Jenny Landreth is a script writer and editor. She has written for all sorts of publications, and was the main contributor to the Guardian's weekly swimming blog. Her last book, Swell- A Waterbiography, was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Jenny comes from a family of devoted am dram fanatics, and lives in London.
An unputdownable, utterly delightful stroll through British amateur
theatre and why it has a vital place for us all
*Shappi Khorsandi*
Landreth's charming book is both a cultural history of amateur
theatre and a loving look at am-dram and its role in British
life
*i*
This funny and interesting book makes you yearn for a long-lost
sense of community, and then realise it’s been there all along.
Jenny Landreth, take an Am Dram style bow
*John O’Farrell*
Amateur is not a dirty word, but implies disinterested love,
dedication and a clubbable, community feeling . . . Landreth
reminds us, importantly, that the word amateur includes student and
community theatre, vital seed corn and support to the professional
world
*The Times*
With spot-on injections of humour and a frequently raised sardonic
eyebrow, joy and warmth shine from this fascinating and funny
book
*Jo Brand*
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