Early November will find me (Elaine) visiting Dallas, Texas for this year’s annual conference of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR). I’ve joined a working group dedicated to ‘Tasting Dallas’ (organised by Josh Abrams, University of Roehampton) where the invitation is to ‘locate’ a research project in the city. Every group member has a … Continue reading
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Issues of Class: Abigail’s Party San Francisco Playhouse June 2013
Abigail’s Party San Franciso Playhouse (California) June 2013 I saw this production in late June during a short tourist break in San Francisco in advance of attending a conference. In thinking about the trip I had imagined myself going to see a number of exciting and/or challenging shows or performances in this city. In the … Continue reading
Marcia Farquhar The Long Haul, Performance Studies International, 2013 Stanford University June 2013.
I can’t believe I had to go all the way to California to see a show by UK based Marcia Farquhar. Although I met her a few years back and Marcia is well known and respected by other live and performance art practitioners, I had not previously encountered her work. This is partly perhaps because … Continue reading
Helen Mirren: Queen of Drama – The Audience NT Screening
Back in 2008 I went across to Manchester to see the Brazilian company Group XIX de Teatro who were performing in the Victoria Baths on Hathersage Road, then (and still) undergoing restoration. Waiting for the performance and wandering around the empty gala pool in all its eerie, magnificent, albeit decaying splendour, I experienced an uncanny … Continue reading
Scott and Bailey
Originally one of the reasons for starting this blog was that Elaine and I wanted an outlet to express our enthusiasm for the TV police drama Scott and Bailey. Based on an idea by performers Suranne Jones who plays Rachel Bailey and Sally Lindsay and written by Sally Wainwright who also wrote Last Tango in … Continue reading
You Never Know by John Fox (poems)
I don’t know about Elaine but while our remit is quite broad it was never my intention to discuss poetry on this blog, or at least poetry that was not ‘performance poetry’ or ‘spoken word’, which I had seen live. This is largely because I’m not sure I know how to ‘review’ poetry but I … Continue reading
Drama Queens Review 