Hamilton / Hamlet

Hamilton and Hamlet programmes

I ham hamazed (see what I did there?) I got to see mega-musical Hamilton and Cush Jumbo’s much anticipated Hamlet in 2021. During the Covid-19 pandemic, seeing any theatre has felt like a major achievement. So experiencing two of the most exciting shows around blew my tiny stimulus-starved mind… 

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Hamilton / Hamlet

Peggy For You: 2000 and 2022

I moved to London in the late ‘90s, seeking adventure and my fortune, Dick Whittington style. Unlike Dick, I did not become Mayor of London (there’s still time), although I did eventually acquire not one but two cats. What has this got to do with Peggy for You, Alan Plater’s play about his indomitable theatrical agent Peggy Ramsay, I hear you cry!?

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Peggy For You: 2000 and 2022