Writing

My peer-reviewed article ‘The Scrapbook as an Archive: Collecting and Curating in the Kate Terry Scrapbook’ was published in Theatre Notebook, 75:1, 2021. The original version of this article submitted for my MA in History of Design at the Royal College of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum received the Gillian Naylor Award for object-based research. For more information about Theatre Notebook, click here.

I have been a theatre critic for over a decade, contributing to The Stage, Musicals Magazine, WhatsOnStage and Exeunt. Here are a few samples for your perusal:

Review: Henry I (Rabble Theatre at Reading Abbey Ruins)

Review: The Circle (Orange Tree Theatre)

Review: Worth (Arcola Theatre)

Review: Sugar Coat (Southwark Playhouse)

Review: South Pacific (Sadler’s Wells)

Review: Identical (Nottingham Playhouse)

Feature: Rep Reborn: How the Revived Repertory Model is Lighting up Leatherhead

Feature: Viva the Diva: how the V&A is celebrating iconic performances past and present

Feature: Miss Showbusiness: Agent Esta Charkham’s 56 years in the theatre industry

I am particularly interested in writing articles for theatre programmes. I was delighted to adapt an academic essay about the 1993 National Theatre revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel into a a programme article for the 25-year reunion concert at Cadogan Hall in 2019. If programme articles are something I can help you with, please do get in touch.

I’m also a first-time aspiring biographer researching a certain American baritone and film star – watch this space!