A leap into the unknown - but nothing has made me feel so alive as becoming a playwright

There ’ s a question that is increasingly keeping me awake at night: I ’ m a 46-year-old political consultant and divorcee. So what on earth makes me think I could write, stage and direct a play about love? No, wait. Not just a play – a musical play!

Well , next week, we will find out if I can. No Cure for Love is running at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe for three performances from Thursday to Saturday. It runs for an hour and has five songs written jointly between myself and my fabulous musical director Jordon Brown.