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PAINTING A WALL review by Julienne Bannister, aka Jules Kingham.


I heard from a reliable source, that one of the first reviews of Painting a Wall, a revival of a first play by David Lan, written at the age of twenty two and making its debut at The Howff in Chalk Farm in 1974, actually used the well worn phrase ‘watching paint dry’. Naturally, this was used in a derogatory sense by the one and only reviewer so far, who was not impressed with the production. I would like to thank this reviewer n… Continue

COME TO A FUN EVENING OF COMEDY AND SONGS AT THE LION AND UNICORN PUB THEATRE, GAISFORD STREET, KENTISH TOWN.

STARTS JAN 27TH AT 7.30 PM AND RUNS TILL FEB 21ST.

VIEW THE GIANT OLIVE THEATRE PAGE ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE DETAILS.

This blog is to encourage members to join my latest discussion, "The price of desperation".

ESSENTIAL THEATRE COMPANY based in North London are casting for two MALE roles in their forthcoming production of PLAZA SUITE by Neil Simon. They are in need of two actors of playing age 40 - 50 to play the roles of Jesse Kiplinger and Sam Nash. A sustainable American accent is needed as is a feel for Neil Simon's wry jewish humour. The production will rehearse from early March on ONE or TWO EVENINGS PER WEEK AND SOME SUNDAYS. The show dates are 4 - 8 JUNE.
The catch is there is NO PAY as this i… Continue

HI GUYS - TRIED TO POST THIS ON THE FORUM SECTION BUT THE PAGE WENT ALL BLACK AND IS CONSEQUENTLY NOW SITTING ON THE "NAUGHTY" STEP!

I sent an "angry of London" letter to the London Lite newspaper today (yes indeed, nothing better to do) regarding an article in which Sir Peter Hall complains that some young actors in the theatre these days are speaking too softly and cannot be heard by audiences. He attributes this to the fact that young actors make TV and film roles a priority ove

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