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!

Kinky Boots - Theatre Royal Brighton

There are Kinky Boots purists out there who hate this new touring show, because it is a non-replica production. I’m not sure why they...

Mar 303 min read

Second Best - Riverside Studios

"PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ARE NOT ALLOWED!" So here's a photo of the outside of the venue instead. No programmes were available – or if there...

Feb 164 min read

Starlight Express - Wembley Park Theatre

It’s that Andrew Lloyd Webber musical I didn’t want to go to because it’s about trains, and I have had quite enough of them in recent...

Feb 24 min read

The Queensland Killers

The Outbank of Queensland is home to the deadliest snakes in the world. The Inland Taipan, which is found nowhere else on the planet, has...

Jan 311 min read

Bat Out of Hell (2025) - Edinburgh Playhouse

“It was long ago, it was far away, it was so much better than it is today…” Glenn Adamson, Katie Tonkinson, Rob Fowler and Sharon Sexton....

Jan 74 min read

Some quirky stories

A group of opera singers was stuck in a lift for more than an hour – after ignoring the maximum weight warning. The 13 performers had to...

Dec 27, 20241 min read

Wicked Part One - 2024 film

It wasn’t the musical lovers who have seen the stage show more times than they’ve had birthdays that convinced me to finally find some...

Dec 26, 20243 min read

Small Things Like These (2024 film)

It’s a bloody slow burner, this movie, and if it were something I were watching at home, I’d almost certainly not have bothered sticking...

Nov 4, 20243 min read

The Apprentice (2024 movie)

For all the criticisms of the likes of Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves never having run a business before, and therefore being quite...

Nov 4, 20242 min read

Defying Gravity: West End Women - Adelphi Theatre

Tuesday nights at the Adelphi Theatre on the Strand are usually taken up by concerts and gigs. It’s the ‘dark’ day for Back to the Future...

Oct 30, 20243 min read

Jake Lambert: The Sunshine Kid - Leicester Square Theatre

Seeing as Jake Lambert’s people are still using my five star review from Edinburgh Fringe 2022 on their marketing for his 2024/25 tour,...

Oct 19, 20242 min read

The Critic (2023 movie)

There are no star ratings in the reviews in The Critic , which means I can get away without one too. (Ner ner.) It starts off being about...

Oct 7, 20243 min read

The Outrun (2024 movie)

I fell for the celebrity trap. I don’t even know if I’m using the right term by saying ‘the celebrity trap’ but I went to see The Outrun...

Oct 6, 20243 min read

Lee (2023 movie)

Someone who liked to take photographs lived during the time of the Second World War and therefore harnessed opportunities to combine...

Oct 6, 20243 min read

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold - Minerva Theatre, Chichester

On my previous trip to Chichester this summer, Southern Railway proved to be a letdown yet again (though I still made it to a performance...

Sep 1, 20243 min read

Reflections on Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Ali Woods: At the Moment, at Underbelly Bristo Square Well, every Fringe is different, I suppose, and the overall number of reviewers,...

Aug 27, 20248 min read

Oliver! - Chichester Festival Theatre

I’ve no idea who played the title character in this production of Oliver! – I’m not on the press list for Chichester Festival Theatre...

Aug 11, 20242 min read

Into The Woods / Musical Theatre Cabaret - Royal Academy of Music

I’ll be brief. I’m conscious that I once started by saying that when I wrote a piece about Bat Out of Hell the Musical, which eventually...

Jun 28, 20244 min read

Barry Manilow - London Palladium

Jimmy Tarbuck’s warm-up act was best summarised as, “Be still my beating heart! Oh. It is.” His light humour hasn’t changed over the...

May 26, 20243 min read

Opening Night - Gielgud Theatre

It is true that not everybody that was seated in the Gielgud Theatre just before 7:30pm was still there just before 10:00pm, although...

Apr 2, 20243 min read

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