‘Tread softly because you tread on my dreams’ W B Yeats This revival of Pearl Cleage’s 90s play, directed by Lynette...
Reviews
Rapture/That Is Not Who I Am Review
THIS DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS I took my IB students (lovely people that they are) to the theatre last week. We’d agreed...
The 47th Review
Currently on at The Old Vic, London The 47th was not originally on my hit list for performances this spring. It got...
Straight Line Crazy Review
New writing by David Hare and playing at The Bridge Theatre, London until mid June. Hare is always good value if you...
Just Mercy
Review of ‘Just Mercy’ by Bryan Stevenson Although ‘Just Mercy’ was published in 2015, and I had heard Bryan Stevenson...
It’s in the stars
I watched the amazing ‘Constellations’ by Nick Payne the other evening. This version from the Donmar starred Russell...
‘It 100% could have been me.’
Talking with Dino Fetscher about his role in ‘The Normal Heart’ (still playing at the National until 6th, so get...
The Amazing Spider Woman
A Review of Lady Hale’s autobiography. Like many who have studied Law, I come to Lady Hale’s autobiography with...
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Book Review
Arguably, all months should be Black History Month (October). Notable achievements, often against the odds, have...
The First Gay Epic? Reviewing John Boyne’s ‘The Heart’s Invisible Furies.’
There have been a number of excellent explorations on sexuality in the face of AIDS in recent years. Kushner’s...