Review – Matthew Bourne’s ‘The Red Shoes’
This review appeared on the Essential Surrey website in February 2020. I’m in serious danger of becoming a fanboy for Matthew Bourne’s ‘New Adventures’ company. […]
The Matchbox
This review from Essentially Surrey is from September 2019 and the production at Clapham Omnibus. Angela Marray gives a bravura performance in Frank McGuiness’s emotionally […]
Blood Wedding
This review is from Essentially Surrey in September 2018 and is about the Clapham Omnibus production. Lorca’s 1932 tragedy has been reimagined in an exceptional new […]
The Seagull
This review was originally published on the Essentially Surrey website in November 2018. Konstantin wants to be a writer, but his work is ridiculed by […]
The Blue Plaques and famous names of Putney, SW15
A short piece I did for Essential Surrey on Putney’s history, and some of the famous people associated with the area. Now a thriving, popular […]
Hallie Rubenhold’s “The Five”
Should you want a wee bit of titillation, there is a ‘Jack the Ripper tour’ just about every day of the year. In fact, so […]
The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
The fourth plinth in Trafalgar square was meant to have an equestrian statue of William IV, but funding could not be raised (this was in […]
“Turning Rebellion into Money” – The Clash at the Museum of London
I came late to London Calling, the Clash album being celebrated with a mini exhibition at the Museum of London. When it came out I […]
Number One London
You’re likely to have been past this place several hundred times, because Apsley House is the big, honey-coloured building on the north side of Hyde […]
“One of the sights of London”
“Miss the Tower of London, if you have to, but don’t miss this” wrote Ian Nairn in his 1966 guide, Nairn’s London. A Nash terrace? […]