On the subject of Bat Out of Hell the Musical...
Luke Sampson, Paula Hall, Julia Prior, me, Sarah Forrester, Tessa Prior. Photo credit: Catherine Francoise “I don’t know anyone who has...
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.
Over the next few weeks and months I'll be working on restoring the blog posts from the previous website. Thanks for stopping by!
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- Dec 31, 2018
- 5 min
The week that was...
Rob Fowler and Sharon Sexton in Bat Out of Hell the Musical I have just about managed to keep out of trouble by busying myself tackling a...
- Dec 10, 2018
- 4 min
So this is Christmas...
When I was a schoolboy, I was part of (though no choice of my own) a church-like organisation that had some characteristics of a cult....
- Dec 10, 2018
- 3 min
The twelve days of Christmas according to senior management
The recent announcement that Donner and Blitzen have elected to take the early reindeer retirement package has triggered a good deal of...
- Dec 2, 2018
- 2 min
Bohemian Rhapsody The Movie
Ah, the power of social media. When I posted a link to a highly negative review of Bohemian Rhapsody recently, the response was...
- Nov 20, 2018
- 4 min
Hadestown - National Theatre
I recently saw a YouTube video of the final night of The Poor School, in which its founder and director Paul Caister – not liked in some...
- Nov 6, 2018
- 3 min
Allelujah! - National Theatre (Not) Live
It’s the NHS, but not as I’ve known it for the past few years. A general hospital in the north of England, with ‘general’ being very much...
- Nov 4, 2018
- 2 min
Girlfriends in Concert - Bishopsgate Institute
Like Love Story, and to some extent, the musical adaptation of Bend It Like Beckham, this Howard Goodall musical, Girlfriends, has too...
- Oct 13, 2018
- 3 min
Once - Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
They’ve brought back Once? Already? It was March 2015 when it left the West End, when even the star casting of Ronan Keating (who was...
- Oct 6, 2018
- 3 min
Burlesque'D - The Astronaut
Well, it is a fusion of musical theatre and ‘cirque’, though if you’re going in with an expectation of hearing the sort of showtunes...
- Oct 6, 2018
- 3 min
Cock - Minerva Theatre, Chichester
I suppose I ought to be grateful I wasn’t alone in feeling the post-lunch slump during a mostly subtle play with some pauses so long the...
- Sep 1, 2018
- 4 min
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...
- Aug 28, 2018
- 2 min
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 27, 2018
- 5 min
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 21, 2018
- 3 min
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 19, 2018
- 5 min
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 11, 2018
- 6 min
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...
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
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 14, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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