The Smile of Her post-show talk: Christine Lahti throws out a feminist lifejacket
She has spent decades navigating Hollywood's glass ceilings and casting couches. Now Golden Globe, Emmy and Academy Award winner Christine Lahti is making her London stage debut in her acclaimed autobiographical play The Smile of Her.
Live! From the Warehouse post-show talk: When life is online performance, what still feels real?
Two seventeen-year-old boys. An abandoned warehouse. A stolen gun. A phone that won't stop filming. Live from the Warehouse is a dark comic thriller about Gen Z, virality and what it costs to be seen.
Our Public House post-show talk: What can we do today that will make tomorrow better?
When an entire community spoils their ballots triggering a historic by-election, what happens next? In Barney Norris' new play with music Our Public House, the answer is: everyone ends up in the pub.
Churchill’s Urinal post-show video and photos: From viral backbencher to first female Chancellor
Actor-comedian Rosie Holt achieved viral fame during lockdown when she began posting videos posing as a hapless Conservative backbench MP - coincidentally also called Rosie Holt.
Flashbang post-show video and photos: Bringing the story back home one last time
It's been nearly four years since I chaired a Q&A for the world premiere of Proforca's Flashbang at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre. Now, after a spring tour, the production is back for its last-ever London performances before a richly apt finale in Coventry.
An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo post-show talk: From Manchester with love ❤️
As the marketing material promises, An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo is definitely *not* a gay tragedy. Nor is a coming-out memoir or theatrical porn.
Invisible Me post-show video and photos: What’s singledom like after 60?
Do women - and men - of a certain mature age stop being seen? When writer Bren Gosling turned 60 himself, it's a question he decided to explore in comedy-drama Invisible Me.
The Last Days of Liz Truss? post-show video and photos: New life for Liz and the lettuce
Liz Truss has kept herself busy since Oxia Theatre's spring 2025 run of the one-woman show chronicling her Westminster rise and fall. A year on, I reunited with the team for this political fighter's latest reinvention
Ballad Lines post-show video and photos: Expressing female empowerment via folk music
When director Tania Azevedo and composer Finn Anderson were first commissioned to write a new musical, they decided to follow two parallel lines of exploration.
The Rat Trap post-show video and photos: Spotting the signs in Noël Coward’s first play
Ask a theatregoer to name a Noël Coward play and they're likely to mention Private Lives, Hay Fever or Blithe Spirit. But before those glittering comedies secured his place in theatre history, “The Master” was busy mastering his craft.
