Two of the most urgent issues facing the world today - climate change and the dizzying acceleration of Artificial Intelligence - collide in Jupiter's Ghost, Tani Gill's dystopian drama with dance, which premiered at London's Cockpit Theatre.
Marie Curie post-show video and photos: Where’s the science in musical theatre?
Before chairing this discussion for Marie Curie at Charing Cross Theatre, I was racking my brains trying to think of other musicals about science. Films and plays aplenty. But musicals?
Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show video and photos: What’s your version of Ada’s Christian Dior dress?
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?
Animal post-show video and photos: How to stage a play about not being able to w*nk
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 wank himself. And then Jon Bradfield wrote a play about it.
Under the Kundè Tree
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 Kundè Tree.
A Tailor for Ladies post-show video and photos: Are we excluding non-British talent?
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 it to audition stage purely because of their nationality or accent.
A Tailor for Ladies
Renowned French farceur Georges Feydeau's early 1886 comedy A Tailor for Ladies gets a rare London outing in a new modern adaptation performed by an international ensemble cast at the Cockpit Theatre.
The Walworth Farce post-show video and photos: The perfect play to open Southwark Playhouse’s new venue
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 walk turning left outside my front door.
Winner’s Curse post-show video and photos: The art of negotiation with Clive Anderson
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. It's co-written by Dan Patterson and stars his long-time collaborator Clive Anderson.
One Who Wants to Cross post-show video and photos: How is the truth about migrants misrepresented?
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 reached almost 272 million.









