It’s fair to say that a year ago a lot of people had not heard of Mark Rylance. He is one of our greatest actors and yet, until recently, he’s flown under the radar, largely keeping himself to one of the less commercial corners of British culture – the floorboards of ‘serious’ theatre. This all […]
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, National Theatre
The political landscape of Britain is in upheaval. There are debates on electoral reform, the rise of smaller political groups calling for radical change, and an attempt to overthrow the beleaguered political powers currently in place. Throw in a few nods concerning the rights of immigrants and you might be forgiven for thinking Light Shining […]
Picking up the Pieces
In the 70th anniversary year of VE Day, it’s hard to visualise the end of the war without conjuring images of the many Displaced Persons, recently liberated from concentration or labour camps, flooding across Europe. These lines of gaunt and bedraggled figures trying to make their way home are now embedded in our collective conscience, […]