Aspects of Love - Hope Mill Theatre
I had some trouble keeping up with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, or at least this Hope Mill Theatre production of it. Any show...
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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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- Jul 9, 2018
- 3 min
Me and My Girl - Chichester Festival Theatre
I can almost hear the grammar police in my schooldays (which constituted the sort of teachers who relished giving detentions out for the...
- Jul 1, 2018
- 2 min
The Light Princess in Concert - Cadogan Hall
The thing about The Light Princess is that, although it’s a decent children’s story, the musical adaptation isn’t perfect – the music...
- Jun 30, 2018
- 3 min
The Sweet Smell of Success - Royal Academy of Music
The Sweet Smell of Success, is above all, a comprehensive rebuttal to the assertion that what is printed in newspapers (or, these days,...
- Jun 24, 2018
- 3 min
Working - Royal Academy of Music
I’d missed the Southwark Playhouse production of Working, simply because there were too many other things to review at the time and, as...
- Jun 13, 2018
- 2 min
Matt Henry - The Crazy Coqs
I will be brief, for the simple reason that I wasn’t on the reviewing circuit when seeing Matt Henry MBE perform a concert at The Crazy...
- Jun 10, 2018
- 3 min
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2018 and Stiles + Drewe Prize - Savoy Theatre
By her own admission, Tracie Bennett may not have been the best choice to host the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year...
- Jun 9, 2018
- 4 min
An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical - Sheffield Theatres
Casey Seegar (Keisha Atwell) is informed by the sergeant in charge of the first stage of training for would-be military aviators, Emil...
- May 26, 2018
- 3 min
Titanic the Musical - Sheffield Theatres
At a macro level, a show called Titanic is a bit of a reviewer’s dream – what spoilers could there possibly be? If it ends in anything...
- May 2, 2018
- 2 min
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical - Aldwych Theatre
If my name was Tina Turner, would I have turned up to opening night of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical? She has, of course, endorsed the...
- Apr 26, 2018
- 3 min
The Old Room - White Bear Theatre
What makes a play like The Old Room successful is its ability to make the portrayal of pertinent contemporary issues believable. There...
- Apr 21, 2018
- 3 min
Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert - New Wimbledon Theatre
This is Ed Byrne’s warning to his audiences, even if he offers no solutions – practical or otherwise – as to what steps could be taken to...
- Apr 13, 2018
- 3 min
Gauhar Jaan - The Datia Incident | Omnibus Theatre, Clapham
At least there’s no pretentiousness in this play insofar as the show’s title reveals there is a critical incident that occurs in this...
- Apr 10, 2018
- 3 min
You Can't Take It With You - Bridewell Theatre
What a pleasurable and delightful play this is. I could go on at length about certain aspects in this production of You Can’t Take It...
- Apr 10, 2018
- 3 min
Small Faces - Rosemary Branch Theatre
The programme’s cover image for Small Faces includes a telephone off the hook, a bottle of Jack Daniels whisky and a tub of pills. All...
- Mar 23, 2018
- 3 min
Harold and Maude - Charing Cross Theatre
According to the programme for this production of Harold and Maude, the play has been performed all over the place, on different...
- Mar 21, 2018
- 3 min
Masters of Show Choir 2018 - Arts Theatre
A complimentary ticket does not necessarily result in a complimentary review, and there were certain members of the audience at Angus...
- Mar 9, 2018
- 3 min
Girl From the North Country - Noel Coward Theatre
Someone in my row remarked on my much-delayed visit to Girl From The North Country that this particular performance had attracted a...
- Feb 12, 2018
- 3 min
Fifty Shades Freed
I recall a task students were asked to do when I was an undergraduate at Westminster Business School (the name sounds prestigious, but...
- Jan 28, 2018
- 2 min
The Last Five Years - London Theatre, New Cross
Keen followers of musical theatre will be aware of The Last Five Years – the two-hander musical by Jason Robert Brown. It hasn’t been...
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