Harry Pavlou

As this year’s medics’ musical Legally Blonde approaches, I got the chance to interview several members of the creative team: Megan Laud (producer), Holly Richardson (assistant producer, ‘Margot’), Harry Pavlou (co-director, ‘Emmett’), Jamie Short (co-director, ‘Carlos’), Abigail Rees (choreography, ensemble) and Georgia Oakes (‘Elle’). Let’s start at the beginning; how...

Black Comedy is the third of Nottingham New Theatre’s in-house productions this term. It is a one-act, eight-man play that sees a random group of neighbours, parents, exes and electricity men in a darkened room, all struggling to understand what is going on and who is who. Director Louis...

Kicking off the in-house season at the New Theatre is Cold War drama Over There. Originally written by Mark Ravenhill, the play tells the story of twin brothers Karl and Franz, who have spent their lives growing up either side of the Berlin Wall. The two young men are...

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again is a feminist play and political satire by Alice Birch which analyses the role of women in society, and the ways in which we can revolutionise such roles. This production struck me as being shockingly relevant to today’s society, particularly with the current political...

From the moment the play begins, with the death of our protagonists followed by an upbeat dance montage taking you through the 20th century, it becomes clear that DEAD: A Musical is utterly unlike anything you will have seen before. With singing woodlice, ghostly dance numbers and some seriously...

A Beautiful Thing did not shy away from audience participation, and frequently invited the audience to play an active role. This was a fact which seemed to come as news to the onlookers at the Lofthouse Theatre, Nottingham, where the play was shown on the 22nd of November. Despite...

“Gatsby believed in the green light”, and clearly so does The Great Gatsby: Work in Progress – a cast that have equally put their heart and soul into their work. With 1920’s costumes, music and even dancing, the play distinctly captures the carefree life-style of New York and America in...