Uncle Vanya at Hope Theatre
Chekhov as it should be done - intimate, emotional, moving. And funny!
Musset update!
A quick post with the file for 'A Door (Must Be Open or Shut)'
The Crouch End Festival and Alfred de Musset
A fun part of the production has been assembling props - a 40s Woodbine astray, an old-fashioned bottle of scotch, a cigarette case and a whiff of 40s in the costume of the characters. And the cast - Anna Rogers, Matt Griffin and Ruari Johnson - have been extraordinarily successful at bringing Musset's characters to life in a faux-Fitzrovian setting.
Translating Musset
Part of the fun of staging a period piece is assembling (and drinking) the props! A short post on my new theatre production for the Crouch End Festival.
Crouch End Festival 2018
Now that A Midsummer Night's Dream has finished it's time to flag up my own next production with the Crouch End Players as part of the Crouch End Festival. As part of an evening of new writing I'm directing a new translation of the French classic, A Door (Should Be Either Open Or Shut).
A short guide to the London Library
A post in praise of a unique London institution.
The Crouch End Players and the Comédie-Italienne
Lancret, Marivaux and Ric Lindley
Comparing the modern Crouch End Players to the Comedie-Italiennes may be a first but it isn't without justification.
The National Gallery basement and Arthur Ransome
Getting down in the basement of the National Gallery springs a welcome memory of an overlooked children's classic.
A London Journal 