Othello: A modern tragedy
Those who saw Adrian Lester play Ira Aldridge, the first black man to play Othello in London in 1833 in the Evening Standard Award winning play Red Velvet last year, will know … Continue reading
The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution.
There’s a 40-year-old never performed play by Caryl Churchill on at The Finborough. It’s true. Hard as it is to believe, the Godmother of playwriting has an unperformed play. Even … Continue reading
Gone Girl Gone Ending: No spoilers!
You’ve written an amazing novel but you’re struggling with the ending, what do you do? a. Leave it for a while, have a think and finish the book when you … Continue reading
Three Birds in The Bush
Absent parents make good drama, it seems. Everyone’s doing it (God’s Property, Bottleneck amongst others) but Janice Okoh’s Three Birds does it with a harrowing, unforeseen twist. Tiana 16, Tione 13 … Continue reading
I love GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS. Girls I do adore…
So, a few weeks ago I ordered and watched the first season of American TV drama, GIRLS. (I know, I’m so behind). I don’t watch a lot of TV as … Continue reading
God’s Property
Last week I saw three shows at the Soho Theatre. This seems to happen with the Soho. Most of the time, you have to wade through all the obscure comedy … Continue reading
Bitch Boxer/Bottleneck
These two high-energy monologues at Soho Theatre are interesting pieces about adolescence, the confusion of growing up and rebellion. Both characters have been abandoned by their mothers and their anger … Continue reading
Fences, Theatre Royal Bath
This raw account of African American life in the 1950’s is a hard-hitting and passionate look on broken dreams and family dramas that will leave you thinking about it for … Continue reading
Don’t look at me, I am not your friend.
I’m dressed as a 1940’s man in East London with thermals underneath as you do on a cold rush hour evening in February 2013. With google maps on my phone … Continue reading
I’m gonna be iron, like a lion…
So, here I am, half way through a Masters in Playwriting, writing my first blog post. I intended to start this at the beginning of the course as a way … Continue reading
Write Until Zion 