I remember vividly the first time I listened to the Broadway Cast Recording of The Bridges of Madison County – it was an evening in March of 2016, and as is usual I should have been sleeping, but instead I was captivated by Jason Robert Brown’s score – a blend of folk, rock, country and […]
Once more, life and lack of energy have sidetracked me from documenting this theatre outing sooner after the event. In a way, it’s been a good thing, because I wanted to reflect on the experience and find words to do it proper justice. On the other, it feels a little redundant to write now, since […]
I came to Terence Rattigan’s 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea in a bit of a roundabout way – I saw the 2011 film adaptation starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale which I adored, and it encouraged me to read the play. Over the years, I’ve revisited it multiple times and its […]
Opening this blog with a confession that might strike horror into the hearts of my many Disney loving friends: Aladdin isn’t among my favourite films. I enjoy some of the humour and Jafar is my 3rd favourite villain (Team Scar forever and always, closely followed by Frollo!) but other films just appeal to me more. As such, […]
The Coliseum seems to be becoming my venue that encourages me to take risks and choose to see shows that wouldn’t normally be on my radar; I was last there back in January where I saw Notre Dame de Paris during its limited run.When it was announced that Man of La Mancha would be playing […]
I was delighted to be contacted a few weeks back by Eleanor Turney, co director of Incoming Festival to do a little feature on my blog! Eleanor also very kindly agreed to do an interview to accompany the piece. Live locally and want to see some brilliant new theatre? Of course you do. From […]
Here we go then, yet another musical I’ve not long got around to seeing! I’d heard a lot about it though, thanks to close friends and the outpouring of love for it on my Twitter timeline. A recent casting decision I totally got behind finally gave me the push towards heading back to the Apollo […]
Like with Lion King and Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia is one of those shows that I was late to the party to. I generally enjoy jukebox musicals, but I don’t consider myself a huge ABBA fan and so had been skeptical about seeing a whole show built around their songs, so for a long time it just didn’t […]
I’m late to the party with most things I come to love, including Strictly. It was my grandma’s favourite show, and I regret now my thorough indifference at the time and constantly saying I hadn’t watched it whenever she’d ask me because I understand now that she just wanted someone else to gush about it with and […]
This is a blog I didn’t think I’d write, because if I think back to a year and a half ago I didn’t “get” Hamilton. I tried, repeatedly, to listen to it, but something just wasn’t connecting. I think it was partly to do with my indifference to rap music, and my lack of knowledge […]
Wheelie Stagey 