I realise I shouldn’t be saying this. The correct thing for actors to say is that fans are the lifeblood of the theatre: we love and respect them. No, we don’t. I’m not talking about theatregoers; I’m talking about the people who hang around the stage door and ask for your autograph. These come i...
Though not exactly shy, I was a timid, cautious boy at school, with no great ambitions other than to get by and not be punished. My memory of events leading up to the incident is hazy, but I am sure it had a lot to do with what is now called ‘peer pressure’. I was twelve years old and in my last ...
‘You’re still a virgin, aren’t you?’ It was true: there had been nervous fumblings at drama school, but the whole works had somehow eluded him. Shyness and an overbearing Evangelical mother had played their part in Tim’s lack of experience. When asked about it by Owen he had neither the desire no...