Ten down, fifteen to go. I refer to the theatrical venues in which Team TGWTIC (The Girl With The Iron Claws… must find pithier tag) are currently leaving their scorch marks. As small scale tours go, despite taking a few scheduled days off here and there, it’s been pretty intense. The hour-long rollercoaster ride – [...]

The composer and lyricist, and co-adaptor of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, discusses music and puppetry in children’s theatre… I am currently spending my time (very happily) in rehearsals for We’re Going on a Bear Hunt at the Little Angel Theatre. It’s a puppetry musical for everyone over the age of two, based on [...]

I have done quite a few crazy things on stage and television over the years. I’ve performed a safer sex show for gay men on Hampstead Heath at midnight, and convinced audiences across the globe that I was kidnapped by Mama Cass. I’ve set an American flag alight, and appeared as a fat version of [...]

I wrote my first play when I was 16, starting putting them on about 19, and somehow managed to start making a living from it at 24. Brilliant Adventures is my first ‘major’ production, or however you want to say it. This means that every now and then I look up and see six actors, [...]