A post describing recent work for the National Trust exploring the world of Cinderella.

Everyone does lists at Christmas, and so here’s my current top ten festive songs.

A review of Green Man Festival 2024, featuring ritualistic burning and poor footwear choices.

Transcription of the introduction given to the Nottingham Puppet Festival screening of Eraserhead at Broadway Cinema in April 2024.

A pub trip to see the annual Plough Play sees a return to the blog and how this Mummer’s tradition still has a relevant role today.

In the light of its closure, an examination surrounding the authenticity and identity of Nottingham Castle (and featuring Bob Dylan).

Finally stepping into the world of immersive theatre, a review of Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City.

A recent childhood discovery makes me pick up the blog pen again and discover what occupied my 11 year old mind.

With the 2021 revival of Robin Hood as a Pantomime at the Theatre Royal Nottingham, a brief exploration as to whatever happened to those other lost Pantos.

A review of the Ray Harryhausen - Titan of Cinema exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two)

Can Biggles and his fighter-pilot adventures ever be relevant for a modern audience?

From its Jim Crow roots in the USA, a critical examination of the history of blackface in British theatre .

I come here to praise the theatre programme, not to bury it.

A dive into the world of Edwardian theatre postcards and the stories that lie beneath.