Author: sophiesellars

Nowhere To Run: The Flannelettes at the King’s Head Theatre

The Flannelettes, a new play by Richard Cameron, is a classic example of classic light-hearted social realism in the Billy Elliot vein.

by sophiesellars • 26th May 201526th May 2015

Arts & Culture, Technology

A New Chapter: New Writers Evening at Foyles Bookshop

Last month, Sophie Sellars attended Foyles’ inaugural New Writers Evening – and came away invigorated.

by sophiesellars • 17th November 201415th January 2026

Arts & Culture

Why Have Feelings If We Don’t Use Them?: Unidentified Item in the Bagging Area at the Old Red Lion Theatre

The mid-life crisis of a bored housewife is certainly nothing new – one need only watch Shirley Valentine. How does this new play, by hotly-tipped young writer Sarah Simmonds, measure ...

by sophiesellars • 29th October 2014

“To Make the Wench Amends”: All-Female <em>Richard III</em> at the Rose Theatre, Bankside

Arts & Culture

“To Make the Wench Amends”: All-Female Richard III at the Rose Theatre, Bankside

Richard III hardly flies the flag for feminism. So what did Sophie Sellars think when Southwark’s Rose Theatre staged an all-female production?

by sophiesellars • 21st April 201421st April 2014

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