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The Italia Conti School of Theatre Arts presented Men Should Weep by Ena Lemont Steward in the Chelsea Theatre this week. A dark, yet at times comical, play about poverty in Glasgow in the 1930s depression.  I wanted to quickly mention this play put on by my third years, because it is truly excellent. Especially [...]

In one of my movement classes we were asked to go to a gallery and pick a piece of art with two or more figures in it that grabbed our attention. I picked the Death of Sardanapalusby E. Delacroix. In the painting Sardanapalus, facing military defeat, ordered the death and destruction of all his worldly [...]

A great fun night if you are into dance! A interpretation/ rip off the musical Into the Woods by Sondheim this ghetto fab show is the first show of its kind to hit the West End. This show was put together by Hip Hop dance troupe ZooNation. The show consists entirely of dance, done to [...]

I apologize to any readers for not having updated these last couple months. I live in dorm halls that seem to place no regard on IT service. I have had no Internet since I came back from my Easter Holiday and it still has not been fixed! Bastards! Next week I move out of these halls [...]

The Old Vic: Speed-The-Plow by David Mamet Director: Matthew Warchus Bobby Gould: Jeff Goldblum Charlie Fox: Kevin Spacey Karen: Laura Michelle Kelly Speed-The-Plow is a fast-paced, hard-hitting show about the nature of Hollywood screen writers in the usual David Mamet take-no-prisoners style. To be honest, despite the big names (Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum) this is probably one of my [...]

Comedy Theatre: The Lover / The Collection by Harold Pinter Director: Jamie Lloyd The Lover Richard: Richard Coyle Sarah: Gina McKee John: Charlie Cox The Collection Harry: Timothy West James: Richard Coyle Stella: Gina McKee Bill: Charlie Cox Having previously stage managed Harold Pinter’s The Lover (along with The Betrayal) in school; I was very excited to see a professional cast do the same show. Luckily, [...]

Royal Academy of Arts: From Russia I visited the Royal Academy of Arts for research into my character in The Cherry Orchard. They were showing French and Russian Master Paintings from 1870-1925. This is exactly the time when Luybov Ranevskya was both in France and Russia. I learned a lot from the paintings and the audio [...]

National Theatre: Happy Now by Lucinda Coxon (World Premiere) Director: Thea Sharrock Michael: Stanley Townsend Kitty: Olivia Williams Johnny, Kitty’s husband: Jonathan Cullen Miles: Dominic Rowan Bea, Miles wife: Emily Joyce June, Kitty’s mother: Anne Reid I went to see Happy Now with my mother while she was visiting me in London. We were very lucky to get the last two available tickets, [...]

Another poem that I liked that we are working on in Voice class. Musee des Beaux Arts About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters: how well they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For the [...]

The hour we knew nothing of each other by Peter Handke at The National Theatre Director: James MacDonald There were 27 actors in the hour we knew nothing of each other playing 450 characters. A remarkable feat in itself, but what had really inflamed my curiosity was that this play, written by a “great experimental figure [...]