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COVID-19 is not the first pandemic where the nations of the world have been proved to not really have as to how to handle it. Back in the 1980’s HIV and AIDS descended and destroyed the lives of many, many people. But, unlike COVID, AIDS also came with a stigma attached. People were terrified of catching it and people that did have it were treated as outcasts of society. And then, one day in 1987, the most famous woman in the world did something extraordinary, that started a revolution of acceptance and understanding. That event is captured in Nicky Allpress’s new film  Moment of Grace , written by Ben Gosling. Told as a series of intermingled monologues, Moment of Grace, is the story of the day Princess Diana opened the Broderip ward in the Middlesex Hospital. A fairly normal day for a royal you might think. A few handshakes, some well-chosen words, unveiling a plaque, then some nibbles and back home to the palace in time for tea. But this visit was unique in the annals of th...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/197560/review-and-the-winner-is-vault-festival-2018/ They do say ‘be careful what you wish for’ and I think most of us can agree with that at various points in our lives as the thing we thought we wanted turns out to be a mistake. And down at the Vault Festival, Paul Westwood explores this idea in his one-act play  And the Winner is… This short show, running time around twenty minutes, is a difficult one to describe. But let’s start with the easy bits. The production started with the small audience, nine all together including yours truly, meeting at the entrance to the Vault and then being taken for a short walk to a caravan parked around the corner. We entered and sat down, the door was closed and for a few moments, we all sat there unaware of what to do now. There was a little small talk and then the caravan door opened and the performance began. The story basically revolves around Julie (Julie Yammanee) a young attractive actress in her...