Reality (2023 film)
Nothing is particularly surprising in Reality, which takes its name from its main character, Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney) – don’t you...
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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!
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- 4 days ago
- 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...
- 6 days ago
- 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...
- 7 days ago
- 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...
- Apr 22
- 3 min
High Performance Live - London Palladium
I hadn’t had the opportunity to listen to any of the episodes of the High Performance Podcast before seeing the stage show version, High...
- Apr 20
- 4 min
Village Idiot - Theatre Royal Stratford East
The show’s programme is presented as an edition of The Syresham Times – there is an actual quarterly magazine of that name, established...
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Riotsville, U.S.A.
It’s a quirky documentary film, utilising footage from the 1960s that was either already broadcast and/or is in the public domain because...
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The title is very apt – there was a lot to take in, especially as I opted for a cinema screening (in one of the few picturehouses still...
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Tár (movie)
Just as well I saw this at the cinema – had I attempted to watch it at home, I might have abandoned it within the first few minutes, as...
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Allelujah (2023 film)
I quite liked the stage play, even if I only saw the National Theatre Live broadcast in a cinema, but this movie adaptation of Alan...
- Mar 28
- 3 min
A Streetcar Named Desire - Phoenix Theatre
It’s been such a hyped-up production that it is almost disappointing that it’s not more of a radical reinterpretation of A Streetcar...
- Mar 22
- 5 min
A symphony, a small band and a singalong
The idea of Ronan Keating in concert flanked by the sixty-five piece City Light Symphony Orchestra intrigued me enough to pop along to...
- Mar 7
- 4 min
The Great British Bake Off Musical - Noel Coward Theatre
I can’t tell you which character wins The Great British Bake Off Musical. I have not been sworn to secrecy, I have not been asked to keep...
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell the Musical - Peacock Theatre
One of the greatest compliments anybody ever gave me in response to one of my reviews wasn’t even intended by the respondent as a...
- Jan 24
- 3 min
Disco Sucks - Hippodrome Casino
Photo credit: Jamie Alexander (https://lensworksphotography.format.com/about-me) At face value, the idea behind ‘Disco Sucks’ was fairly...
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Mamma Mia! - Novello Theatre (here we go again etc)
I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating simply because it’s true – there’s something about stepping away from the reviewing...
- Dec 24, 2022
- 4 min
Nothing to see here, just another list of top shows in 2022
2022 has possibly been one of the busiest years to date for me, thanks in part to the sheer amount of shows I wanted to see, and some...
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Choir of Man - Arts Theatre
The thing about seeing a show on one’s own terms (as opposed to being part of a press allocation) is that you get to look at a theatre’s...
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