Moment of Grace is beautifully shot and sensitively told, treating the issues of HIV raised at the time – ignorance, prejudice and lack of medical knowledge in how to treat it – with compassion and sensitivity.
Mates blogger: Kate Gould
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Kate Gould is an experienced journalist with other 20 years' experience writing across newspapers and magazines, including most recently South London Press. In addition to occasional theatre reviews, Kate specialises in interviews and features. Her myriad celebrity interviews have included Freddie Fox, Gary Barlow, Priscilla Presley, Jason Donovan, Linda Gray, David Baddiel, Jimmy Osmond, Lee Mead, Shaun Dooley, Petula Clark and Paul McGann. She now writes independently at kateinbrockley.blogspot.com/.
The latest from Kate on MyTheatreMates
‘Coronavirus has put things into perspective’: On missing being in a theatre & life in lockdown
I’ve been writing about theatre, music, comedy and dance for years and I really miss it. Not being in a theatre as much as I had been has been a sobering experience.
‘Sums up perfectly the age in which we are currently living’: MAN OF LA MANCHA – West End ★★★
Man of La Mancha is a curious beast. Often dubbed as one of the classic “lost” musicals, it was last seen in the West End in the 1960s but is currently being revived at the London Coliseum.
‘There is a real depth & balance to it’: Dan Whitlam stars in Tobacco Road at the Vault Festival
They say life imitates art but there are times when the reverse can also be true. And this has certainly been the case for actor Dan Whitlam. The 23-year-old from Clapham is starring in Tobacco Road, a play that shines a light on London’s criminal underworld as the country emerges from the shadows of the First World War.
‘For a first job I couldn’t be happier’: Sarah Spence is loving her role in Seussical at the Southwark Playhouse
Included in the 12-strong cast of Seussical at the Southwark Playhouse is Sarah Spence who will take on the role of Bird Girl. Having just graduated from drama school, the 25-year-old says it’s a dream job and one she can’t wait to bring to audiences.
INTERVIEW: Greenwich+Docklands International Festival artistic director Bradley Hemmings on why the event ‘makes for quite a remarkable experience’
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival takes place at various sites from 21 June to 7 July 2018. I spoke to the event’s artistic director Bradley Hemmings about what this year’s line up has to offer.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Corporate lawyer turned comedian Susan Calman
Ten years ago Susan Calman was a top flight corporate lawyer working at places including the United Nations in Geneva. But she says it was unfulfilling and stressful so she made the decision to give it all up and pursue her long held ambition and become a comedian. Now, a decade later the somewhat diminutive, smiley and very funny Glaswegian has had the success many in her profession can only dream about.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Love in Idleness star Anthony Head
People of a certain age will know Anthony Head as the suave coffee drinking chap from the hugely successful Nescafe ads of the 1980s. Others will know him as the Prime Minister in Little Britain, David Whelan in Dominion and of course as Rupert Giles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
LETTICE & LOVAGE – Menier Chocolate Factory
Peter Shaffer’s play Lettice & Lovage was first performed at the Theatre Royal Bath in 1987. Now 30 years later it has been revived by Sir Trevor Nunn at the Menier Chocolate Factory. It is set firstly in the Grand Hall of Fustian House, a stately pile in rural Wiltshire, where a certain Lettice Douffet is a guide, taking visitors around on tours of the house.
LOVE IN IDLENESS – West End
It is Eve Best as Olivia who dazzles her way through the production. She positively bursts with energy and is a delight to watch, capturing Olivia’s ditziness perfectly as well as her dilemma at having to choose between son and lover – particularly when her son has given her such a horrid choice.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Gabriel’s Paul McGann
If he’s growing a bit weary of the barrage of questions by the time I arrive, he doesn’t show it. In fact he is as relaxed as they come, with an easygoing manner, affable charm and a warm sense of humour.