Chris Cox

I'm off on tour to New Zealand with my show Fatal Distraction for three-weeks, yes I know, lucky me. Before that I've got a few days in LA doing some filming, again, lucky me. You might think that, but actually I'm not so lucky, as I have got to pack,...

Back in 2010 there were two plays, which got me talking more than anything else on the stage. The first was the much loved Jerusalem, with Mark Rylance's phenomenal performance, the second, Mogadishu written by ex teacher Vivienne Franzmann was one of the most powerful and impactful shows to hit...

Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party is an iconic play which has a home in the hearts of many thanks to it's 1977 Hampstead Theatre production and subsequent BBC airing. If you knew it then, you'll still love it now, but what for a young whippersnapper like me, who wasn't even alive...

Earlier this month I got to sit down with master illusionist, his words not mine, Hans Klok for a little chat about his new show The Houdini Experience. I am an award winning (and highly modest) mind-reader who can't read minds, whose always loved magic, but illusions, just haven't excited...

Sex With A Stranger is the third play from writer Stefan Golaszewski. His previous two shows were one man pieces looking at love and relationships, the first of which, Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved, launched him sensationally onto the scene. It showed he had an incredible...

Magic is back, although it never really went away, it's always lingered like a bad smell. However over the last few years magicians have been trying to refresh that smell into something more enjoyable, palatable and modern. Penn & Teller's Fool Us and The Magicians have joined Derren Brown on...

Back in 1972 Stephen Schwartz, the man behind every teenage girl's musical delight Wicked, teamed up with Bob Fosse to create Pippin, a show that ran for just under 2000 performances. Cabaret, Grease and A Chorus Line were around at the same time and have recently had hugely successful revivals,...

Well 2012 certainly shaping up to be a bumper year for the theatre in the UK, despite the worries of the Olympics taking audiences away. The National Theatre have just launched their plans, and boy are they exciting; new plays from Alan Bennett (the man for whom the...

If you missed Part 1 then you won't know that I've managed to get myself flown out to LA to film a presentation pilot for a TV show and that you join me as pre-production begins.

So after two days of writing and rehearsing Saturday arrived and...

They say the American TV system is slow and works differently to the UK, and you know what? They're right. About 18 months ago I was asked to make a presentation pilot for an American TV channel. This week, I finally filmed it. I'll tell you what - it was...

An open letter to reviewers and editors at the Edinburgh Fringe.

As the Edinburgh Fringe heads into its final week, it gives performers some time to reflect on the weeks that have passed - and one thing none of us can stop talking about is reviews. After some good...

Well this is a bit odd. We're properly into the Edinburgh Fringe now and everything seems to be going a'okay. Sure I realise by saying this it'll all go tits up from here on in, but that's to be expected. What I always find weird is how variable audience numbers...

The Edinburgh Fringe is in full swing, flyers are being handed out, tourists are looking confused at student groups in all in one lycra bodysuits running down the Royal Mile and I am fretting about my show. All normal stuff then.

The first show is always a bit of an...

Monday morning. 8am. I'm on the train out of Kings Cross. I resisted the urge to get on a platform 9 & 3/4 and instead took the normal train to Edinburgh rather than the Hogwarts Express. As I look out the window I can see London looming into life, I've...