Neal's Posts Archive - Birmingham Stage

Never mind Two Gentlemen of Verona – how about Two Nights of Theatre. I saw The Lehman Trilogy last night – great play, great design, bitterly disappointing acting – all... read more

It’s funny how things surprise you. We’re performing Awful Auntie in Birmingham this week at The Alexandra Theatre, just a stone’s throw from The Old Rep where the BSC was... read more

I went to see a show today that required a member of the audience to read out the last two pages of the play and I found myself yearning to... read more

Shortly before the actor Peter Finch died he said: “We all say we’re going to quit occasionally. I’d like to have been more adventurous in my career. But it’s a... read more

Driving to Nottingham each day last week to perform Awful Auntie was a special experience. Not only because the Theatre Royal is one of my favourite theatres on which I... read more

One of the things the Tories have completely failed to understand is that people have been waiting to kick them out for years. It was only because Labour had Corbyn... read more

Maxstone Castle

Anyone listening carefully to the opening of Awful Auntie will have spotted a mention of Maxstoke Castle. I included it because the castle is only five minutes from where I... read more

Laurel and Hardy

There’s nothing quite like doing a pure slapstick scene on the stage of the Empire Theatre in Liverpool, knowing it was where Laurel and Hardy performed on their tours of... read more

Fourteen Reasons

There are fourteen reasons to finally vote out the Tory party this election – the fourteen years they have decimated the arts in schools. In 2010, my theatre company could... read more

Dramatic Action

I have been following the Post Office scandal ever since Nick Wallis began to report on it in 2011. Not only could I not believe what I was reading and... read more