THEATRE TIP for GROUPS
Photo: Marc Brenner It’s very difficult to write a musical and also more expensive than putting a play on, so it has to be a brave writer, an adventurous theatre and even braver producers to mount a new musical theatre…
Spotlight on GTO Julia Passmore
Three things I can't live without my diary - I still keep a paper copy (don't trust the computer as it has a habit of breaking down when I most need it) and my diary keeps all the information…
Spotlight on Associate member Rob Carroll
If you were not doing your current job, what would you be doing? This is a tough question to start with. You see, I love my job. It has taken me all over the UK, Europe and beyond, broadened…
Spotlight on GTO Gwen Wright, The Arts Soc. Cranleigh
My Advice for GTO's: This may sound arrogant which I am sure I am not! But in terms of advice and over a huge number of years of organising.. I have rather learned “on the hoof”! Above all.. as with…
THEATRE TIP FOR GROUPS
By Carlie Newman GTO THE DIVINE MRS S is on at Hampstead Theatre, London (until 27April 2024. Box office: 020 7722 9301) Rating **** If any of your group are keen on theatre or interested in historical actors do book…
A play to see…
Photo: Manuel Harlan By GTO Carlie Newman DOUBLE FEATURE****(Hampstead Theatre, London until 16.3.2024) While the idea of a double feature of the two plays side by side is a good conceit, I am not sure if the two stories really…
Step behind the closed doors of Holborn Station with a brand-new Hidden London tour
Tickets are now available to discover the secret parts of Holborn station, a busy interchange at the heart of London with much more to explore than first meets the eye The new tour, called Holborn: The Secret Platforms, will start…
Not to be missed: The Hills of California!
Photo: Mark Douet THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA***** (Harold Pinter Theatre, London until 15.6.2024) Jez Butterworth (who gave us Jerusalem) has written another stupendously fine play. Reunited with Sam Mendes who directs this new play, Butterworth fills the stage with drama…
Some shows that have just opened! by GTO Carlie Newman
Photo Johan Persson KING LEAR THE TIMETRAVELLER’S WIFE THE INTERVIEW King Lear**** (Wyndhams Theatre,London until 9.12 2023) Perhaps because I was near the front I found both the production and Kenneth Branagh‘s performance absolutely absorbing. It was really good…