Maggie John

VENUE: CHARING CROSS THEATRE >>> All sorts of weird and wonderful things happen in London - including brunch - but if you head over to Charing Cross Theatre between now and the 11th of January, you’ll be transported to Upper...

VENUE: BARONS COURT THEATRE >>> I became well acquainted with Spanglish over my four years at Exeter University, trying - and often failing - to remember that the most important part of language learning is being able to communicate. But my kind of Spanglish is very different...

VENUE: RIVERSIDE STUDIOS: >>> On Thursday evening, I would have defined a f**king legend as anyone who managed to get past bar two in the Glastonbury tickets queue or the kind lady who gave me directions to the theatre when I realised I’d left my phone at home...

VENUE: UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE >>> Halloween is more consistent with well-dressed children politely trick-or-treating with their better-dressed parents - as was the case in Highgate anyway -  these days, but as FAST began, there was something suitably spooky about the howling...

VENUE: BARONS COURT THEATRE >>> When I asked my friend if she wanted to come to Barons Court Theatre with me on Saturday evening to see Victoria Buse’s one-woman tragi-comedy Not In The Mood For Quiche Anymore, she announced that she had just told her sister she wasn’t in the mood for frittata anymore...

VENUE: COCKPIT THEATRE >>> No matter how much we may want one or how hard we may yearn for one, some stories don’t have happy endings - be it in real life or on stage. Endings can be heartbreaking, ground shaking and uncomfortable to ponder, but these stories