Welcome to The Crazy Chris Website

Loving London life...

Hello and welcome. This is the third version of my personal site - the first two just developed technical problems which I couldn't resolve so I had to start over. Basically it's mostly about theatre as that's where I often find myself outside of work. I'm still not technologically minded so this one might well fail too at some point.

One of these days I might get around to putting up old content from the previous websites. Thanks for stopping by!

Sep 16
4 min

The Little Big Things - @sohoplace

This show has the potential, if the producers play their cards right, to run and run. It would have to adapt to go out on tour: the show...

Sep 6
3 min

Oppenheimer (2023 film)

I am reminded of a social media post I responded to about someone who went to the first preview of a new production in London. The...

Sep 5
2 min

Next to Normal - Donmar Warehouse

There’s been some debate in theatrical circles about spoilers in reviews, specifically with regards to the London production of Next to...

Sep 3
3 min

Barbie (2023 film)

According to the movie’s own narrative, before the Barbie doll was invented (by, as it is much later revealed in the film, by Ruth...

Aug 28
5 min

Edinburgh Fringe 2023: #FillYerBoots

Birthmarked, starring Brook Tate. Photo credit: Paul Blakemore. Well, it was different this year. The ‘100 second challenge’ hadn’t...

Aug 6
4 min

A Little Life - Savoy Theatre

“I don’t like it, but I have to stay,” a man in my row sighed to a fellow theatregoer during the interval, referring to his wife being...

Aug 6
3 min

Cuckoo - Royal Court

It was bound to happen at some point. An audience at the theatre is requested to switch off their mobile phones and other electronic...

Jul 30
4 min

Miss Saigon - Crucible Theatre

I doubt Miss Saigon would have been written today, or at least not in the way in which even this non-replica production, only made...

Jul 17
3 min

The Sound of Music - Chichester Festival Theatre

It’s possible that I missed it, of course, but I didn’t see any ‘trigger warnings’ in the programme for Chichester Festival Theatre’s...

Jul 17
4 min

Jack Whitehall: Settle Down - The O2 Arena

Tom Lucy, 26 years old (I didn’t look that up – that’s how old he said he was, and I’m taking him at his word), gave possibly the...

Jul 7
2 min

Carousel - Royal Academy of Music

I mean, it’s Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, revived in this student production without a radical reinterpretation, which is more than...

Jun 17
3 min

Tarentino Live - Riverside Studios

“…we’ve taken the decision, due to various production delays, to postpone the press night for Tarantino Live at Riverside Studios” Well,...

Jun 16
3 min

Jane Eyre (musical) - Royal Academy of Music

Some fellow audience members observed during the interval how this production is largely female led (well, there’s a clue in the title)...

Jun 4
3 min

Bleak Expectations - Criterion Theatre

One of those shows with an acquired sense of humour, Bleak Expectations likes to make itself relevant by inserting topical references. By...

Jun 2
3 min

Reality (2023 film)

Nothing is particularly surprising in Reality, which takes its name from its main character, Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney) – don’t you...

May 30
3 min

Samantha Barks - Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Samantha Barks? No, she doesn’t. But she sings very well. If she had a penny for every time she heard that one, she probably wouldn’t be...

May 28
2 min

Amanda (2022 film)

Even a ninety-three minute film can feel like days if it’s crap – which Amanda isn’t, for the record. It is, however, AAF: absurdist as...

May 27
3 min

Plan 75

My hunch is that it would be political suicide for any democratically elected government to actually implement the kind of policy evident...

May 16
2 min

Edinburgh Fringe 2023: the app is back

Today, Tuesday 16 May, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is delighted to announce details of the new Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023...

May 2
2 min

At Last It's Summer - London Palladium

Is there an entirely original idea in this ‘new musical’? The musical numbers, presented as they were in concert format, were reminiscent...

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