Jessica Millott

After receiving his Physics Degree, University of Nottingham alumni Douggie McMeekin trained at LAMDA and is now receiving his professional stage debut as one of the Lost Boys in Ella Hickson’s Wendy & Peter Pan at the Royal Shakespeare Company. I talked to him about his time at UoN,...

The “I like to read the book reviews” kind of readers This type of reader will wait for a really good book review before they then purchase the book and begin reading. Not a bad way at all to approach it; a happily recommended approach. Yet, be daring once...

It didn’t ever seem fair to me that while her brothers were off gallivanting round the enchanted island of Neverland, getting in trouble and general swashbuckling silliness, Wendy never really had much fun. Ella Hickson’s adaptation of J.M Barrie’s 1911 classic, has given a refreshing and contemporary lease of...

The carols are playing on the radio, the ice rink is up in Market Square and the John Lewis advert is on TV. Christmas is officially in the air which means only one thing for all theatre goers out there… Panto season is upon us! And what better way...

With such an emotionally charged script of a story so famous, it is easy for both the play and those watching it to become too intent on relaying the gravitas of the story. In such events, the play can often lose something in terms of acting quality. This production,...

Another opening, another show! This is how Opera North open their production of Cole Porter’s backstage musical Kiss Me Kate, with an appropriately meta-theatrical number about opening a show for the first time. Flawless, full of energy and an all-round feel-good performance; this opening number sets the tone for...

Like most sixteen-year-olds across the country, I studied An Inspector Calls at GCSE level, and four years ago I saw the play performed on stage in London.  Walking into the Theatre Royal this evening, therefore, I felt more than prepared to turn my critical eye towards the performance.  Although...