Author Archives: garylongden

  This is a very special presentation . Not only is it a 60th anniversary production, but John Osborne also worked at Derby Theatre, lived locally, and set the play in the locality. Legend has it that it was written … Continue reading →

**** Although author Richard Harris is relatively unknown to the general public, his writing has figured in numerous hit television series and stage shows. For television, he was a regular contributor for forty years, from 1960 to 2000, writing for … Continue reading →

     Sutton Arts company is as inspired in its sourcing of new work to perform as it is in producing it. Having unearthed the little known gem “Mind Games” by Anthony Horrowitz last year, this year they have found … Continue reading →

**** Dudley Little Theatre (DLT) are in their 62nd year of performing, and this production, one of four a year they stage, was a shrewd choice. Written by John Godber in 1977,  it has been subject to a number of … Continue reading →

Birmingham on a cold, early Spring Thursday night tends to offer a languid indifference to the world as it prepares for the weekend. But this Thursday offered something special. After a week in Cardiff, this was only the second auditorium … Continue reading →

The British love a murder a mystery, and Agatha Christie epitomises the genre at its best. The plays, like the novels, draw heavily for their appeal on period settings, and mores which may always have been more artistic creation, than … Continue reading →

F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is a literary classic, one which transferred well to the cinema but which rarely appears on stage. Blackeyed Theatre have sought to put that right with an adaptation by Stephen Sharkey which incorporates song, dance and … Continue reading →

  This play forms part of an Ayckbourn trilogy , the Norman Conquests, written in 1973. There are only six parts, and each play depicts the same six characters, over the same weekend, in a different part of a house. … Continue reading →