THE GRAND GESTURE at the Everyman, Cheltenham
In many ways the small(ish) independent, itinerant theatre companies have picked up the dusty...
Read MorePosted by Michael Hasted | 2 Oct 2013
In many ways the small(ish) independent, itinerant theatre companies have picked up the dusty...
Read MorePosted by Michael Hasted | 17 Sep 2013
I am not generally a fan of community or “issue based” drama. Too often the emphasis is on the issue and not on the drama. While good, strong drama can powerfully put across any idea or point of view you want, without it you are...
Read MorePosted by Michael Hasted | 10 Sep 2013
It’s amazing to think that after very nearly 100 years Noel Coward has never really been out of fashion. There are those who argue that the world he portrayed presented a rarefied atmosphere where his glamourous mortals were...
Read MorePosted by Michael Hasted | 4 Sep 2013
Buddy Holly would have been 77 on September 7th An early death usually guarantees eternal fame and beatification for rock stars. Most of the famous ones like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Harry Nilsson or Jim Morrison, died from...
Read MorePosted by Michael Hasted | 17 Jun 2013
Through the 1970s and 80s and much of the 1990 Terence Rattigan was rather out of favour. However,...
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