Chris Neville-Smith's blog on theatre

So, Russell Brand is a convicted rapist. And I hope to think I managed to cover the proceedings with reasonable professionalism. Although if I’d actually been sitting in the co...

In spite of undervaluing the strength of the 1981 play, a remarkable achievement to pack out the Theatre Royal with its second in-house production.

After Gerry and Sewell made history as the ...

I don’t usually watch classic plays at the big theatres – if I did all of them I would run out of time and money very quickly. But after the infamous Edinburgh disappointment that was the spoof

The fringe spotlight/shitshow might be on Brighton at the moment, but there is also some concerning news coming from Edinburgh. A couple of years ago there were worries about whether Summerhall was on the way out, and against the ...

This is a rare article I am copying to both my theatre blog and my playwriting site. I normally try to keep the two things separate, but for once the same subject has arisen that is relevant to both. As most people connected to Brighton F...