Tonight we went to see an early performance of the new West End musical, ‘Love Story‘, based on the Erich Segal novel and the 1970 movie of the same name. ‘Love Story’ originally emerged on stage at the Chichester Festival Theatre earlier this year and now Michael Ball , as producer, has brought it into [...]

Last night we took ourselves off to see ‘Dracula’, the Sell A Door Theatre Company’s performance of Liz Lochhead’s adaptation of the classic horror novel by Bram Stoker, over at the Greenwich Playhouse. Before I get to the performance itself, let me tell you a few things about the Playhouse. It’s situated on the top [...]

This evening we went to an amazing performance of “End to the Rainbow” at the Trafalgar Studios at the top of Whitehall. This black comedy cum musical, which runs until March of next year, focuses on Judy Garland’s time in London when she was staying at the Ritz during a five-week run of performances at [...]

Last night we went over to the Theatre Royal Stratford East to see one of the early performances of the new musical based around Ian Dury & The Blockhead’s material, ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful‘, which runs at the theatre until 13 November. It’s a very dynamic show, with lots of energy that s a good [...]

Later on yesterday I was over at the New Diorama Theatre to see David Benson’s solo performance of ‘Think No Evil Of Us – My Life With Kenneth Williams’, the award-winning show he originally premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1996. David’s performance is studied to the point that when he puts on the fitted [...]

Before M left for home, one last treat was in store, as I had booked some tickets for the Avenue Q musical at the beautiful Gielgud Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s West End. The evening certainly started well, as I’d only gone for the cheap option up in the gods, but I guess due [...]

OK, I’ve been a bit of a culture vulture this week, but I never thought that Friday would mean being confined to a birdcage… We had ring-side seats at the Playhouse Theatre for a performance of the acclaimed musical, La Cage Aux Folles, and boy were we close – we sat at one of four [...]