Open Air Theatre – What Can We See in Summer 2020.
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 Drowsy Chaperone by SEDOS
The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical which harks back to the golden era of musicals, except with a twist. It is told from the point of view of a modern day narrator, a man in a chair who uses his favourite show as a means of escapism. Of course this show is […]
Lord of the Flies
This week sees the final week of the Open Air Theatre tour for Lord of the Flies, having toured since September 2015 and the Churchill Theatre in Bromley plays host to this. During a (unnamed) war a plane, carrying a group of school boys crashes onto an island, killing all of the adults aboard. However […]
Tickets Tips and Tricks
So as you can probably gather I go to the theatre a lot and not all of the tickets I get through the blog. People are therefore constantly asking me how I afford it so I thought I would share with you some tips. Day Seats… Day seats allows you to turn up on the […]
Memphis Musical……Again
I was lucky enough to see Memphis for the 2nd time on Thursday 9th July. I don’t propose to go over the story or my thoughts on the show overall but feel free to check it out here! There was a couple of new faces to me in some of the main roles. First […]
Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award
So as I have been busy getting married I haven’t been to the theatre for nearly 10 days now (withdrawal symptoms much) but always on the lookout for a good reason to blog I thought I’d pick up on a nomination I received a little while ago from Sarah over at ThingsSarahloves for the Sisterhood of […]
Top Hat
Top Hat The Churchill Theatre on the 16th June 2015 Top Hat is a traditional show based on the 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger’s film of the same name about mistaken identity. Jerry Travers, played by Alan Burkitt, falls heads over heels for the beautiful Dale Tremont, played by Charlotte Gooch, despite Dale being […]
From Stage to Screen…and the West End – The Magic Combination
The sell out success of the recent show I directed for my local amateur musical theatre group has got me thinking about shows that sell, the current crop of shows in the West End and further on down the line the impact this has on amateurs.
Kerry Ellis & Louise Dearman in one night concert
Kerry Ellis & Louise Dearman have announced a one night concert on the 27th September at the Prince Edward theatre. At the announcement this morning they advised they had known each other since they were 15 and attended a summer school together, despite this long history the 2 west end stars have never sung professionally […]
Wimbledon Gets a Fringe Feel
On Monday 30th March I attended ‘Illuminate Festival Launch Party’ at the New Wimbledon Theatre Studio. Illuminate is the brainchild of Sarah Dullighan and Alice Sillett and is a 6 week fringe theatre event with over 15 different productions. The idea of the launch party was to introduce the audience to what was coming up […]