Tag: playwriting
-
Woman in Mind, Duke of York’s Theatre
Wednesday 7th January 2026
reviewStarry West End staging of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1985 play is more visually delightfu…
Read now -
About Notes from a Working-Class Playwright
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
blogLeo Butler’s wonderful new one is not a play, but a passionate book about a writ…
Read now -
The Literary Gaze
Sunday 1st June 2025
writingHere is a sample from the introduction to my latest book about postwar British t…
Read now -
Personal Values, Hampstead Theatre
Tuesday 22nd April 2025
reviewNew play about two sisters, death and hoarding is well written, but feels incomp…
Read now -
Apex Predator, Hampstead Theatre
Monday 31st March 2025
reviewNew play about motherhood and vampirism is disappointingly incoherent: poor writ…
Read now -
The Habits
Wednesday 26th March 2025
blogQuote of the day: “It was a lightbulb moment.”
Read now -
Spent, Old Red Lion Theatre
Wednesday 19th March 2025
reviewNew fringe play, with alternate casting, is an intriguing, perceptive and sugges…
Read now -
A Good House
Monday 20th January 2025
blogFavourite stage direction: “This text needs to go FAST.”
Read now -
The Invention of Love, Hampstead Theatre
Monday 16th December 2024
reviewTom Stoppard’s classic evocation of Victorian golden age Oxford stars Simon Russ…
Read now
