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...
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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.
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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- Aug 22, 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 20, 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 12, 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 18, 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 15, 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 15, 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...
- Jul 12, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- Jul 10, 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 2, 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...
- Jul 1, 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 25, 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 14, 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 11, 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 10, 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 27, 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 3, 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 27, 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 22, 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 14, 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...
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