A beautifully twisted Victorian gothic horror/crime novel. This is a gripping read from start to finish, full of twists and turns and enough blood and gore to satisfy even the most blood-thirsty reader. This story tells the tale of one Samuel Weaver who is established from the outset, not so much as a flawed hero, …
Doctor Who review: Demons of the Punjab
“Love, in all its forms, is the most powerful weapon we have. Because love is a form of hope. And like hope, love abides. In the face of everything.” Wow! Doctor Who is really not pulling it’s punches this year. An honest-to-god non-jingoistic Remembrance Day Doctor Who episode. First up, let me just say it’s …
Book Review: The Book of Squalor by Max Rudd
A selection of short stories and poems from writer and actor, Max Rudd all placed firmly in the “gothic horror” genre. The collection takes us deep into Rudd’s twisted world of the supernatural in 4 unique and very different short stories, an extract from a screen play and 3 poems. The key point to make …
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Doctor Who review : The Tsuranga Conundrum
Casualty in space? Gremlins? Last night’s episode was another very confident story from Chibnall. Not to everyone’s cup of tea, to judge by reactions on Twitter, but it ran smoothly and had all the elements we’re beginning to expect from this season. Once again, the key strength of the story was the character work and …
Loco Horror Train
As the nights grow longer and darkness takes its rightful place as ruler over our hearts, it’s time for the horrors and spectres to take the stage. At least, that’s what we all did in Dereham this October. The Loco Horror Train was a brand new scare attraction running on the Mid-Norfolk railway. About 70 …
The Ellis Project
The show has come to an end. It’s always a sad moment. We had plenty of ups and downs in the production process, and a few moments of serious concern on the day of the first show, but we all knuckled down, but our best effort in, and it came out splendidly. I’ll miss this …
Rehearsals for The Ellis Projectm
Rehearsals are well under way for SDL Theatre’s Ellis Project. It’s a honour to be working alongside Deborah and some really talented actors. Rehearsals have mainly been about working through the basics of blocking and discovering our characters. There is a real flexibility to Deborah’s direction style which means that, as an actor, I am …
Murder, explorations and ghosts
It has been a very busy couple of weeks and I have been enjoying virtually every moment of it. Last weekend was spent at the Strumpshaw Tree Fair (a truly wonderful local mini-festival full of local arts and crafts, performers, storytellers and the marvellous Foolhardy Circus) and, whilst the sun was relentless, the magnificent weather …
Derivative Comedy
The big problem with the legends of King Arthur is it is all so derivative. Of course, that’s the reason it’s perfect for comedy.... but then the comedy itself becomes derivative. An absolutely typical trope in the classical literature is of Lancelot or Galahad, wrapped in self-rigteousness, charging in and taking down all and sundry …
The Mummy’s Curse
This weekend I worked with Dreamstone Productions for the first time on a murder mystery entitled “The Mummy’s Curse”. It’s always a pleasure to work with a new group. And a fine group of actors they are too. Despite the rain, we had a good turnout and even managed to avoid drowning the cast, although …
