Thursday, 26 February 2009

ONCE A CATHOLIC
Upstairs at The Gatehouse

Camden New Journal

Catholic guilt is all the rage at the moment. Having recently watched Meryl Streep’s pursed performance in Doubt, I was looking forward to some lighter convent-school capers in Once a Catholic. Unfortunately, I think I laughed more watching Doubt...
http://www.thecnj.co.uk/review/2009/022609/theatre022609_02.html

Saturday, 21 February 2009

Monday, 16 February 2009

MR WRIGHT IS ALL WRONG
The London Paper

My mother is obsessed with surnames. It’s the first question she’ll ask about my ­latest hot date. To her, it’s right up there with having good prospects, your own home and nice shoes – and rightly so. No, not because it conveys a certain class or ancestry, or even because it goes well with my first name, but because it could have a major impact on the future of my children...

http://admin.thelondonpaper.com/talk/columnists/the-columnist/eileen-strong-takes-a-closer-look-at-the-school-register

THE CARAVAN
Royal Court Theatre
whatsonstage.com

The prospect of spending a cold February evening in a caravan was not an appealing one, even if it was parked in the salubrious area of Sloane Square. The Caravan is a documentary theatre piece on the UK’s 2007 floods, performed in a slightly shabby caravan, to a cramped audience of just eight...
http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/offwestend/?p=1029
CASANOVA
King's Head Theatre

Camden New Journal

It’s a wonder the Carry On team never turned their attention to the true tale of the notorious Casanova. Not only does it have great alliterative potential, but the exploits of the 18th-century philanderer are ripe for such treatment...
http://www.thecnj.co.uk/review/2009/021209/theatre021209_01.html