Dickens & Winter

I’ve tried to keep these up every six months, but somehow nine of them have dashed past since I last managed it. In May, The School of Night returned to the very wonderful Willow Globe in mid-Wales (see https://www.shakespearelink.org.uk/home-willow-globe for more details), and we’ve already been invited back for a third trip next year, date TBC. In July I was back in the bosom of my Slung Low family, opening the magnificent Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, near Liverpool – the community’s first purpose-built theatre in over 400 years. An honour to be part of it; there’s a sort-of-review here https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/all-the-joy-that-you-can-wish-shakespeare-north-playhouse-prescot-slung-low-review – but it was the community contribution that really made it what it was. Long may she sail.

Then, in early September (nearly 3 months ago now) I started rehearsals for David Edgar’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the RSC. And now we only have a month left before we finish. A joyful show, a lovely company and sell-out houses. I feel very lucky.