is hard and full of rejection - and it is - spare a thought for non-British actors trying to make their way in London theatre who may not even make i…
Following the 5.30pm performance on Sunday 12 March 2023 at London's Cockpit Theatre, Terri Paddock talks to cast and creatives of A Tailor for Ladies. Georges Feydeau's early 1886 comedy A …
Southwark Playhouse is my neighbourhood theatre. Over the past decade, I've chaired countless post-show talks at what was meant to be its temporary home on Newington Causeway, a three-minute…
Negotiations seem to be in the news every day - which makes Winner's Curse, conceived by former diplomat and veteran of countless Middle East negotiations Daniel Taub, a highly topical piece…
A note in the programme for One Who Wants to Cross cites a sobering statistic: according to the 2020 IOM World Migration Report, the number of international migrants, as of June 2019, had…
How central are Gertrude, Claudius and Polonius to the story of Hamlet? If you remove those adult characters and the scenes that revolve around them, what are you left with? The post Hamlet …
Following the 7.45pm performance of Enda Walsh's acclaimed 2006 play The Walworth Farce on Tuesday 28 February 2022 at Southwark Elephant, I'll talk to creatives and cast. Any questions? Joi…
I'm at London's Finborough Theatre in February for the UK premiere of Marc-Emmanuel Soriano's multi-award-winning French play One Who Wants to Cross (Un Qui Veut Traverser), directed by Alic…
Not long left to catch Life of Pi in the West End. If you possibly can, I recommend you beg, borrow or steal to get one of the last remaining tickets " or plan ahead now for the five-time Ol…
One hundred and twenty-two years ago tonight, on 15 December 2000, three lighthouse keepers disappeared on the island of Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides. What happened to them? The p…
To celebrate the re-release of Original Theatre's critically acclaimed, on-demand online production of Into the Night: The Story of the Penlee Lifeboat, and to commemorate the 41st anniversa…
After a spine-chilling post-show talk for ghost story When Darkness Falls last year, I'm looking forward to reuniting with writer Paul Morrissey at London's Park Theatre for his latest new t…
Hot on the heels of my post-show Q&A for Doctor Faustus, I'm pleased to announce I'll return to Southwark Playhouse in January to continue my long-time association with Lazarus Theatre C…