Kevin Quarmby has been a professional actor for thirty-five years. Quarmby's experience as a theatre practitioner and his enthusiasm for the British stage has given him a unique and invaluable insight into the behind-the-scenes machinations of this glamorous profession. The often secretive and fantastical world is brought to life through Quarmby's thought-provoking and intelligent reviews and interviews with actors and directors from the stage and screen. For observant, funny, and critically fair reviews of plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Becket, Ionesco, and many many more, enter this site and explore a wealth of critical and humorous writing which charts the development of twenty-first-century UK drama.

In 2008, Quarmby was awarded his doctorate by the University of London following his Ph.D studies in the English Department at King's College London. At King's College, he has for some years lectured and taught English Renaissance Literature and Drama, whilst also writing for academic journals both in the UK and the US. Also in 2008, Quarmby was dramaturg and actor in Westward Ho! at the White Bear, Kennington, as well as director of a production of William Walton's comic opera The Bear for the Greenwich Opera Ensemble, starring the rising-star mezzo-soprano, Belinda Williams. As an actor, Kevin Quarmby has brought his theatre practitioner's experience to academe, an experience which he is eager to share with a younger audience. This site is dedicated to all who love British theatre, TV and film. Welcome.