Twins are special. Identical twins even more so they are the result of one fertilized egg splitting into two, giving them identical DNA. As a result, identical twins are as close as two people can be. In fact, twins are so special the town of Twinsburg Ohio holds an annual festival in honour of twins….
“The First World War was a horror of gas, industrialized slaughter fear and appalling human suffering.” wrote Nick Harkaway in 2012, and they were correct in every respect. Millions dead, empires lost, and the groundwork laid for the rise of fascism less than twenty years later. And for what? Why did this ‘war to end…
There are times when I wonder if Shakespeare hasn’t been done, rather like many of his characters, done to death. For example, I was in two minds about going all the way to the Greenwich Theatre for my fifth or sixth Macbeth. But, as it was the Lazarus Theatre Company producing the show, and I’ve…
What is ‘power’? According to an online dictionary, power is the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events. However, even with this definition, whilst many people believe they have power, very few actually do. There is a moment in Game of Thrones when Queen Cersei, explains…
Bizet’s opera Carmen holds a special place in my heart. Not only was it the first opera I saw, but Matthew Bourne’s danced version – The Car Man – was the first time I really understood how a story could be told so well only by movement. So, when I heard that the King’s Head…
I enjoy writing, but I’m certain nothing I write will ever change the world, and that’s probably true of most writers. However, in 1897, a certain Irish author by the name of Bram Stocker wrote a book that not only changed the world but also set the standard for every book, play, radio show, film,…
Back in 1940, Walt Disney decided that for his third animated feature film he was going to do something different. So, unlike Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio which were based on fairy tales, Disney went for the idea of putting together a movie consisting of eight animated segments set to pieces of…
There’s often nothing better than a new play that covers some well known moment in history from a new, and possibly unknown angle. A case in point is the latest offering from the Arrow and Traps Theatre Company who are presenting Ross McGregor’s new play The White Rose at the Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley….
Most of us will have heard of Quentin Crisp. Although I knew virtually nothing about him, growing up it just seemed to be a name I recognised, even if I wasn’t sure why. Well, thanks to a visit to the Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley, and the wonderful Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope I have a…