Emma | Hotbuckle Productions | Tour | Review

Emma |  Review   Emma was Jane Austin’s 4th novel and the last to be published in her lifetime, as with all her books it deals with social standing, moral principles and respectability. Austin’s heroines are often headstrong and ‘Emma’ Read More …

Jackie the Musical | Tour | Review

Theatre Royal Brighton | until 9th April 2016. Jackie the Musical | Review   My teenager daughter’s first question when she arrives somewhere new usually involves a wifi password. Back in the 1970s there wasn’t that luxury, the only way Read More …

The End of the Rainbow | Tour | Review

Theatre Royal Brighton | until Saturday 2nd April The End of the Rainbow | Review   The troubled life of Judy Garland is well documented – a Hollywood starlet who grew up within the  MGM studio lot and supposedly fed Read More …

Shadowlands | Tour | Review

Shadowlands | Review   Shadowlands is a candid and beautifully written play by William Nicholson about the ill-fated romance between author C. S. Lewis with American divorcee Joy Gresham. The mature couple found steadfast love late in life, only to Read More …

Confusions | Stephen Joseph Theatre | Review

‘Confusions’ is currently playing at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne. From a devoted and isolated mother, to her unfaithful traveling salesman husband, through a solicitous waiter to well-heeled diners and an utterly shambolic garden fete, human frailty is laid bare Read More …

The End of Longing | PlayhouseTheatre | Review

‘I went to see a new play last night called ‘The End of Longing’ written by and starring Matthew Perry.’ ‘Who?’ ‘You know, Chandler Bing from Friends.’ ‘OMG really? I would LOVE to see that! What was he like?’ The Read More …

Goodnight Mister Tom | Duke of York Theatre | Review

It was my children who introduced me to Michelle Magorian’s Goodnight Mister Tom, they were enthused after reading the book at school and encouraged me to read it too. Hailed as a modern day classic, Goodnight Mister Tom has now Read More …