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!

Apr 20, 20234 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 11, 20233 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 10, 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 3, 20233 min read

Allelujah (2023 film)

I quite liked the stage play, even if I only saw the National Theatre Live broadcast in a cinema, but this movie adaptation of Alan...

Mar 28, 20233 min read

A Streetcar Named Desire - Phoenix Theatre

It’s been such a hyped-up production that it is almost disappointing that it’s not more of a radical reinterpretation of A Streetcar...

Mar 22, 20235 min read

A symphony, a small band and a singalong

The idea of Ronan Keating in concert flanked by the sixty-five piece City Light Symphony Orchestra intrigued me enough to pop along to...

Mar 7, 20234 min read

The Great British Bake Off Musical - Noel Coward Theatre

I can’t tell you which character wins The Great British Bake Off Musical. I have not been sworn to secrecy, I have not been asked to keep...

Feb 21, 20233 min read

Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell the Musical - Peacock Theatre

One of the greatest compliments anybody ever gave me in response to one of my reviews wasn’t even intended by the respondent as a...

Jan 24, 20233 min read

Disco Sucks - Hippodrome Casino

Photo credit: Jamie Alexander (https://lensworksphotography.format.com/about-me) At face value, the idea behind ‘Disco Sucks’ was fairly...

Jan 3, 20233 min read

Mamma Mia! - Novello Theatre (here we go again etc)

I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating simply because it’s true – there’s something about stepping away from the reviewing...

Dec 24, 20224 min read

Nothing to see here, just another list of top shows in 2022

2022 has possibly been one of the busiest years to date for me, thanks in part to the sheer amount of shows I wanted to see, and some...

Dec 23, 20223 min read

The Choir of Man - Arts Theatre

The thing about seeing a show on one’s own terms (as opposed to being part of a press allocation) is that you get to look at a theatre’s...

Dec 21, 20223 min read

Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial - Wyndham's Theatre

Invariably, friends and acquaintances want to know if I’m looking forward to seeing any shows in the near future. There’s one that...

Dec 20, 20224 min read

Jack Whitehall and Friends (in aid of Diabetes UK) - Savoy Theatre

Jack Whitehall is not the sort of person to be bashful about his personal life, and at this charity gig in aid of Diabetes UK, he...

Dec 18, 20226 min read

Standing at the Sky's Edge - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

This was a historic visit to Sheffield for me, as it marks the first time I have ever stayed in a Travelodge hotel. Check-in was quite...

Dec 16, 20223 min read

Hex - National Theatre

A fairy (Lisa Lambe) called Fairy (yep, it’s one of those shows) puts a hex on Rose (Rosie Graham), or for the uninitiated like me, a...

Dec 11, 20224 min read

Bat Out of Hell - Swansea Arena

There were social media influencers invited to Bat Out of Hell the Musical back in January 2022 when I saw the show at New Wimbledon...

Dec 10, 20224 min read

Saving Grace, Triangle of Sadness and Danielle Steers In Concert

With some justification, social media has developed a reputation of being a bit of a cesspool – I’ve reached out before and had some...

Dec 2, 20223 min read

42 Balloons, Come From Away 1000, and Matilda the Musical the Movie

It was unusual, to say the least, to be seeing two theatre shows on a Monday – outside the Edinburgh Fringe, that is – but the...

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