HARRY MOTTRAM FREELANCE JOURNALIST: row over who will print the post-Brexit blue passport blows up as Remainers say ‘I told you so’ and Leavers say ‘it must be printed in the UK’ (but was there a darker reason why the UK’s De La Rue put in such a high price and failed to land the job)
Harry Mottram reports Last week De La Rue plc, the security and anti-counterfeiting printer for banknotes, identity and passports announced…
HARRY MOTTRAM FREELANCE JOURNALIST: industry credit expert pours scorn on Chancellor’s consultations with small businesses over Carillion-esque invoicing terms (as the late payment culture continues to bring down companies large and small)
Harry Mottram reports With the news of more insolvencies in the printing industry Print Monthly sort the views of one…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE – REVIEW: Some children were so enthused they attempted to join the cast of The Time Seekers in the performance area (as the actors embrace the audience with open arms and bandages)
The Time Seekers. Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol. Ages 3-8 Inventive, improvisational and educational. The Wardrobe Theatre Ensemble and the Wardrobe Theatre’s…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES – NEWS: drama in Axbridge Town Hall with a production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Australian convict play Our Country’s Good (complete with love, tenderness, extreme violence and mental cruelty – all observed by an Aborigine)
Axbridge Community Theatre presents one of the most popular plays of recent years about some of the first convicts to…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES – NEWS: some photos of Cheddar reservoir in March 2018 (from snow and ice to rain and wind it’s been a VERY wintry month)
Harry Mottram has been out around the reservoir most mornings taking a snap of the dawn scenes – and it’s…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE – THEATRE REVIEW: Trevor Nunn directs a long lost play by Harvey Granville Barker called Agnes Colander (lovely sets, but er… best not to mention the script)
Agnes Colander. Ustinov Studio, Bath Stiff, awkward and a period piece that’s been left behind by events. Harley Granville Barker’s…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES – WHAT’S ON – Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker at the Town Hall – tickets on sale in April
Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker. 2nd – 5th May 2018. 7.30pm. Axbridge Town Hall. Directed by John Bailey. Tickets will…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE – REVIEW: Chaotically brilliant, very funny, musically engaging and a strong narrative – parents will recognise the home truths of Kid Carpet’s Noisy Holiday drama (especially the toilet stops, the soggy camping holiday and the child who says they’re bored)
Kid Carpet’s Noisy Holiday. Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol. Age: 3-8 He’s noisy, he’s chaotic, he’s funny. Kid Carpet puts so much energy…
HARRY MOTTRAM FREELANCE JOURNALIST: collapse of the High Street – from Toys R Us to Prezzo and from Jamie Oliver’s Italian to Maplins the big names are imploding (and it’s not over yet with more names in trouble)
Harry Mottram reports First it was Jamie Oliver’s Italian Restaurants that hit the rocks last month leaving many in the…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE – PREVIEW: two top plays at Bristol’s fringe studio venue in Old Market (a chance to see the legend that is Kid Carpet – and the Wardrobe Ensemble in Time Seekers – perfect for school children ages 3-8 over half term)
Noisy Holiday by Kid Carpet at Bristol’s Wardrobe Theatre 25th March – 1st April Rockstar turned brilliant family theatre showman,…
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