I saw some excellent theatre this week. Having seen The Caucasian Chalk Circle in Leeds, The Trial in York earlier in the week and now Punk Rock in Manchester, I feel that I have experienced the best of theatre and what’s great is that it isn’t all happening in London. When I read on notices around…
Read more Punk Rock (Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, 11th October 2009)
As I stand outside York Theatre Royal in the chill of the evening, I have no idea where I am going. The interval crowd from Equus has inhabited the foyer bar and it is clear that Belt Up’s The Trial will not be using the front of stage of the Theatre Royal as mentioned on my ticket. …
I really enjoyed this production of Brecht’s play at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Quarry Theatre was an ideal venue for this big production with a choir on stage. There was that sense of a theatrical event that the National Theatre were trying to achieve with their production of Mother Courage, but none of…
Read more The Caucasian Chalk Circle (West Yorkshire Playhouse 9th October 2009)
Julie Raby: A Dyslexic Writer 