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Radiant Vermin by Philip Ridley Getting on the housing ladder these days is no easy task. There are lots of schemes to help but in order to get that first rung on the ladder, many couples have to compromise their wishes to get something. One plan is to buy a property that needs renovating. The idea being, get it cheap, spend a couple of years with the old DIY manual then sell it on for a fortune. This is great plan unless you are someone like me who is to DIY what Liberace was to subtlety, in which case you might need a helping hand and in Philip Ridley’s  Radiant Vermin  at the Brockley Jack, that help comes in the strangest way possible. Ollie (Matthew John Wright) and Jill (Laura Janes) have both good news and a problem. The good news is that they are expecting their first child. The problem is that they are living in a poky flat on an exceptionally bad estate – where drug dealing and suicide (even in the same family) are the norm – and there seems little chance o...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/199172/cardboard-citizens-presents-cathy-by-ali-taylor-soho-theatre/ Cardboard Citizens Cathy: Pamela Raith Photography Over fifty years ago, the BBC aired a play that changed many people’s perception of the homeless. Of course, things were different then and such a play would no longer have the same relevance it once did, would it? Well, I’ll let you be the judge of that after you go and see Ali Taylor’s  Cathy  at the Soho Theatre. Cathy (Cathy Owen) is a typical East End mum. Although single, she does everything she can to keep a roof over her and daughter Danielle’s (Hayley Wareham) head. She has a nice place to live around the corner from her dad’s nursing home and works hard, on a zero hours contract, to keep body and soul together. Unfortunately, she is behind with her rent but that is OK as the old lady that owns the flat is a family friend. A visit by the nephew of the property owner brings Cathy down with a bump and moves her...