The Dentist is a 70 minute one-woman tour de force, written and performed by Razia Israely – and I have just seen it.
Razia has returned to The Hague for a second time, lending her voice to an impressive panoply of characters: the little brother, the big brother, the mother-in-the-now and the- mother- then, the grandmother, [...]
This weekend Marene Miller, Aled Pedrick, Graham Dickson and Tom McDonald are joining forces for a thespian tour de force, performing Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride. Revolving around same sex relationships, this play has me tightly in its grip – ever since Oliver, Philip, Sylvia and mr More-Than-One-Role have left the stage at the opening [...]
Our last speed writing exercise of the year happened one day after my birthday and had a theme that was not easy: re-birth. Please find below my humble contribution, written within the statutory 10 minutes available :
Re-birth
The first birth of most living organisms has a more or less foreseeable time of gestation. Most of the [...]
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If I had to put it into one sentence, I’d say: this is about a man and a woman and the history of a love that tears them apart. The scenes on stage chase each other following an inner logic. Like pieces of a kaleidoscope, they reshape an ever [...]
During the last few years, STET (www.theenglishtheatre.nl) has established some highly commendable traditions for the lucky thespians living in The Hague: from Illyria’s open air Shakespeare performances, to the annual Christmas Carroll in the Hofje van Wouw and now – for the second year – a performance of the London Guild Hall School of Drama [...]
The freezer was crap when I moved in in 2007.
When I brought it to my landlord’s attention, his attitude was/is: what you see is what you get. Hokay… I decided that I needed a freezer to keep us all fed and content whilst living on a budget – I am soooo good at housekeeping, as [...]
Just like every year, this year’s August has taken me on a journey back home, back to the roots, Transylvaniaaaaaa – however, this trip was preceded by a journey within, which has taken me to places I have never been to before.
In July, my children crossed the ocean for three weeks, to spend time with their father, [...]