In my experience, when you’re a lover of books and English Literature was your best subject at school, certain texts will follow you around into life post your studies. One such text for me is Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. When I first encountered the play in the later years of secondary school, I did […]
As you all might already know, I think of London as my second home: it’s where I feel at my happiest and closest to those most important friends I have, and of course not forgetting the theatre scene! If my personal circumstances were different, if I’m completely honest I’d up and move there tomorrow but […]
As I made my way into the Theatre Royal Stratford East on Saturday, a quote on one of the posters caught my eye, described Fings Aint Wot They Used T’be as: ‘like Guys & Dolls… with its flies undone’, and I genuinely can’t think of a description more apt and endearing. The action is set […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Last night I made a return to London’s Adelphi theatre for the first time since my two trips to see Sweeney Todd last year, to add The Bodyguard to my list of shows I’ve seen, and I made a conscious decision not to watch the film so as just to enjoy this production with completely […]
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