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!

Jun 30, 20194 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...

Jun 30, 20196 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...

Jun 15, 20193 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 3, 20191 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....

May 13, 20193 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 11, 20197 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 6, 20193 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 4, 20192 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 2, 20193 min read

Sweet Charity - Donmar Warehouse

It was like listening to a cat being strangled. I mean, it really was that unpleasant. Anne-Marie Duff, who takes on the title role in...

Apr 23, 20192 min read

Ain't Misbehavin' - Southwark Playhouse

Unless I missed it (and it is quite impossible to nod off during such a vibrant production like Ain’t Misbehavin’), there is only the...

Apr 22, 20193 min read

Pet Sematary (2019 movie)

I don’t see a lot of horror movies – in fact, these days, with the number of invitations to review theatre productions that come through,...

Apr 20, 20193 min read

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake - New Wimbledon Theatre

I read with interest remarks attributed to Sir Matthew Bourne, apparently at the Olivier Awards 2019, in which he paid tributes to his...

Apr 6, 20197 min read

Shows with soldiers

The pot calling the kettle black One can’t get to everything, and according to Tutku Barbaros who writes for ‘The Tung’, that makes me a...

Apr 1, 20193 min read

Comedy Round Mine April 2019 - New Wimbledon Theatre Studio

The thing about a small crowd at a comedy gig is that one could sit at the rear of the auditorium and still get picked on in the...

Apr 1, 20196 min read

A weekend of trips down memory lane

I was trying to think what on earth would link a touring production of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, a short play, Waking...

Mar 24, 20194 min read

Standing at the Sky's Edge - Crucible Theatre Sheffield

Regular readers are probably tired by now of me saying that it should be possible to walk into a show, and not know anything about it,...

Mar 20, 20193 min read

Vision of You - Key Theatre, Peterborough

I’ve resisted saying anything until now about Vision of You, the exploration and exposition of the backstories of the characters of Falco...

Mar 11, 20195 min read

All in a weekend - a play, a musical, a talk, a concert

As I seem incapable of having a weekend off to sort out ‘life admin’, catch up with laundry or even just relax (because, y’know, YOLO), I...

Feb 26, 20195 min read

New musicals, The Land of Lola, Mary Poppins and Gandalf

It was a weekend away from the reviewing circuit but as per usual I couldn’t resist saying something about what I enjoyed – ‘enjoyed’...

Feb 25, 20193 min read

Rough Crossing - Chichester Festival Theatre

Rough Crossing turned out to be a rough crossing for me, though this was more down to my personal circumstances than faults in the...

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