The BBC are reporting that the Stonehenge tunnel for the A303 have passed one obstacle in its path. They report that: “Highways England said test archaeological digs on the proposed route have not uncovered anything that would stop the scheme. The plans will now go to an examination in public, which will start later this […]
Time of My Life. By Alan Ayckbourn staged by Axbridge Community Theatre SET originally in the 1980s but staged in 1993, Alan Ayckbourn’s family drama is played out in an Italian restaurant somewhere in Yorkshire. This production moves the action on a decade and reveals a bickering wealthy family’s self-destruction as the skeletons come out […]
Things Can Only Get Worse?, by John O’Farrell No wonder John O’Farrell found it so hard to like Jeremy Corbyn in his book Things Can Only Get Worse?, because unlike his chums Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, Corbyn is a real socialist. O’Farrell’s light weight left wing credentials are exposed by the way he so […]
The White Crow. The Electric Cinema, Birmingham Perhaps it was that freezing Siberian childhood as Oleg Ivenko’s portrayal of Rudolf Nureyev in The White Crow is austere and unsmiling. He does make a joke with his recently bereaved friend Clara Saint that his dancing is more effective for her depression than Prozac but in an […]
Crimes on the Nile. Tacchi Morris, Taunton New Old Friends have created a new comedy genre of a hyper fast moving send up of the period whodunit with their improvised style and joke laced script. The movement and choreography by Gary Sefton is excellent and the quartet of actors’ performances are brilliant in the way […]
A bit late I know – but here it is!
Central Asia, Paignton, horrible children and Brexit are all on the agenda at the next Axbridge Roxy Comedy Night on Friday, March 15. The line-up includes a return of the former Soviet Republic of Tajikstan resident Firuz Ozari with his take on the English chat up line and the Taliban’s HR department. Poet and stand […]
A year ago Harry Mottram wrote an article explaining why Brexit couldn’t happen. With just days to go before March 29 and the leaving date he still feels it won’t – and he has a prediction of how Boris Johnson could still be the next prime minister – but only for 100 days BREXIT won’t […]
The Memory of Water, Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol Tightly directed, tense, and laced with home truths, plus a cast on top form, Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of Water flips from high comedy to bleak emotional desolation in this sharp production at the Alma. The drama centres around the reactions of three sisters to their mother […]
Central Asia, Paignton, horrible children and Brexit are all on the agenda at the next Axbridge Roxy Comedy Night on Friday, March 15. The 2019 line-up includes a return of the former Soviet Republic of Tajikistan resident Firuz Ozari with his take on the English chat up line and the Taliban’s HR department. Poet and […]
As a freelance creative I can bring a number of skills to the table having worked in the media for many years. I began as a graphic designer, moved into
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Harry’s illustrations have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers. If you would like more information contact him on harryfmottram@gmail.com. There are more illustrations, cartoons and articles by Harry at www.harrymottram.co.uk
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I began writing plays after writing and directing two pantomimes in 1997 and 1998 for my community in Axbridge. Following this I wrote The House on The Square in
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Rapscallion Magazine BOOK REVIEW: Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll in Iain Banks’ fictional rock star autobiography about a Scottish song writer in a 1970s super group (except he’s rather coy about
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LOOKING BACK – VIDEO: My mother Mary Mottram on Television South West’s gardening program in the 1980s Mary Mottram appeared on a gardening programme presented by Terry Underhill Gardening For
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Theatre Review: More 21st century girl power than 1950s jolly hockey sticks in Emma Rice’s version of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers in this highly enjoyable family show Malory Towers, Bristol.
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Harry Mottram regularly creates cartoons for a number of magazines and newspapers Sometimes they are one off for a particular feature, or as part of a feature he’s written, or
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