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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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Sep 5, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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...
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