King Charles III Having failed miserably for the 6th time to secure a Book of Mormon ticket in their lottery (I shall win one day) I sloped off to the Wyndhams theatre and cheered myself up by using my Read More …
I have been a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim since I saw the original London production of ‘Into the Woods’ in 1990. After seeing and loving many of his other shows Stephen Sondheim remains my favourite composer and Into the Read More …
ALADDIN, this year’s panto from the Company of Friends, bursts on to the Chequer Mead stage with some deep and mysterious enchantment. Instead of the band of happy villagers who often kick off panto fun, a blue genie levitates gently Read More …
I cannot believe that it was only couple of days ago when I was reviewing Sleeping Beauty that I made the assumption that pantomimes all followed the same format. I was at Peter Pan last night at the Assembly Hall Read More …
Christmas for me means Pantomime! Pantomimes have appeal for family young and old, a relaxed atmosphere, audience participation, corny jokes, innuendos and not to mention song and dance routines, what’s not to like? Sleeping Beauty at the Hawth, Crawley has Read More …
Sikes is undoubtedly Charles Dickens’ most infamous villain. He is a drunkard malevolent thief who ultimately murders his loyal girlfriend Nancy when he is informed by Fagin that she has betrayed him. The characters from Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist Read More …
I am not as familiar with ’Great Expectations’ as I am with other works of Charles Dickens but I am of course aware of the tragic character of Miss Havisham, who, jilted and defrauded at the altar spends the rest Read More …
Great Britain Theatre Royal Haymarket With only 6 weeks to go of it’s run, I was delighted to catch The National Theatre’s Great Britain at the Theatre Royal Haymarket last week. Great Britain written by Richard Bean opened at the Read More …
When tickets for Assassins first went on sale I bought tickets immediately, this was for several reasons. If all that wasn’t enough, as the cast was announced and tickets sold out, it confirmed my belief that this production had Read More …
I had been looking forward to Calamity Jane since the announcement that it would be coming to The Hawth at Crawley. It is one of those iconic classic MGM musicals of the 1950s which everyone seems to know well.