I turned down The Beatles. Well, not exactly, but on seeing Blood Brothers in 1982, I said it would never sell outside Liverpool - too sentimental, thought I.

Obviously, I grew up to be a theatre reviewer, writing here and for BroadwayWorld since 2009. I also write a weekly cricket column for The Guardian and I podcast about old football at Nessun Dorma. 

I'm a member of the Critics' Circle and the Cricket Media Club and I serve on the committee of the Society for Theatre Research in my capacity as Joint Administrator for the Theatre Book of the Year Award. I have a particular interest in initiatives that address Impostor Syndrome's deleterious effect on young people accessing culture. 

If I'm not watching or writing about a play, an opera, a movie, the cricket or the football, I'm probably asleep - but do check my pulse, just to be sure...