In a special Camden Fringe edition of A Glimpse Inside, I met up with TL Wiswell to talk about her new show 'Space Age Love Songs', running at the Hen and Chickens from 21st August. So let's kick off with the introductions... My name is TL Wiswell, my first name is Tonnvane. I am doing … Continue reading A Glimpse Inside with TL Wiswell
Writing
A glimpse inside with Paul Stevens
In this, my latest installment of A Glimpse Inside, I had the great pleasure of speaking to playwright Paul Stevens. Some of you might recognise Paul, as the actor Paul Marlon, who was in the fabulous WWI play The Greater Game last year. We met to talk about his new play True Colours, which will … Continue reading A glimpse inside with Paul Stevens
A glimpse inside with Michael Black
Yesterday I was lucky enough to catch up with Michael Black, whose latest play 'Starved' will be coming to the Bread and Roses theatre at the end of the month. I'm a firm believer that we need more working classes voices on our London stages, and following this chat with Michael I'm now itching to … Continue reading A glimpse inside with Michael Black
A glimpse inside with Michael Dennis
Images via Chloe Nelkin Consulting Last week I was lucky enough to catch up with playwright Michael Dennis to talk about his debut full-length play, Dark Sublime, running at the Trafalgar Studios from 25th June 2019 for 6 week. As a theatre-loving sci-fi fan, Dark Sublime has been on my radar for a while, so … Continue reading A glimpse inside with Michael Dennis
A Glimpse Inside with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – Part 2
I hope you all enjoyed Part 1, where I talked to Morgan about 'Emilia' - now running at the Vaudeville Theatre until 15th June. If you missed it, fear not, I've provided a handy link at the end of this, the final installment. Here Morgan talks to me very candidly about her career, her passion … Continue reading A Glimpse Inside with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – Part 2
A Glimpse Inside with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm- Part 1
On International Women’s Day 2019 I am delighted to be able to share the first part of my interview with the generous and inspiring playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. We talked at length about her play Emilia, which has its first preview at the Vaudeville tonight. The first preview for Emilia is on International Women’s Day, … Continue reading A Glimpse Inside with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm- Part 1
Rejection buzz
This morning I got a rejection email for a short story I submitted to a competition. This lunchtime I went for Nando's with my good friend Fiona, a fellow writer. I told her about the rejection, and the realisation that I was fine with it. In fact, it felt good. I enjoyed my spicy hot … Continue reading Rejection buzz
My theatre heroes
(Pictured: the pot of tea I drank after seeing the glorious The Lounge at Soho Theatre. On until 20th May, worth running to get tickets) Inevitably my blog posts are filtered through the context of my life, so before I launch in, here's a spot of context for you. (1) I'm freelance, and am often … Continue reading My theatre heroes
Recession of the Imagination
My latest blog post 'Diversity and Creativity' reminded me of a short story I wrote in June 2015 following the Anti-Austerity march. As it currently lives on a defunct blog site I thought I'd take the opportunity to give it new life in here, as it remains as relevant as ever. For the Anti-Austerity march I was part … Continue reading Recession of the Imagination
Bamboozled
Have you noticed that different professions have their own languages? Technically they might be speaking something approximating English, but their communications are so littered with jargon, if you are one of the uninitiated you may well struggle to understand what on earth is going on. The advertising world is one such profession. We love our … Continue reading Bamboozled
