Yesterday, I outlined the Ten Tony Commandments, i.e. my way of preparing best for the Tonys. As it turns out, I probably won’t be able to watch them live, given that I live in the UK and there’s a bit of a time difference. And by bit, I mean I would have to stay up until about 2am to watch it. And I have work the next day. … Continue reading The Tony Awards: Playlist
The holidays are slowly approaching… …far too slowly for my liking, but I’m counting the days anyway! And in some vain attempt to look half decent, around this time of year I start to try and lose some weight by taking up jogging. I say ‘start’ and ‘try’ because after about the first two days, I either get exhausted or bored or a cold. But … Continue reading What I’m listening to…Jogging edition
Much like my review of Rocky Horror, this is a show which it’s hard for me to be impartial about. Spring Awakening is one of my favourite musicals: the beauty of Steven Sater’s language paired with Duncan Sheik’s haunting melodies alone is enough for me to give it 5 stars. Which I probably would have done whether I enjoyed this adaptation or not! Fortunately for me, there are so many … Continue reading Review: Spring Awakening @ Brooks Atkinson *****
It’s that time of year again: transfer season. Or at least it is in football…apparently…? Basically, it’s not theatre or TV or even rugby. So I don’t massively care! But on the plus side, it does serve as good-if-slightly-strained inspiration for a blog post: Fantasy ‘Featre (for non UK readers, read that in a cockney accent). So this is a Fantasy Football style transfer list for … Continue reading 2016 West End Transfers, aka: Fantasy ‘Featre
Bit of a short and silly post today! If you read my post yesterday, you’ll know about Beyond the Fence, a computer generated musical. Drawing from a sample of the most popular musicals of all time, this experiment combines science and the arts. By all accounts, it sounds like an interesting idea. Then in a slightly feverish, cough syrup induced dream, I had a brain wave: what would musicals look … Continue reading ‘Violinist on the Garage’ & Other Computer Generated Musicals
2016 already promises to be very exciting for West End shows. Funny Girl is transferring, the new Harry Potter play will premiere, and perhaps most excitingly for me, it’s the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death…okay, that sounded a bit morbid… But before I look at what shows I’m looking forward to this year, I thought I’d reflect on 2015. And it was quite the year for theatre in London! We had … Continue reading Top 5 Theatre Shows of 2015
It’s a wonderful town! And I should know: I’m there at the moment! Some of you may already know since I’ve been banging on about it on Twitter/here for months, but in case you don’t, I’m visiting New York for a little Christmas getaway with my Dad. And today’s the day! I'm gonna be a part of it, New York, New York, New York! pic.twitter.com/TDHw73QzoP — ThriftyTheatre (@ThriftyTheatre) … Continue reading New York, New York!
Summer has really flown by! What with EdFringe, holiday to Italy and our new season in full swing at work, it’s just gone so quickly. Even if September slowed it right down! #GroundhogDayAfterDay! The reason I mention this is that I was looking back through some older posts, and realised I was missing one. A few months ago, Chowkimwan created a new ‘This or That’ sort of challenge: Act 1 … Continue reading Act I or Act II?
This week has been pretty good. Well, apart from falling down a flight of stairs and doing my ankle, back and other ankle in, it’s been alright!
I had the house to myself for the first part of the week, which only means one thing…
Singing musical soundtracks at the top of my voice
So with a limited run of 2 nights only, my neighbours were treated to a medley of classics: Wicked, Oliver, The Producers, and of course Spring Awakening. And as an added bonus, Elpheba with a cockney accent! Because apparently going from singing ‘It’s A Fine Life’ into ‘Defying Gravity’ meant I changed the song, but kept the accent!
I say ‘of course Spring Awakening‘, because there’s been quite a bit of hype surrounding the show this week. And here’s why…
Continue reading “Friday Favs: Spring Awakening, Summer Clothes and Autumn Plans”
Last week, I started sharing my Top 10 Shows that I’ve seen live at the theatre.
And as predicted, yes, they’ve changed within one week! And I haven’t even seen any new musicals!
When I looked back on last week’s one I was a bit like: ‘Wait, why did I put that there…and where’s Blood Brothers…WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GOOD MUSICALS?!’
IT’S TOO HARD TO CHOOSE!
But then I breathed, got my blue blanket, and continued writing up my Top 5. Starting with…
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