IN CONVERSATION WITH: Amanda Wilsher
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with artistic director Amanda Wilsher to discuss Newbury's Christmas Panto, Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
Tabitha James
I’ve been in love with theatre for as long as I can remember but it was intensified when I joined Bedlam Theatre whilst at University of Edinburgh - the oldest student-run theatre in the UK. With an aversion to the spotlight I became involved in stage management and producing and then discovered reviewing. I’ve been reviewing for over six years now but am still delighted to be challenged and thrilled by shows at every viewing. When not working as a marketeer in my day job, I’m at home with my two demanding Siamese cats - more often than not knitting or with a glass of wine in hand.
FEATURE: Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Spring Courses 2026 — A Season of Creative Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutesEach spring, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama opens its doors to adult learners interested in developing their skills in a focused, supportive environment.
FEATURE: Two Smash-Hit Musicals Go Global: Scouts! The Musical and A Jaffa Cake Musical Now Available to Stream
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a whirlwind summer of sold-out performances, standing ovations, and rave reviews, multi-award-winning company Gigglemug Theatre is opening the virtual doors to their two newest critical successes.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Simona Brown and Lucy Farrett
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Simona Brown and Lucy Farrett who play Watson and Holmes in Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B at the Arcola Theatre.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Emmanuel Pichardo Caballero
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Emmanuel Pichardo Caballero. Emmanuel is the actor/playwright/director of the show, Waiting for Julieta, which is a bold Mexican reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy to Voila! Europe Theatre Festival 2025.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Akeim Toussaint Buck
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Akeim Toussaint Buck - an interdisciplinary performer and maker making his Sadler’s Wells East debut with brand-new work FREE opening next Thursday 6th, with a Sadler's Wells East Late on Fri 7th November.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Zena Agha
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Zena Agha - a Palestinian-Iraqi writer and poet and the author of Objects from April and May (2022). She is a member of the White Kite Collective.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Chanel McKenzie
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Chanel McKenzie, writer of The Institution of Failed Artists, part of Theatre Peckham's Young, Gifted and Black season.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Stacey Cullen and Sam Bates
Reading Time: 7 minutesWriter-director Stacey Cullen and actor-producer Sam Bates discuss Overwhelm, a raw exploration of male loneliness, vulnerability, and the quiet crises shaping modern masculinity.
FEATURE: Verbal Diary
Reading Time: 2 minutesBut forty years after it was first performed in its rawest form by the late Rik Mayall, Verbal Diary has returned — sharper, stranger, and more riotous than ever.