Journalist, science writer, storyteller
Originally written for Exeunt It seemed like rather a lot was at stake in LAS Theatre’s New Atlantis - there was much talk of water austerity, abandoned cities, the world in crisis etc, so I thought it would be sensible to bring a scientist. I’m also trying to bring along more friends who don’t usually go to … Continue reading New Atlantis
Originally written for Exeunt Every now and again you come across a show that feels like a hug, and Flabbergast Theatre’s Tatterdemalion is precisely the antidote to having to leave the house on a cold January Sunday evening. Born from the minds of the Boris & Sergey team, it’s a series of unconnected sketches mashing puppetry, comedy and a … Continue reading Tatterdemalion
As we draw very close indeed to D&D, I'm always reminded of the wonderful conversations that come out of it each year. Last year in particular, I got chatting to Catherine Love and Ira Brand at the pub afterwards (the natural birthplace of ideas) about our desire to make the academia of performance feel less … Continue reading The Library
Every year, The Stage "reveals who we believe are the 100 most influential people working in theatre and the performing arts." Depending on your opinion of The Stage, and on a lot of different factors, you may be sceptical of the list's validity / relevance to the theatrical landscape, but as a few people were already … Continue reading The Stage 100: A Breakdown
I’ve spent nearly 4 months trying to write a blog post. It’s called something to the effect of ‘Are We All Just Talking To Ourselves?’ and it’s probably a less eloquent, more angry version of Catherine Love’s very well expressed blog from last week on writing about theatre. Anyone who’s had the misfortune of finding … Continue reading It’s On You
For the first 11 years of my life, I walked everywhere. We lived in a smallish town and it generally never took more than 30 minutes to get from one part of it to another. We had no car and, although I also cycled quite regularly, Shank’s mare was the most obvious and often used … Continue reading A Walking Philosophy
Mary Halton 