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Today’s the day! Strutting Player is delighted to announce the launch of Sunderland Stories tonight! Tonight, and every Thursday until 29th August, we’re inviting the people of Sunderland to come and tell their stories. They could be stories about you, Read more

I love Shakespeare, I really do. Obviously that’s no surprise to those who know me, but there is a point to me declaring my undying love on here. Every year, Corinne Kilvington with Theatre Space NE put on “Plays in Read more

The Life of Reilly – A Play about Autism If you do one thing, go and see this play. Developed by Christine Stephenson, author of the blog, “The Life of Reilly”, Kelly Best, Christine’s sister-in-law, and Alison Stanley, playwright, two Read more

LAMDA Taster Workshop Maybe you’ve made a New Year’s Resolution to be more creative, find a new hobby, or meet new people. Maybe, like me, you don’t make New Year’s Resolutions at all. Whichever it is, come down to Theatre Read more

I thought I’d share a review from a client. He came to me knowing he had to give a speech to his company, and was visibly nervous. This is what he had to say about Strutting Player after giving his Read more

ETT’s Othello ETT closed its run of Othello at Northern Stage on Saturday night, and it was a daring take on a play which throughout the 20th Century has traditionally portrayed “Othello as simply the barbaric, jealous black man”.[i] ETT’s Read more

Teacher Torment I’ve been silent on the subject of Ofsted since the hints at 2019 framework because I’ve been waiting to see responses from teachers and other press articles; in fact, the teachers that I’ve spoken to have commented with Read more