How to Save a Life is a hard-hitting, tear-jerking and heartfelt story of love, friendship and the harsh reality of what can happen when you put off making important grown-up decisions. Melissa played by Heather Wilkins, introduces herself to us as she just finishes arguing with her boyfriend James Ford’s…

Cast above left to right Fergus Leatham, Matt Jopling, Sian Eleanor Green and Samantha Sutherland. The 80-minute funny and thoroughly entertaining family show played to an almost full venue at the Vaults Theatre as we watched the world’s worst detective, Tim Diamond played by Matt Jopling bumble his way through…

Danyah Miller will be performing “I believe in Unicorns” at the Edinburgh Fringe this years. In this interview we have discussed her motivation behind his performance, her believe in the importance of books and storytelling and why she choose this particular children book to perform. What is so special about…

The small group performing in this piece at Winchester Hat Fair took place in the Outer Cathedral Close on Saturday afternoon, after walking down the high street dressed in their costumes, as pictured below. Complete with two roughly eight-foot tall monsters complete with enormous heads no mean feat in the…

Oliver Bennett (left) and Vladimir Shcherban (right) pictured above run the growing theatre company HUNCHTheatre. They have taken time out from their exhausting schedule to discuss with me the success of their energetic and fantastic play “A Hero of Our Time” which has recently been on tour in Russia where…

Last week was one of those difficult life-changing weeks for my children. Understanding that your role as a parent changes throughout their life. This takes time and learning that when they are scared or hurt that you can no longer bundle them up and make everything instantly alright again, as…

As the two men begin their lengthy exploration into the darker side of casting rooms and casting directors they luncheon their way through an array of food items from chicory, bread, a rice dish and various other items laid out on the table placed centre stage. The newest fad diet…

Coming of age plays very often travel through similar storylines and themes. Hedgehog takes a raw approach to this epiphany and journey through the narrative of Manda’s home life set in Barwell, Leicester takes a different path. Throw in some Spice girls, dodgy dress sense and rogue curling irons for…

Watching this company of actors performing is an awe-inspiring experience. Their energy and sense of enjoyment is one thing you take away with you each time you watch the Blue Apple. This group of almost 40 actors with various degrees of learning disabilities produce some challenging pieces of theatre. This…

Upon arriving at the impressive 70 seater Jermyn Street Theatre you are met by a fantastic array of production photographs and the extremely enigmatic designed poster of Pictures of Dorian Gray. The gothic horror is bought to life in this new production of Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian…