Welcome to The Crazy Chris Website

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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.

One of these days I might get around to putting up old content from the previous websites. Thanks for stopping by!

Feb 4, 20222 min read

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 10, 20224 min read

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, 20223 min read

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, 20222 min read

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, 20213 min read

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 12, 20213 min read

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, 20213 min read

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, 20213 min read

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 11, 20213 min read

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 29, 20192 min read

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, 20193 min read

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 26, 20193 min read

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 25, 20192 min read

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 23, 20196 min read

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 18, 20192 min read

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 7, 20193 min read

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 4, 20193 min read

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 30, 20192 min read

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 29, 20193 min read

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 –...

Jul 27, 20192 min read

The Deep Blue Sea - Chichester Minerva Theatre

With psychological and mental health being increasingly talked about, perhaps this revival of The Deep Blue Sea is quite timely. I only...

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