December 2, 2023. Young Vic Theatre. Pinter. Ahhhhhh Pinter. First performed in 1965. This is the story of the fragility of the patriarchy, of misogyny, of control, of tension. We are in a faded yet large front room of a house in north london where a man, his brother and…

Lyttelton Theatre, NT. 25 November 2023 Bernada’s house is a bleak place. When we meet her and her household, it’s just after her husband’s funeral. He was her second husband and we come to realise he was a womaniser and abused Bernada’s eldest daughter. Grim. She rules the house with…

Last month at #SustainabilityLive I heard a lot about the importance of storytelling, figuring out how to reach ‘our people’ and the importance of ‘engaging’, ‘educating’, ‘harnessing’ and ‘empowering’ our people. I had heard similar requirements on the #CISL Business Sustainability Management course. …

I’ve told this story twice in the last week so I thought I’d share it with you too. Once upon a time there was a lass working in Internal comms for a big multinational company. The commercial team had been given some punchy targets for the summer quarter, a traditionally…

Q3 book reviews are in! It was filled with some corkers. Let’s do this: 🤖 Tomorrow x3. Wow. I found it via Bill Gates summer reads recommendations. Smart coder-girl meets smart and disabled coder-boy. They learn, they grow, they fuck up. It’s brilliant. 🇫🇷 The Paris Apartment. Modern day crime…

Olivier Theatre, NT. September 27, 2023 Unexpected matinee performance and DANG did I chose the right play. WOW! This is the story of India, Ghandi, colonialism, Partition, radicalisation and ultimately murder. The storytelling is gripping and artfully done. I was in from the second the lights went down. The fourth…

The Old Vic. September 16, 2023. “In Hampshire, Hereford and Hertford, hurricanes hardly happen.” Ah the joy of this classic that has spawned so many copies (think Pretty Woman and Educating Rita.) George Bernard Shaw was inspired by the story in Greek mythology. …

Almeida Theatre. August 26, 2023 — We are cordially invited to the wedding of Joel and Lydia… Or are we? We are already told “This performance is being staged without a licence from the Ministry. We recognise the risk that each and every one of you is taking by attending, and we salute your courage.” …

Donmar Warehouse. July 21, 2023 It’s 1926 and a general strike has just broken out. Stanley Baldwin’s government is being outplayed by the unions who are angered at Churchill, then the Chancellor, taking the pound into the gold standard and causing economic chaos and cost of living increases. The newspapers are stopped so the government…