Sally Knipe

There was definitely something a bit strange about two of the ushers on duty this evening; the same strange pudding bowl haircuts and both looking rather overdressed and lumpy. So, maybe I shouldn’t have been too surprised when they (Emma Barclay and Alec Nicholls) took to the stage as the lights went down! The lumpiness … Read more One Million Tiny Plays About Britain by Craig Taylor | Review

Operation Mincemeat is set in 1943 and as the audience arrives the mood is set by the dark, smoky atmosphere and wartime music playing in the background. The set is basic, just a few filing cabinets and a plethora of phones hanging from the ceiling. Operation Mincemeat is the almost unbelievably true story of how … Read more Review of Operation Mincemeat at the New Diorama Theatre

Tony Hancock made the first series of Hancock’s Half Hour for BBC radio in 1954, the scripts were written by two new writers still in their twenties; Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Galton and Simpson went on to be one of the most successful comedy writing partners ever, most notably as the writers of Steptoe … Read more Hancock’s Half Hour at Epsom Playhouse