Theatre Archives | Lucienne Boyce

Jack and the Lion King

I had a lot of fun at the panto recently (4 January 2025). I went to see Jack and the Beanstalk at Bristol’s Redgrave Theatre in a production by Polka …

A Guided Tour of Bristol Old Vic (the Theatre Royal)

A few days ago I went on a Bristol Old Vic Guided Theatre Tour. As it’s an eighteenth century theatre I hoped it might be useful research for a story …

Fanny Fields, the Bristol Favourite: Dutch Girls, Suffragettes and Music Hall

My postcard collection includes this picture of Fanny Fields, a music hall star whose song The Suffragette was one of many music-hall references to the militant suffrage campaign of the …

Offside at the Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

Last evening I went to see Offside at the Wardrobe Theatre in Old Market, Bristol. The play, by Sabrina Mahfouz and Hollie McNish, was performed by Daphne Kouma, Tanya-Loretta Dee …

Silver Sound 31 March 2017: World Music, Theatre and Dance

Today’s guest was Stephen Pritchard, a Bristol-based drama consultant and practitioner, lecturer, workshop leader and music enthusiast. Stephen is also a co-founder, with Peter Gabriel, of WOMAD, the world music …

Spotlight On…Cicely Hamilton

I’m so excited about my latest book purchase I just have to share it! I’ve just acquired a copy of Cicely Hamilton’s autobiography, Life Errant (London: J M Dent and …

Silver Sound 5 August 2016: Shirley Valentine Meets Vera Brittain

Today was a very exciting day – my first time as a presenter on Radio BCfm’s Silver Sound show! Penny was at the helm as usual, bringing her usual …

The Royale, Bush Theatre, London

When men campaigning for parliamentary reform in the eighteenth century planned to hold public meetings in defiance of government attempts to silence them, they were warned that they would be …

The Stepmother, Githa Sowerby, Orange Tree

I went to see Githa Sowerby’s 1924 play, The Stepmother, at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond on 16 February 2013. Before this production the play had never been performed …

Wild Oats

I went to see Wild Oats by John O’Keefe at Bristol Old Vic last night (17 September 2012). It was a real treat to be back in the Old Vic …

The Hollow Crown

As in a theatre the eyes of men,After a well-grac’d actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next,Thinking his prattle to be tedious;Even so, or with …

Playing Away

Last Saturday I enjoyed seven plays, four of them at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond and three in the London Library. The Orange Tree – a wonderful theatre I’ve mentioned …