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!

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 27, 20193 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 26, 20192 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 24, 20196 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 19, 20192 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 8, 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...

Aug 5, 20193 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 31, 20192 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 30, 20193 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...

Jul 28, 20192 min read

Margot, Dame, The Most Famous Ballerina in the World - King's Head Theatre

I must admit I wasn’t aware of the extent of Dame Margot Fonteyn’s (1919-1991) (Abigail Moore) involvement in the political affairs of...

Jul 18, 20193 min read

This Is Going to Hurt Live, 13, Present Laughter and Noises Off

This Is Going To Hurt Live – Vaudeville Theatre I recall seeing this show a while back at Soho Theatre, and in its West End...

Jul 14, 20196 min read

The Wild Party and City of Angels - Royal Academy of Music

I had the front row to myself one Sunday evening at the Royal Academy of Music (other rows were more densely populated). But still, I...

Jul 8, 20195 min read

Making the most of an uncertain future

I don’t see a lot of films these days – come to think of it, I don’t think I ever did. It’s the 300 or so live performances a year that...

Jul 1, 20194 min read

Broken Dreams and San Francisco, Tea and Scones, My Fair Lady and Melania Trump

The Americans were out in force in London over the weekend, and not just because there were some baseball games going on at the London...

Jul 1, 20196 min read

Cinderella - Royal Albert Hall

I’m not entirely sure what the foreign couple directly behind me at the Royal Albert Hall were applauding and shouting “Bravo!” at...

Jun 16, 20193 min read

A hacker's glossary

BOTNET A group of compromised computers connected to the internet, which can be used to distribute further attacks, such as DDoS....

Jun 4, 20191 min read

The Old Vic and National Theatre Live

The Old Vic used to send me updates on their productions, adding that they noticed I hadn’t booked to see anything there for a while....

May 14, 20193 min read

An eclectic weekend

In October 2018, I went to a concert called ‘The Best of the West End’ and, alongside thousands of others in the Royal Albert Hall, was...

May 12, 20197 min read

Man of La Mancha - London Coliseum

As it’s such a rarity even in West End musicals these days, it’s always good to hear the English National Opera’s orchestra (44-strong...

May 7, 20193 min read

This is My Family - Minerva Theatre, Chichester

There are some shows that might mention the name of the play or musical within the dialogue itself (never in Les Misérables, many times...

May 5, 20192 min read

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