I wrote this preview for Every Brilliant Thing for one of my University magazines, Intermission. Unfortunately Duncan Macmillan is too interesting for 800 words so here’s the original article with some added extras. After several failed attempts at Skype where…
Dear Charlotte Bronte, I would like to apologise for saying Jane Eyre was: Boring Dull Wimpy And: Nothing happens for ages Do people who label things ‘classics’ actually read them? I wouldn’t want to be her friend Please accept my…
It is hard to look at anyone else when Denise Gough is on stage. I’ve never seen her perform before but I now very much want to again. She just seems so normal, you could bump into her in the…
I sit down in a dark room and I am handed a blindfold. *** First time round I miss Barrel Organ’s play, Some People Talk About Violence. I saw the company’s debut show Nothing last year. I had enjoyed it…