Friday, March 13, 2020
At the time of writing, the World Health Organization has just declared that we are in the grip of a pandemic. Newsfeeds
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It has been a sobering month. From Laurence Fox to Andrew Sabisky to the recently published Arts Council England diversity report that
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It’s a new decade and a new year in more ways than one: I’m writing this on my 43rd birthday, so new
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It has been a week of drama. Last Monday marked the start of tech week on my debut directorial venture, with all
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BAFTA announced this year it would (finally) recognise the vital and extraordinary work of casting directors at its 2020 ceremony. The move
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This column follows on exactly from one I wrote a month ago. When flagging that Act for Change would be holding an
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Next month, Act for Change will be holding another public event, our fifth. As I’ve been speaking to people about it and
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This month’s column comes with a public service caution: It may contain political themes. I have never felt so concerned for the
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This month, I have mainly been overwhelmed by admiration for actors. In the course of auditioning for one play and workshopping another,
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Who’d have guessed with all the rain, but summer solstice has been and gone. Which means only one thing for an actor
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I was never a fan of the summer term. Even half my life away from the last written tests I took, I
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I have been watching the Extinction Rebellion climate protest campaign with fascination. As the days passed and their commitment to the cause
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Samuel Beckett would love me right now. For the past few months, I have been the talking, walking embodiment of his adage:
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I had the fortune to spend this week in the company of many theatre directors, some established, some at the start of
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My six year old is in a deep David Walliams phase. Actually, to be more precise, she is in a deep The
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It’s that time of year for the round-ups and the best-ofs. We’re a nation of list lovers and there’s nothing like December
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I have been thinking about productivity of late. Notice I say “thinking” about productivity and not actually “being productive” – because in
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Last week restored my faith in the gods of casting. In previous editions I have griped about actors not being rightfully appreciated
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Another month, another dynamite hashtag orbits the theatre Twittersphere. As delighted as I was to see news of the triumphs of the
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I begin this month on Twitter, again. This time, I’m locked in to Tamara Harvey’s excellent feed on the perils of being
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Having just finished a long job, I am catching up on life and admin. I recently refreshed my Twitter profile so it
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I have never been what you would describe as ‘down with the kids’, so when one of my excellent colleagues on Quiz
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I usually dread that conversation. You know the one, usually involving a cab driver or hairdresser, that features the question: “So, you
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I write this week from the midst of the thickest of fogs. I’m in previews of Quiz, my first-ever experience in the
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I am in the midst of a career first. After 17 years (intermittently) treading the boards, I am delighted to be heading
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I’m pleased to report that my month of rest in January paid dividends. I reached the beginning of February feeling an enormous
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My five-year-old told me this morning that she would like to be a hedgehog. The full existential impact of her statement only
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The issue of body-shaming in reviews has reared its ugly head this month. Unfortunately this is nothing new. The pursuit of the
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For the past 22 years I’ve been of the belief that ‘pathetic fallacy’ was just something you tried to ram ostentatiously into
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I started a new job yesterday, the week after my daughter started her first year of primary school. I heeded her advice
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This has been a double deja vu week. I was both appalled and unsurprised to read Matthew Xia and Selina Thompson’s accounts
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