Vanya tickets on sale
The translation of a major work of global literature is something one does lightly or not at all.
No Exit – Tickets on Sale!
20th Century masterpiece, ‘No Exit’. Written in the claustrophobic atmosphere of wartime Paris this up-to-date production resonates with recent events when lockdown meant that for many the blackly comic aphorism, ‘Hell is other people’, was all too true.
Resto 12 Irvin, Crouch End
With excellent service throughout and design that shows a close attention to detail Irvin is a very happy-making place.
Working on ‘A Soldier’s Song’ in the London Library
With 'A Soldier's Song' due to première in a week's time it's time to pay my respects to the London Library - without the benefits that membership brings I doubt that I would have got the project off the ground.
Read more Working on ‘A Soldier’s Song’ in the London Library
Marivaux and Berlioz
After a weekend of Berlioz on Radio 3 it's also now time to reveal that ASoSo (as it's become to cast and crew) is itself inspired in part by Hector Berlioz. On reading the original Marivaux it rapidly became apparent to me that the male lead's romantic obsession with Araminte had a powerful resonance with the real life obsession that Berlioz had with the actress Harriet Smithson
Resto 6 Tomo, Hornsey
Excellent trad Italian with impeccable service.
Cast is Announced!
The cast for A Soldier's Song is announced!
A New Year, A New Play
A post announcing my next theatre collaboration, working with director Victoria Welsh to put on aproduction of Marivaux's 'Les Fausses Confidences' in a new, original, translation with the Crouch End Players.
Resto 35 Victoria Stakes, Crouch End
Quality bistrot food makes the Victoria Stakes a winner in N8.
Resto 32 Here Crouch End, Crouch End
While prices at Here (I know, right) are a little too steep to make it a regular outing it is a place I can heartily recommend to ethically conscious north London foodies (I believe there are a few around).
A London Journal 