Michaela Bennison

I'm currently on my first commercial tour. And so far, it's been an experience full of ups and downs, with long days and longer train...

Anyone who works in theatre knows that people outside of the profession can have a skewed idea of what it's like. The stereotypes and...

With the ease of lockdown restrictions, theatres are slowly, but increasingly surely, opening up again. And whilst it's by no means the...

In June's highlight reel of 'YouTube content I've binged this month', I've watched all of Rachel Oates' reviews of Gabbie Hanna's poetry....

I've been struggling for weeks to think of a topic for this post. There are so many things that I could talk about that have been...

There's a quote from Paulo Freire that has stayed with me since I first read it a few months ago: "There's no such thing as neutral...

This blog post isn't an essay discussing the Will Smith film (for starters, I haven't seen it). Nor is this a meditation on the US...

Like most actors during this worldwide pandemic when the vast majority of our industry is shut down, I have been exploring potential side...

It's been a tough year for all performing arts industries, including theatre. And in between binge watching videos about prehistoric life...

Like many, I'm reeling from the fiasco that is the A Level results scandal. I've scrolled down Twitter reading the stories of students...

Calculate vb: to work out the value of something We all have something, an experience from our formative years, that we never forget....

I didn't watch any of the videos depicting Saturday's fascist protests. Call me a millennial snowflake if you will, but I knew those...

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them...

This morning I sat down on my bed and watched “The Barber Shop Chronicles” on the National Theatre YouTube Channel before it was taken...

I've been thinking a lot about the role art plays in society. Like everyone else who is currently self-isolating at home, I have spent a...

Every profession has tools of their trade. A carpenter has his tool box, a surgeon her scalpel. For those of us who tread the boards, we...

Working in theatre is a bit odd at times. Sometimes your artistic heart's desire doesn't fit who you are as a casting commodity. Other...

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." - Søren Kieregaard Many people have reviewed their past...

I was recently at a gathering with my boyfriend’s family. Being in a long-term relationship, it was an occasion for his extended family...

This time of year is a busy one in Theatre. The number of Christmas Shows and Pantomimes up and down the country is innumerable. This...