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 […]
Dear Sir Matthew, the Company of Swan Lake and everyone at New Adventures, It feels somewhat redundant to be writing you this so long after the event. Partly because I initially thought I’d said everything I would need to say in the review I gave the show on its Press Night here, and also because […]
Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1950 film came into my life a year or two ago, shown at the film club I co-run on a Monday. It was my first foray into the films of Bette Davis, and I thoroughly enjoy it. As the film is in turn based on the 1946 short story “The Wisdom of […]
You might remember my last stagey blog was on my trip to see Waitress. Well, I’m trying as much as I can within my circumstances to be a little more spontaneous in my theatregoing, and so when a good friend asked if I wanted to see a new favourite of hers with her after my […]
I have my American friends to thank for bringing the musical Waitress into my life two years ago. I became obsessed with the Broadway cast recording and very recently saw Adrienne Shelly’s film of the same name that inspired it starring Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion, which I adore. Like many of my favourite musicals […]
My theatregoing for 2019 began with a day of firsts: my first time at London Coliseum, my first time seeing a musical in a language other than my own, and the first time I saw this musical in question live after seeing (and loving!) the filmed version with the original Paris cast: Garou, Daniel Lavoie, […]
My blog was reworked and relaunched last year. I wanted to start taking it more seriously, and see whether my love of writing, the only thing I feel an nth of talent at, could take me places. Imagine my joy and surprise then, when my colleagues at BroadwayWorldUK included me in their list of “100 […]
Happy new year, folks! I hope everyone had a wonderful festive period – I ‘ve been at home with my parents this past fortnight, having lots of fun, food and quality time with my family, including my new nephew! I’m heading back to my flat tomorrow to settle back into my routine – which of […]
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