Paul T. Davies, Author at Keep Colchester Cool

Colchester becomes Fringe City

Following the hugely successful inaugural Fringe last year, the second Colchester Fringe is about to [...]

10
Oct

Review: Clybourne Park

Paul T. Davies reviews Clybourne Park at Mercury Theatre for Keep Colchester Cool. REVIEW: CLYBOURNE [...]

20
Apr

Review: Ross Sutherland: Stand By For Tape Back Up

Part of the fantastic Wonderful Wednesdays series at Colchester Arts Centre – where audiences pay [...]

04
Mar

Review: I Know all the Secrets in My World

I Know All the Secrets in My World – Tiata Fahodzi at the Mercury Studio [...]

03
Mar

Review: End Of The Rainbow

Peter Quilter’s play with music about the final months of Judy Garland’s life enjoyed major [...]

20
Feb

Review! A Streetcar Named Desire

Paul T. Davies reviews Gallery Players’ A Streetcar Named Desire at The Headgate Theatre for Keep [...]

20
Jan

Review: In Search Of England

Paul T. Davies headed of to London to review In Search of England for Keep [...]

27
Nov

Review: Sweeney Todd

Since its short-lived original London production in 1980, Sweeney Todd has grown into one of [...]

20
Nov

Sandi Toksvig’s Hard-hitting Bully Boy Comes To Colchester

Review: Bully Boy at Mercury Theatre Studio

This was the perfect production to officially reopen the fully refurbished Mercury Studio – an [...]

10
Nov

Review of Every Brilliant Thing

Paul T. Davies reviewed Every Brilliant Thing at the Lakeside Theatre on Thursday 29th October [...]

03
Nov

About the author:
Dr. Paul T. Davies was awarded his PhD from the University of East Anglia for his research on AIDS, Queer Theory, and Theatrical Discourses 1983-94. He is a playwright, and among his plays are the two Colchester Fringe award winners, The Miner’s Crow and Living With Luke, Jacky, and Bury Me In Colchester Mud. He is also a theatre director (NETG Award for Best Production, Frankenstein) and occasional actor, most recently in Tartuffe, NETG Award for Best Supporting Actor as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and Rupert in How We Love at the Vaults Festival 2020 and the revival at the Arcola Theatre in 2021. He is an active researcher, theatre reviewer, mentor, and teacher. He will be directing Dragging Your Heels, a new play with music by Terry Geo, at the New Wimbledon Theatre and the Camden Fringe in the summer of 2025, and is developing new scripts.

When reviewing for Keep Colchester Cool, we always aim to:

Provide a professional, fair assessment of the theatre we see, balanced in both praise and criticism.

Be sensitive to the non-professional aspect of community theatre when reviewing amateur productions.

Aim to post reviews within 48 hours of attending, or as close to as possible should circumstances prevent that.

Not review theatre we are personally involved in, but will ask a team member to review it.

Be accurate in terms of spelling names, respecting gender definitions, and providing information the reader may need, as long as the information is provided to the reviewers.