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!

New experiences

I owe an apology to anyone who I have curtly snapped back at whenever they have suggested that as I’ve seen quite a few live shows over...

Sep 1, 20184 min read

Bat Out of Hell Singalong Performance - Dominion Theatre

As I agreed with another reviewer at the first of several singalong performances of Bat Out of Hell The Musical, there isn’t much to...

Aug 28, 20182 min read

An actual Bank Holiday weekend...

This was an unusual Bank Holiday weekend, in that I took time out instead of doing what I normally do, and gear up for doing work that I...

Aug 27, 20185 min read

Little Shop of Horrors - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Little Shop of Horrors almost lets itself down in being a show that just so happens to...

Aug 21, 20183 min read

And another thing... #IntoTheUnknown

There are flyer distributors at the Edinburgh Fringe who can tell I’m fully booked and let me pass by unhindered. There are others who...

Aug 19, 20185 min read

Some quirky stories

Unicyclist flashes past A naked man riding a unicycle over a bridge has been arrested by police in Texas. A spokesman for police in...

Aug 11, 20186 min read

The Vaults presents Sounds and Sorcery celebrating Disney Fantasia

Photo: Nutcracker Suite featuring human-sized plant life in The Vaults presents Sounds and Sorcery celebrating Disney Fantasia. Credit...

Jul 17, 20183 min read

Red - Wyndham's Theatre

I’m with Ken (Alfred Enoch) when it comes to the sort of abstract art that Mark Rothko (Alfred Molina) was known for. “What do you see?”...

Jul 14, 20182 min read

The Lieutenant of Inishmore - Noel Coward Theatre

Now this is what a good theatrical comedy should be like – a serious message but with hilarity, even absurdity. The elephant in the room...

Jul 14, 20183 min read

Aspects of Love - Hope Mill Theatre

I had some trouble keeping up with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, or at least this Hope Mill Theatre production of it. Any show...

Jul 11, 20183 min read

Me and My Girl - Chichester Festival Theatre

I can almost hear the grammar police in my schooldays (which constituted the sort of teachers who relished giving detentions out for the...

Jul 9, 20183 min read

The Light Princess in Concert - Cadogan Hall

The thing about The Light Princess is that, although it’s a decent children’s story, the musical adaptation isn’t perfect – the music...

Jul 1, 20182 min read

The Sweet Smell of Success - Royal Academy of Music

The Sweet Smell of Success, is above all, a comprehensive rebuttal to the assertion that what is printed in newspapers (or, these days,...

Jun 30, 20183 min read

Working - Royal Academy of Music

I’d missed the Southwark Playhouse production of Working, simply because there were too many other things to review at the time and, as...

Jun 24, 20183 min read

Matt Henry - The Crazy Coqs

I will be brief, for the simple reason that I wasn’t on the reviewing circuit when seeing Matt Henry MBE perform a concert at The Crazy...

Jun 13, 20182 min read

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2018 and Stiles + Drewe Prize - Savoy Theatre

By her own admission, Tracie Bennett may not have been the best choice to host the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year...

Jun 10, 20183 min read

An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical - Sheffield Theatres

Casey Seegar (Keisha Atwell) is informed by the sergeant in charge of the first stage of training for would-be military aviators, Emil...

Jun 9, 20184 min read

Titanic the Musical - Sheffield Theatres

At a macro level, a show called Titanic is a bit of a reviewer’s dream – what spoilers could there possibly be? If it ends in anything...

May 26, 20183 min read

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical - Aldwych Theatre

If my name was Tina Turner, would I have turned up to opening night of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical? She has, of course, endorsed the...

May 2, 20182 min read

The Old Room - White Bear Theatre

What makes a play like The Old Room successful is its ability to make the portrayal of pertinent contemporary issues believable. There...

Apr 26, 20183 min read

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