The Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published a five-stage “phased return” plan for live performances on June 25th 2020. Stage One – Rehearsal and training (no audiences and adhering to social distancing guidelines) Stage Two – Performances for broadcast and recording purposes (adhering to social distancing guidelines) Stage Three – Performances…

In just under thirteen minutes Jodyanne Richardson delivers a moving and thoughtful monologue by the writer Judy Upton. Truck driver, Hannah shares her experiences of working through the coronavirus lockdown and describes an unnerving incident involving a White Hart which took place the night before while she was out on…

Nobody ever really knows what takes place behind closed doors. Which allows domestic abuse to thrive undetected and the first signs we often hear about it is when tragedy strikes. Often followed by an outcry of why didn’t the victim speak out. Rosalind Blessed’s play The Delight of Dogs and…

I had been due to review Baaba’s Footprints at the Vaults Festival in March 2020, the fast spread of COVID-19 saw me cancel my review diary just before the Theatre’s all shut. For the first time, I didn’t feel safe travelling to London. Now for the new Oncomm category in…

Threedumb Theatre presents an adaptation of the short grim gothic style tale The Tell-Tale Heart by American playwright Edgar Allan Poe.  Performed by Stephen Smith with Stephanie Van Den Driesen operating the lights, sound and music they bring this macabre tale to life. The start of the production leads you…

Combining physical theatre and an extremely well-scripted dialogue between the cast of five. Key Change is a story of friendship, abuse, drugs and a lifetime of unfortunate circumstances in which Lucy played by Cheryl Dixon and Angie played by Jessica Johnson find themselves meeting first in a women’s refuge after…

During this unprecedented time during the Covid 19 lockdown creatives and Theatre companies have been trying to come up with new ideas to keep the industry alive and raise some money for those who are now out of work until the Theatres reopen. The performance of A Separate Peace lasted…

Hampstead Theatre’s latest online production which is being aired this week is “Drawing the Line” by Howard Brenton which has been taken from the Theatres 2014 season. My knowledge about the days of the British Empire is extremely limited. However, watching this production has certainly opened up my eyes to…

With the closure of all the Theatres during the coronavirus outbreak and the country lockdown. I reviewed the last production performed at The Cockpit Theatre of “The Dock Brief” which had been filmed especially for reviewing purposes. It was a somewhat unusual experience and although it’s been nice to be…

I was fortunate enough to first see the first draft of this incredibly moving play at the Six plays in the one-day event led by Threedumb Theatre at the Tristan Bates Actors Centre on Saturday, February 9th 2020. One the plays that really stood out for me was Jack Hesketh’s…