Jammies, Games & Bodyguards – May 3rd, 2014

Last week, I returned to London for a two show day; this one full of Pajamas, Games and Bodyguards. Firstly, I’d like to thank the staff at The Shaftesbury Theatre for being so kind and attentive towards us throughout our visit, especially when helping me negotiate what I now affectionately call the ‘death slides’. The […]

The New Home and Cast in Belleville – Jersey Boys, April 5th 2014

Yesterday saw me make a return to London for a day with two of the things I love most: fabulous friends and a wonderful show! Many of you will know that I saw Jersey Boys for the first time only last year to my complete and utter shame; now I can’t imagine my theatregoing without […]

Dahl Day – 22nd March 2014

Every so often shows come along that divide opinion; people either love it, or they won’t. Sometimes it won’t be as black and white as that, which is one of the things that fascinates me as a lover of theatre. On Saturday 22nd, I had one of my most highly anticipated days of theatre going […]

A note to the Original cast of ‘Once’

Guy. Girl. Da. Billy. Ŝvec. Andrej. Réza. Baruŝka. Ivanka. Eamon. Bank Manager. Emcee. Ex- Girlfriend. If you’ve had the pleasure of seeing the musical Once, then these names should be familiar to you; they are to me having seen the show three times, and are incredibly special to me because these characters have been brought […]

Hadley Fraser @ St James Studio, February 16th, 2014

Last weekend saw me make my first visit to London of the new year, and a third visit to the wonderful St James Theatre to catch two of my favourite kind of show… a Hadley Fraser gig. I’d last seen Hadley being all Shakespearean and badass as Aufidius in Josie Rourke’s MAGNIFICENT production of Coriolanus […]

Coriolanus- Donmar Warehouse, 21st December 2013

Coriolanus is probably one of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, and this literary nerd’s favourite of his canon of work. It’s a play about power, politics and more importantly, the relationships we have and how they can shape our identity. It tells of a Rome in chaos from famine, with the citizens rioting in anger against […]

Too much of a good thing?

With my love of musical theatre, a question I regularly hear from my parents and other family members is ‘why do you go see that show so much?’ My response to this question is always overwhelmingly positive, and I can go on and on about how much I love the story, music and the lyrics. […]

Belated Birthday Happenings…

So, another birthday been and gone and as is almost customary for me by now after spending the past three birthdays of mine there, I spent it in my favourite city in the world with good friends and a fantastic show! My first mention of thank you for helping make my birthday special must go […]