By Grace Hatchell There are always a few shows at Edinburgh Fringe that you really want to...
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By Grace Hatchell Forty years in theatre deserves rather more than a cake and a few balloons....
By Grace Hatchell Some plays apparently bring football, politics, sectarianism, old grudges and two Belfast men waiting...
By Grace Hatchell I’ve had some strange things happen on a post round. Dogs have chased me....
Sunderland Empire’s Peter Pan Panto Has Its Full Crew – And Captain Hook Had Better Watch Out
Cast members Millie Readshaw, Sophie Bishop, Bradley Riches, Tom Whalley, Miss Rory and Olivia Birchenough from the Sunderland Empire’s production of Peter Pan pictured during their visit to HMS Trincomalee at the Royal Navy Museum in Hartlepool Picture: David Wood
By Grace Hatchell There are certain things you can rely on at Christmas in the North East....
By Grace Hatchell I have received some troubling news. RENT is turning 30. Thirty. Years. I have...
Birmingham Rep Reveals the Cast for a Brand-New Production of The Snowman
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By Grace Hatchell There are certain things you can rely on at Christmas. Someone will buy you...
I’ve seen Cambridge Arts Theatre’s new season, so apparently I live in Cambridge now
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
By Grace Hatchell I have made a decision. It is perhaps not a financially responsible decision, nor...
By Grace Hatchell I have a complaint to make to the Royal Court Theatre. Nearly 4,000 scripts....
By Grace Hatchell There are certain preparations that must be made as Christmas approaches. Theatres start hanging...
By Grace Hatchell I have been informed that we are going back to 2007. Now, ordinarily I’d...
By Grace Hatchell. Well, that’s it. The reviews have been written, the stars have been dished out,...