Written for http://exeuntmagazine.com cording to Hydrocracker, in Labour’s last full year in power, the party laid out a cool £1.8 billion of tax payers cash on consultants. Whilst we’re all used to hearing terrible tales of NHS consultancy gone wrong, this is still a staggering truth. In his new play The Consultant, Neil Fleming aims to put [...]
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The Consultant @ Theatre 503
Posted in Reviews, tagged Neil Fleming, The Consultant, Theatre 503 on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Review: Coalition at Theatre 503 (The Blue Group)
Posted in Reviews, tagged Coalition, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Natalia Sheppard, Nick Clegg, Richard Marsh, Rogue Nouveau, Theatre 503 on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Written for www.whatsonstage.com As the competitively named Rivals opens in the West End, Theatre503 is pushing an altogether friendlier agenda with its Coalition season. Encompassing five short works in each group, the Yellow and Blue programmes will be performed in rep with yesterday the Blue group taking to the podium (tonight is Yellow and so [...]
Interview: Gabriel Bisset-Smith and Paul Robinson on The Charming Man
Posted in Interviews, tagged Gabriel Bisset-Smith, Have I Got News For You, Paul Robinson, Prime Minister, The Charming MAn, Theatre 503, Yes on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Written for Whats On Stage “It’s a common misconception that life isn’t funny even when it’s tragic, even when you’re in terrible situations funny stuff still happens and it makes it more moving.” Gabriel Bisset-Smith grins earnestly and I can’t help but grin back because it rings so true. As a Nation in the thralls [...]
This much is true and I’m not pulling any punches.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jean Charles de Menezes, Peter Unwin, Sarah Beck, Theatre 503, This Much Is True, Verbatim theatre on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sally Stott has written an interesting and seemingly controversial blog asking the question already buzzing around my own head since seeing This Much Is True. The Theatre 503 show is the newest play to deal with the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. Sally posits the idea that, in the light of the two productions [...]
Reviews (well more like historical pieces of description) The Charming Man & Reasons To Be Cheerful
Posted in Comment, Reviews, tagged Gabriel Bisset-Smith, Reasons To Be Cheerful, The Charming MAn, Theatre 503, Theatre Royal Stratford East on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hmmmm so my timing for this poor blog is shoddy and these producitons are now over. Good work Honour. Please therefore see these as pieces of interest instead of recommendations, or not, as the case may be. Written for www.fourthwallmagazine.co.uk (of which I am now Theatre Editor BTW!) The Charming Man Theatre 503’s The Charming Man [...]
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