So, it is finally Christmas and I was delighted to be invited along to the press night of this years Pantomime at the Orchard West Theatre, Dartford. Having held a few events myself this month it was great to finally sit down and be part of the audience and what a great show to do […]
It was great to be back at the Orchard (West) Theatre this evening for a display of local talent, with Dartford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (DAODS)’s presentation of Legally Blonde. Legally Blonde the Musical is adapted from the 2001 film (which in turn was based on the novel by Amanda Brown). For those unfamiliar […]
This was a new one for me. I like a good thriller, but Anthony Shaffer was a little before my time. Before tonight I’d never seen Sleuth – in the theatre or the 1972 film starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine – but when the Orchard Theatre (West) contacted us to say it was on, […]
Last night I was back at the Orchard Theatre, for this weeksopening night of the current UK tour of Titanic the Musical. Based on the real passengers aboard the most legendary ship in the world, Titanic the Muscial follows their journeys of the Titanic from the docks of Southampton to its tragic collision with the iceberg which led ‘the unsinkable ship’ […]
Having seen Looking Good Dead at the Orchard last year, I was looking forward to my second Peter James thriller. Something a little different to the stellar musicals that they have hosted in Dartford recently. But for me, not having read any Peter James, there was an air of mystery around the storyline. The bio […]
Last night it was back to the Orchard Theatre for this weekopening night of Buddy, the Buddy Holly Story. A musical which has toured and played at many places and yet this was the first time for me! I was not disappointed. Buddy, is the true story of music artist Bobby Holly and his quick rise to fame in […]
It was once again back to the Orchard theatre for the current UK tour of Annie, having seen the production previously I was looking forward to seeing what this cast had in store. Annie is the red haired girl that everyone knows, whether you have seen it on stage or the film version it is a […]
What could be better than a night out watching the nation’s (and my own) favourite film on stage? Nothing, in my opinion, so I happily trotted up to The Orchard Theatre in Dartford last night to see The Shawshank Redemption. Many of you will be familiar with the film if not the book, but in […]
Returning back to the Orchard Theatre, for a classic but for me it was brand new. On the day that the production announced its return to the West End, it was time to see Roger’s and Hammerstein’s The King and I. The King and I is the Fifth production of Roger and Hammerstein, it tells […]
This one had a lot to live up to. The Bodyguard is one of my all-time favourite films, Whitney Houston practically invented the term ‘powerhouse’, and I was devastated when it closed in the West End before I had a chance to see it. No pressure. If you haven’t seen the film, former Secret Service […]