If you ask me who my favourite composers are, Rodgers and Hammerstein are always up there. Carousel is my favourite, but there are some pieces amongst their body of work that I’m less familiar with, South Pacific being one of them until very recently, when I finally saw the 1958 film version. Originally premiering on […]
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 […]
This one must begin with a shout out to my dear friend and fellow blogger, Olivia, who pointed me in its direction! You can read her answers here: https://thoughtsofablueeyedgirl.wordpress.com/2018/06/23/musical-theatre-challenge/?preview=true (and give her a follow while you’re there, she’s brilliant 😉 ) Being the massive musical theatre fan I am, it would be silly to not […]
My theatre going calendar is slowly starting to expand beyond musicals, and on Saturday night I saw a production that made me really grateful for that change: Kevin Elyot’s My Night with Reg at the Donmar Warehouse¸ in its first major revival since its premiere at the Royal Court and West End transfer. This production […]
So, I have indulged one of my childhood fantasies- on Thursday I went away to Neverland, courtesy of the brand new musical from Harvey Weinstein and an incredible team of people: Finding Neverland, based on the hit film of the same name. The musical’s current home is the Curve Theatre in Leicester, which I have […]
Wheelie Stagey 