I went to see Ophelia’s Zimmer at the Royal Court recently (a play set entirely inside Ophelia’s bedroom, exploring what…
Why I Write About Rape
Jodie Foster made a brilliant and much-needed statement recently about the over-reliance male writers/directors have on rape as a plot…
The Great Class Debate in Acting
So everyone and their mother has waded in on the Great Acting Class Debate and I guess I’ve ranted about…
‘The Neighbourhood Project’ at the Bush Theatre
For the past five months I’ve been working on a theatre production at the Bush Theatre, in which I acted…
On Motivations for Writing A Play
I read an interesting blog post on playwriting competitions the other day – to sum up, someone asked about whether…
Do Not Write This Film
During my years as a solidly working but not very successful actress, I used to do the rounds of the…
Thinking out loud about Macbeth: abortion, xenophobia, and witchhunts.
This is a sort of thinking out loud brainstorming (ugh, corp-speak) thing where I blurg out a lot of inchoate…
Pathways into Shakespeare, aka How Netball Saved My Life Yesterday at rehearsal we got into a discussion about first experiences…
(L-R, a rehearsal shot, on stage with the cast, having my hair and makeup done, cast and crew at the…
Getting to act/work/play/learn with both Lyndsey Turner and Simon Godwin in the same month.
