Levelling up
Housewife favourite Dominic West’s insistence that provincial audiences prove more appreciative than West End theatregoers strikes a chord with those of us familiar with performing to these distinctly contrasting tribes.
While waddling visitors to the capital’s “Theatreland” are regularly of the self-absorbed variety, I’ve generally found jolly northerners considerably more convivial after travelling to such parts. Let us never neglect to remember what it means to these delightfully down-to-earth folk whenever we London troupers arrive to sprinkle much-needed stardust.
★ SELFLESSLY CASTING herself in the lead role of , the Globe’s officially ground-breaking artistic director Michelle Terry faces regrettable condemnation for lacking real-life hunchback credentials.
