This is Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC’S) first Christmas show and what a year to start the tradition. I am watching this on what must be the most depressing day of the year for many people, with the Prime Minister cancelling Christmas for a large proportion of the South-east. However, while many theatres which had managed…
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…
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…
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…
Season’s Greetings is the third and final production in Leatherhead Rep Theatre’s three week season. It is only November 20th and I do not really feel ready to launch into the Festive Season yet. Why I wondered have Leatherhead Rep chosen to do this play? In the course of the evening, it becomes clear why…
It is such a treat to be able to have dinner with my family before leaving for the theatre, rather than bolting down a sandwich and a coffee as I rush off to the West End. Yes, hoorah, proper theatre has returned to Leatherhead. The three week Rep season begins with Waiting for God a…
