The 39 Steps

27th March 2008 with 2 Comments

This play came to the York Theatre Royal via the West End and Broadway, and a few other places. It won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and garnered a host of positive critical reviews:
“Rollicking fun” The Times
“Dizzyingly entertaining” The Telegraph
“A joyous version of the Hitchcock classic” Sunday Times
So we were expecting [...]

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Five Questions: Demob Happy Teacher

21st September 2006 with 0 Comments

1. Why do you blog?
I started blogging because I wanted somewhere to sound off about the world of teaching as I was experiencing it at a time when I was very unhappy in the job and with the world of education. It soon became a bit of an addiction, although, I have to say, a [...]

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