Christmas 2021 was not a good time for theatre-goers, and my trip to A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic was just one of many to fall victim to covid cancellations. Fast forward a year and we finally made it! Not even the train strikes would make us miss it a second time. I’m sure most of you are […]
You’d be forgiven for being unfamiliar with Hex. Only in its second run at the National Theatre, with the first being blighted by repeated bouts of covid amongst the original company, this new musical based on Sleeping Beauty is arguably still finding its feet. Not that you’d know it based on the seamless performance I […]
Last night it was back to the Orchard for the Opening night of this weeks show School Of Rock! Based on the 2003 comedy cult film of the same name, School of Rock tells the story of down ‘n’ out, Dewey Finn who from his love of rock finds himself substituting a bunch of A […]
Last night it was back to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley for the opening night of Chicago. Within the roaring 1920s of Jazz and Liqueur Chicago, unknown chorus girl Roxie Hart is up for murdering her lover. Wishing to avoid prison and a guilty result, she manages to hire the go to leading criminal lawyer […]
Tonight it was back to London, to see a brand new musical at a brand new venue – for me anyway, Indecent Proposal at Southwark Playhouse. Set in the 90s in a Atlantic City Casino, happily married couple Rebecca and Jonny both work to try and make ends meet. Rebecca is in marketing and also […]
After 531 days, the Orchard Theatre has finally opened its doors to the public following the Pandemic which shut down many theatres. It was also the first theatre show I was seeing since February last year, to say I was excited was an understatement as i have missed the thing that I adore and allows […]
On Remembrance Sunday, the day we remember those who had fallen in their fight for their country I was delighted to have been invited to collect on behalf of the Royal British Legion at the matinee performance of the lastest production of the National Theatre’s War Horse at the Troubadour Theatre, Wembley. It was a […]