everywoman is built on a strong concept: the implicit gendering of universal human experience. In medieval theatre there is an everyman archetype, a male character who is seen to embody […]
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Author: Claudia Graham
An Interview with actor Jonah Rzeskiewicz
Kevin Elyot’s ‘Coming Clean’ has returned to Trafalgar Studios for a limited one-month run, after the production – by director Adam Spreadbury-Maher – ran in early 2019 to great success. […]
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BACKSTAGE AT CHRISTMAS: An interview with Meriel Cunningham
It’s panto season! We get a behind-the-scenes perspective from first-time pantomime performer Meriel Cunningham. Meriel recently graduated from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she trained as an […]
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The View UpStairs – Soho Theatre
The atmosphere of The View Upstairs is set as soon as the audience takes their seats. The lights are dim and the air is hazy; a piano sits proudly centre stage backed by red velvet curtains; bar stools litter the stage and a live band play light jazz in the background.
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Queerness, Brooklynese, and theatre on a budget: an interview with Hannah Bristow and Laurie Ogden
On Saturday, I was lucky enough to interview actors Laurie Ogden and Hannah Bristow, who are currently playing teenage sweethearts Connie and Francesca in the European premiere of Napoli, Brooklyn […]
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Flo & Joan: Alive on Stage – Soho Theatre
The musical comedy siblings, Flo and Joan, are stalwarts of the Edinburgh Fringe and had a viral hit with ‘The 2016 Song’ on YouTube. Yet onstage at the Soho Theatre, they are totally understated. Flo, with a notable resemblance to Orange is The New Black’s Alex Vause in both persona and appearance, is on keyboard; Joan, charismatic and full of energy, is on percussion.
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