Theatre Land can be a contentious place sometimes and the current discussion about how Covid safe theatre is a prime example of this. It all came to a head following Songs For A New World at The London Palladium, produced by Lambert Jackson. I attended the evening performance and the safety measures visible to audience members in place were –
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Every trip to the theatre currently feels so special, living without it for several months really makes you appreciate the whole experience of attending the theatre. Songs For A New World not only embodied this feeling but was a wonderful piece of theatre in its own right. For those that don’t know Songs For A New World, it is a
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Three cheers for live theatre – and especially a musical – back at Southwark Theatre in spite of all Covid related restrictions! Reception at the theatre was well organised and seating pared down by removal of a row to allow for social distancing, together with Perspex dividers between seats of different parties (one bonus being unusually generous leg room). A
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Pippin is a show I have seen numerous times and in many different styles but seeing it in an outdoor theatre with just 6 performers was a first for me! The show tells of ‘Pippin,’ son of the king who wants to lead an extraordinary life. He tries to find this in many places, from war to sex and from
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Regents Park Theatre are currently showing a special concert version of the show, with the same team that brought the full show to Regents Park in 2016 and 2017 as well as the Barbican last year. I saw in when it was on in 2017 but I decided that another visit was in order. Whilst the show is billed as
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Bottle Bar and Shop is a bar in Catford that not only sells a great range of cocktails (amongst other things) for you to drink whilst there but they have pre-bottled cocktails you can pick up whilst there and take home. However don’t worry if you can’t make it to Catford, they also do a delivery service! I’ve been into
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Fanny & Stella is based on true events and real characters and takes the audience back to 1871 when homosexual relationships were against the law but this didn’t stop Earnest Boulton and Fredrick William Park from dressing up as Stella and Fanny both on and off stage and in Stella’s case becomming Lord Arthur Clinton’s ‘wife.’ They were put on
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With it being harder to get to the pubs over lockdown and even now they are open, many require advance booking I’ve taken to consuming more cocktails from home. You can see an example of ones I’ve created myself on my Interval drinks page. However sometimes you just don’t have all of the ingredients at home you need to make
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When I was asked if I wanted to review this ‘audio experience’ I had no idea what to expect. Told simply that I needed to download the Darkfield Radio app, headphones at the ready and ensure that I had a willing friend to participate in this experience with me. Mr Musical Theatre Musings received his instructions and we were ready
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It looks like open air and drive in theatre are the ways we can get our theatre fix so here is a list of some of the open air theatre that is going on. BarnFest Barn Theatre in Cirencester has come up trumps again and have programmed a whole open air season! Barnfest runs in the grounds of Ingleside Houe,
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