Tezza's Theatre Place

You can get overwhelmed by the amount of Christmas themed shows currently in theatreland, so it’s quite nice when a venue decides not to mount a traditional style production for their festive offering. So, it was with great pleasure I headed off to the Jack Studio Theatre for  The Invisible Man . A mysterious stranger (Shaun Chambers) has arrived in the quiet English village of Iping and taken up residence in the Coach and Horses, presided over by Mrs Hall (Matthew Parker). The stranger, whose name is Griffin, is indeed mysterious. Muffled up with a broad brimmed hat, dark glasses and a ‘kerchief covering the lower part of his face, Griffin, is impatient to have his things brought up from the station. As he explains to Mrs Hall, Griffin is an experimental investigator, and his luggage contains equipment for his work. He also emphatically tells her that he does not like to be disturbed when he is working and that he had been in an accident that left his eyes weak and sensitive. ...

What is your opinion of Social Workers? Mentioning them usually causes one of two reactions; support or antagonism. Even 1980s sitcom  Yes Minister  mentioned them in an episode called The Skeleton in the Closet, and I quote – “ Parkinson’s law of social work you see; it’s well known that social problems increase to occupy the total number of social workers to deal with them ”. This is, of course, a gross exaggeration but the occupation of a social worker is not that many people would choose, though most feel free to criticise. This is demonstrated really well in Lost Watch’s production  Left My Desk  which is its first show at the New Diorama Theatre since becoming Associate Ensemble. Left my Desk  is a series of scenes in the life of Senior Social Worker Becca (Rianna Dearden) and the people she deals with (Jennifer Daley, Rachel Hosker, Adam Langstaff and Jamie Samuel). Becca, like the rest of her team, has a full caseload of work, dealing with delinquen...