After seeing Mushy: Lyrically Speaking at the Arcola Theatre this month, I became fascinated by Mushy's story from Educating Yorkshire and watched lots of clips of him on YouTube (here, here and here). It's a story that you don't often see on stage and although the tour has now ended, I sincerely hope that it [...]
For Black History Month 2019, I was asked to write this blog post as part of a series at work which asks various people to talk about their cultural heritage and identity. Based on the reaction it received and the fact that it touches on theatre, I thought it'd be worth sharing it on here [...]
This new play, written by Jelena Budimir, is a political farce with lots of things to say. The characters it centres around are steeped in housing related problems and it’s seemingly all they want to talk about. There are lots of arguments, unusual plot twists and some slapstick comedy is thrown in. The situation is [...]
