Kat Pope

Strange Interlude, the National Theatre’s new production of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer award winning play, is neither very strange – more solid – and certainly not an interlude, being nearly three and a half hours long (cut down from the original, bum-numbing five!) Beginning in 1920s America and hin

Adrian Bunting, who died suddenly last month of pancreatic cancer was a well-known and much respected face in Brighton theatre circles. He founded the legendary performance platform ZINCBAR in the 1990s and his play, Kembel’s Riot, won Best Play at Brighton Fringe Festival a couple of years ago. A g

Last time I saw Hal Cruttenden he was acting his chops off in the tiny Trafalgar Studios in a show based on the works of George Orwell. “Yes, I’m a ‘proper’ actor,” he says in Tough Luvvie, his new solo comedy piece. “Three years at acting school, then bit parts on the telly.” So now […]

The round stage is 3.6 metres across. Tiny. And it’s bare, save 8 lightbulbs swinging over it. And I’m in the very front row, almost pressed up against the bare wood. I’m in Limbo, the show, and also in a state of unknowing. This is scary. The performers are going to be on top of […]