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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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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, 20234 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...
Aug 6, 20233 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 30, 20234 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, 20233 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 17, 20234 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...
Jul 7, 20232 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 17, 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 16, 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 4, 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...
Jun 2, 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 30, 20233 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 28, 20232 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 27, 20233 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 16, 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...
May 2, 20232 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...
Apr 22, 20233 min read
Village Idiot - Theatre Royal Stratford East
The show’s programme is presented as an edition of The Syresham Times – there is an actual quarterly magazine of that name, established...
Apr 20, 20234 min read
Riotsville, U.S.A.
It’s a quirky documentary film, utilising footage from the 1960s that was either already broadcast and/or is in the public domain because...
Apr 11, 20233 min read
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The title is very apt – there was a lot to take in, especially as I opted for a cinema screening (in one of the few picturehouses still...
Apr 10, 20233 min read
Tár (movie)
Just as well I saw this at the cinema – had I attempted to watch it at home, I might have abandoned it within the first few minutes, as...
Apr 10, 20233 min read
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