Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. Written by Victoria Grantham, there are some strong moments in Lend Me Your Ears. For starters, the play is both topical and timeless, in that it discusses Russell Brand being excorigated in the media for a verbal faux pas about sex. But it hovers at … Continue reading
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Struggling to make itself heard: Lend Me Your Ears at the Canal Cafe Theatre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. Written by Victoria Grantham, there are some strong moments in Lend Me Your Ears. For starters, the play is both topical and timeless, in that it discusses Russell Brand being excorigated in the media for a verbal faux pas about sex. But it hovers at … Continue reading
Compelling but Confusing: The Secret Agent at the Young Vic
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. A stylish, energetic production, Theatre O’s The Secret Agent at the Young Vic is resonant with topical yet timeless questions on political liberties and national security. Themes of exploitation and nihilism contribute to a growing claustrophobia as the show unfolds. This adaptation from Joseph Conrad’s … Continue reading
Compelling but Confusing: The Secret Agent at the Young Vic
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. A stylish, energetic production, Theatre O’s The Secret Agent at the Young Vic is resonant with topical yet timeless questions on political liberties and national security. Themes of exploitation and nihilism contribute to a growing claustrophobia as the show unfolds. This adaptation from Joseph Conrad’s … Continue reading
Cosy contemporary playwriting: City Slices & Country Crumbs
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. For a solidly entertaining hour in a low-key environment, City Slices & Country Crumbs serves well. New writing by four women around the country makes this an interesting look at contemporary English theatre. At the Hen and Chickens Theatre. These plays are full of an … Continue reading
Cosy contemporary playwriting: City Slices & Country Crumbs
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. For a solidly entertaining hour in a low-key environment, City Slices & Country Crumbs serves well. New writing by four women around the country makes this an interesting look at contemporary English theatre. At the Hen and Chickens Theatre. These plays are full of an … Continue reading
Beautiful Nightmare: review of Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty for Quite Irregular.
Jem Bloomfield offered me the chance to present some thoughts for the Quite Irregular blog on Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty which aired recently on the BBC. I’m not sure what he thought he was in for, but I presented him with this: So to begin: once upon a time[1], a sad king and queen couldn’t … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Welcome
Hello and welcome to In a Merry Hour! Below is my last post from the Caitiewrites blog explaining why I’ve moved on from my old blog title to this new one. Looking forward to continuing the conversation. A few of my loyal Caitiewrites subscribers have written in to say that the last entry I posted … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour
DON PEDRO Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. Much Ado About Nothing, II.i Continue reading
Oh, Christmas Tree! (First in the London Christmas Series)
In a new episode of the Transporting Awkward Items by Bus series, I found myself yesternight trundling along wrestling a Christmas tree. Some Grinches and Scrooges among you may glance at my tree and with an aloof sneer dismiss it as being far too short to be considered in any sense a tree. I ask … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 