The first thing that blasts you in the Menier Chocolate Factory is the newly-installed air conditioning, long overdue and a good way to spend the profits from their chain of West End transfers: now even the itchy seats aren’t so scratchy. The second is John Doyle’s breathtaking diagonal set and thrust stage, which must take […]
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‘Johnny Fox’ studied Theatre at Lancaster University and Journalism at City before realising there was no money in either profession and concentrating instead on interior design for investment banks in Singapore, New York and Moscow. Back home, he wrote mostly about theatre, mostly in London, for arts and events websites including Londonist and The Pink Paper. He blogged independently at www.johnnyfox.london. He passed away, after a long battle with cancer, in May 2020.
