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Empty in Angel post-show video and photos: Why are unions more important than ever in the gig economy?

By |2021-12-03T17:25:36+00:0021 November 2021|Tags: , , , , , |

Here's the brutal truth about many of our rights: we only really have them if we have the wherewithal to fight for them when they're trampled on. That's certainly the case when it comes to employment rights.

Lately post-show video and photos: The benefits of alternating casts

By |2021-09-30T10:14:35+01:0011 September 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Having two separate casts reduces the risk of Covid cancellations, but what other creative benefits does it bring for Proforca's Lately at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre?

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Zoom Q&As: Writers, director and stars on switching to streaming

By |2021-05-09T19:18:06+01:0027 February 2021|Tags: , , , |

New British musical The Sorcerer's Apprentice has been five years in the making and, like all new musicals, has overcome myriad obstacles. Covid threw down an additional hurdle shortly before it was due to premiere at London's Southwark Playhouse: another lockdown.

Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

By |2021-06-02T11:30:53+01:0016 February 2021|Tags: , , , , |

In April 2020, I was due to chair a post-show Q&A at The Other Palace for new British musical CASES. Of course, that run was cancelled due to Covid, but when composer-lyricist Dominic Powell decided to give CASES a new lease of life by recording a studio album, he asked me back to chair a discussion via Zoom.

Old Red Lion post-show video and photos: What do coronavirus closures mean to fringe theatre?

By |2021-06-11T07:35:10+01:0018 March 2020|Tags: , , , , , |

Tuesday 17 March 2020. One of the last theatre performances -for the foreseeable future - in the theatre capital of the world took place at London's Old Red Lion Theatre. A historic, sobering moment, one of many during the global coronavirus crisis.

One Jewish Boy post-show video and photos: How to challenge stereotypes and reduce anti-semitism

By |2020-03-15T20:12:13+00:0015 March 2020|Tags: , , , , , |

The UK government's current coronavirus advice is that, with theatres, the show should still go on. I was certainly glad One Jewish Boy, British dramatist Stephen Laughton's brilliant play, written as a response to rising anti-semitism, did last night.
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