I can’t speak for the entire community, but one of my biggest frustrations as a disabled theatregoer stems from the fact that I’m not able to support new work as much as I’d like to: being limited to matinees only except on very rare occasions due to care logistics, short runs, venue access (or lack […]
2024 was a really interesting year for me as a theatregoer, I pushed myself to see more things that were new to me, and just break away from those “comfort” shows of mine a little bit, broaden my horizons. Part of that meant last year I saw a few more plays than I might normally, […]
Hot on the heels of sharing my 2024 favourites, I thought I’d now look ahead into my diary for 2025 and share with you some of my most anticipated theatre for the upcoming year, as well as some of my theatrical “hopes” to fill in those gaps where I haven’t already booked things. As with […]
Anyone that knows me, in life and through the blog or podcast might remember that I have something of a reputation with being “late to the party” with certain shows. I didn’t see Les Misérables until 2011, Jersey Boys until 2013 and The Lion King until 2016. That’s just a couple examples, but they are […]
I’ve been trying to make a bit more of an effort on here and my podcast to be more open about my disability and how it affects me, and this particular show seemed like the perfect place to do that! So, let’s rewind a couple weeks back to the 7th where I headed back to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Kelli, I’ve no idea wether you’ll see this, and I don’t expect you to read it – but I wanted to try and get these words down all the same; because they are important to me, and I wanted to get them out there. Theatre has been somewhat of a lifeline for me given […]
Many of my favourite musicals are or have been on Broadway, and not being able to travel overseas anymore because of my disability is something I’m forever wrestling real sadness, frustration and jealousy about. That’s why I’m glad that there are Cast Recordings, they help take the sting out of those feelings, even if only […]
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