We kicked off the UK Tour of If This Is Normal last week at The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol and what a delightful experience it was. I couldn’t have asked for anywhere nicer to start off - their technical director Chris was an absolute star, patiently and enthusiastically programming the lights and making sure we had everything we needed. Also, the restaurant/bar attached to the theatre is great, with a cool collection of local beers - both alcoholic and lo/no alcohol options.

As I sit on my sofa, coffee on one side, a cacophony of paperwork on the other, quietly freaking out at the fact that tomorrow we’re heading off on tour, it seems fitting that I’m the most recent guest on the Just Get A Real Job podcast.

You might have seen this news already if we follow each other on the old social medias but I thought it deserved a blog post all of its own.

A couple of weeks ago I gleefully announced that after more than a year of zero theatre work my play If This Is Normal was going out on a UK Tour starting in April 2022. Now I’m delighted to also be able to share the wonderful news that all three of our original cast will be returning to the show.

After months of using this website to submit you to my every thought about books and life, it’s an absolute delight to be able to use it instead to tell you that I’M GOING ON TOUR! I

Hello, hello. Nothing to see here. Just me, popping by on October 19th to deliver my September Culture Wrap Up. You nearly got it a couple of days ago but as this delightful website opted to delete the post I wrote yesterday, we’ve now surpassed the halfway-through-October-mark. However, I do think it was worth the wait as September was a classy as heck month for culture for me and I have lots to tell you about.

This month was a delightful one for reading. I found myself constantly engrossed in a one book or another and ended the month with my nose still in about three different novels!

If I were writing in the before times the blog would be chock a block with theatre trips or stand-up comedy nights.

OK, first up, I have to admit that I’m probably the ideal reader for this novel.

When the theatres closed down they did so in a fog of confusion. At first we had no idea that this virus was really coming for us. It was something we were going to be unscathed by.