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Directed by Rob Widdicombe Review by Christopher Cullen If you had ever forgotten that office politics can be hell, Bull provides an excellent reminder. The action focuses on three young, highly ambitious employees jostling to keep their jobs in the knowledge that one must be made redundant. Tony, played by Dean Louis Brown, and Isobel, played by Sarah Kidney, are like animals scenting blood when faced with a weaker member of the herd in Richard Stewart’s Thomas. The two work […]

by Patrick Neylan English Literature               A John Godber’s script is an ingenious take on how pupils view education and how teachers see it. We saw how a moment of inspiration can turn the most disaffected children into enthusiastic pupils. The play essentially follows a new drama teacher at a mediocre comprehensive through his first year, as he tries to turn theatre into a valid, eye-opening part of the curriculum rather than a doss subject. What could have been an inconsequential […]

Scene: A bar in a small community theatre in South East London. Two playwrights are discussing a performance of their play – a play they wrote for the opening of the Bridge Theatre in London. It is only the second staging of the play that has ever be performed, and an amateur premier. Richard Bean: How long into the play did it take you to relax? Clive Coleman: I knew they’d nailed it in the first 2 minutes And nailed […]

Review by Richard Stewart In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how boring I find Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. This is not for want of trying – I want to like it. It’s one of the most loved and well regarded books in English literature, full of wit, memorable characters and quotes that have become part of the culture of the nation. I’ve read […]