Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) - Criterion Theatre
The theatre had run out of programmes by the time I got round to seeing Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) – on its final performance at the...
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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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- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
A Night with No Name - Cadogan Hall
I knew very little about The Choir with No Name before A Night with No Name, their London branch’s fundraising gala evening at Cadogan...
- Jan 11, 2022
- 4 min
Live theatre in a pandemic
I saw a few shows recently as a punter and not as someone who has come to the theatre to review a production. It was interesting to...
- Jan 9, 2022
- 3 min
David Suchet: Poirot and More - A Retrospective
It’s an odd thing, really, to be sat in a theatre listening to Sir David Suchet reminisce about his twenty-five years playing Hercule...
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Non-review of 2021
Samuel Thomas, an actor, tweeted on 29 December 2021 that his New Year’s resolution for 2022 is “to continue living life without the...
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
West Side Story - 2021 movie
WHY? It’s the question in the back on my mind ever since I became aware there was a new version of West Side Story hitting cinema...
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Evie Rose Lane - Lola's Underground Casino
I hadn’t heard of Evie Rose Lane before she was a guest at a Danielle Steers concert, one that was postponed several times due to...
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Life of Pi - Wyndham's Theatre
Those familiar with the novel Life of Pi may – should they wish to indulge in the pleasure – have fun in spotting what elements of the...
- Nov 23, 2021
- 3 min
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021 film)
What works as a ninety-minute one-act musical is too long as just under two hours in the cinema, even factoring in for the ten-minute...
- Sep 12, 2021
- 3 min
Bat Out of Hell - Manchester Opera House
Welcome to Spoiler Central. Do not read on if for whatever reason (usually because you haven’t seen it for yourself yet) you do not wish...
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Mrs Lowry and Son
Back in the days when theatre tickets were reasonable (we’re talking 2013 in this case) I used to see practically everything in Trafalgar...
- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
On Your Feet! - London Coliseum
The story of Emilio (Georgie Ioannides) and Gloria Estefan (Christie Prades), as On Your Feet! is subtitled, is a good one but their...
- Aug 27, 2019
- 3 min
Making Noise Quietly
This trilogy of short plays, Making Noise Quietly, would have worked better as a motion picture if it had taken bolder steps to adapt its...
- Aug 26, 2019
- 2 min
Fleabag - Wyndham's Theatre
I really don’t watch television these days, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a fairly new thing in my calendar (and may yet, the...
- Aug 24, 2019
- 6 min
Reflections on Edinburgh Fringe 2019
A shorter list of non-reviewed shows to write about for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, as there weren’t that many shows that I wasn’t...
- Aug 19, 2019
- 2 min
Rob Bell - An Introduction to Joy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019
Now this is a departure from the usual Edinburgh Fringe staple diet of straight plays and stand-up comedy sets: An Introduction to Joy,...
- Aug 8, 2019
- 3 min
Matthew Bourne's Romeo + Juliet - Sadler's Wells Theatre
Ah yes, a handgun in a production of Romeo + Juliet. Or is it Romeo & Juliet? Or plain old Romeo and Juliet? There’s even a pop music...
- Aug 5, 2019
- 3 min
The Girl on the Train - Duke of York's Theatre
There are, I suppose, very few theatrical adaptations of books that are as gripping as the books themselves. Now, this may be an...
- Jul 31, 2019
- 2 min
Some quirky stories...
Richard Briggs is selling his £10,000 Action Man collection – because it takes up too much room. The 42-year-old from Somerset has spent...
- Jul 30, 2019
- 3 min
The View UpStairs - Soho Theatre
There have been a number of shows in recent years that have highlighted the deaths of large numbers of people in the LGBT+ community –...
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