Both the original TV series that this play was adapted from, and the actual events the story is based around, pre-date me, so I had to do a bit of reading before attending to bring myself up-to-speed. However, as a history student I was fascinated to learn more about unemployment in the 1980s (I’ve been […]
Not content to wait another year for Cirque du Soleil’s next visit to the Royal Albert Hall, I started looking for something circus-based to fill the gap and came across adverts for The Acrobatic Swan Lake. The ads certainly made it look spectacular, so my friend and I took a chance and booked our tickets. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New to the UK, I was very excited to be seeing tonights current tour – having heard amazing feed back, along with the reviews from its run on Broadway. The Cher Show, is a fresh take on a Jukebox musical the meteoric rise to fame story of music Icon Cher. We follow not one but […]
2018, welcomes a new Theatre year! Starting back at one of my locals the Churchill Theatre for the first Press Night of 2018, tonight’s viewing was a classic Roger and Hammerstein The Sound of Music. I was looking forward to seeing this production front on, having seen it previously in the pass by my old […]
Thanks to the Orchard Theatre, I was ecstatic to have been given the chance to interview West End star Carrie Hope Fletcher! Especially on Friday the 13th, which is very fitting with the current show Carrie is starring in! Hi Carrie, Thank you very much for talking with me today, it is lovely to speak […]
It was back to the Orchard for tonight’s viewing, after interviewing the star 2 weeks prior I couldn’t wait to see this show live! We took our seats in the upper circle today in row B seats 7 and 8. I always say this about the Orchard, but one of the best thing about the […]