James Graham tells the story of Gareth Southgate’s England team in Dear England, an insightful play which also examines the place of individual, team and national psychology in sport and society. Dear England Dear England is a play about football. What do I know about football? Not a whole lot, really. But Dear England is […]
Some seventy years after its first production, The Crucible still has the power to illuminate aspects of human nature. The Crucible Thank goodness for West End transfers – I love a second chance. The Urban Geographer and I ran out of time to see The Crucible at the National Theatre last year, so were pleased […]
A review of A Number, a Caryl Churchill revival at the Old Vic. Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu get to grips with father and son relationships, inheritance and identity in this tense, hour-long drama. A Number For me, seeing A Number at the Old Vic was a bit of a bookend moment. In March 2020, […]