Love never dies: Tennessee Performing Arts Centre, 505 Deaderick St, Nashville TN 37219 With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glen Slater, additional lyrics by Charles Hart, book by Ben Elton, (based on the Phantom of Manhattan by Fredrick Forsyth) Love never dies continues the story of the Phantom of the Opera. Love never … Continue reading Love Never Dies
Summer Holiday
ATG production images - Summer Holiday The Musical 2018 tour Based on the 1963 film (screen play written by Ronald Cass and Peter Myers with direction by Peter Yates) Summer Holiday the musical has been adapted for the stage by Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan. The production tells the story of Don, a London transport … Continue reading Summer Holiday
84 Charing Cross Road
84 Charing Cross Road production images (Photos: Richard Hubert Smith) We currently live in a digital world, where most of us communicate with each other using email or social media. 84 Charing Cross road transports us back to a time when correspondence involved detailed descriptive written accounts of everyday events and plans and hopes for … Continue reading 84 Charing Cross Road
The Last Ship
From the opening anthem We got nowt else, quickly followed by The island of souls, with its descriptive lyrics and haunting harmonies, I sailed away on the “Last Ship”. This Tony nominated musical, opened at the Neil Simon theatre on Broadway in October 2014 and ran until January of the following year. In the UK … Continue reading The Last Ship
The Kite Runner
I was not able to catch The Kite Runner on its West End Run so I was excited when MT bought me tickets to see the production at The Birmingham Rep. I nearly missed out again after convincing myself that we had tickets to the evening performance. It was 1:20 p.m. before we realised we … Continue reading The Kite Runner
The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas
Our first dance at our wedding was “The way you look tonight” by Frank Sinatra, which makes it very obvious that we are fans of swing music and the man himself. So, we were thrilled to be given the opportunity to see The Rat Pack live from Las Vegas at the Alex theatre in Birmingham. … Continue reading The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas
Rehearsal for Murder
Performing three different plays each year, Stourbridge Theatre Company has been Stourbridge Town Hall’s resident amateur theatre company since 1933. We both enjoy watching a murder mystery drama, whoever fails to guess the murderer’s identity gets to make the tea. Let’s just say my husband now makes the perfect cup. So, we headed to Stourbridge … Continue reading Rehearsal for Murder
Young Frankenstein
In our house, our mantra is that equality and team work is the key to a successful partnership, and even though I say so myself, we do make a pretty good team (bearing in mind I am the senior partner according to my husband!) So with our next London weekend fast approaching, I asked … Continue reading Young Frankenstein
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
We decided to take a trip to our local cinema to catch the National Theatre Live recording of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the Young Vic production, which hit the West End last summer at The Apollo Theatre. Starring Sienna Miller as Maggie and Jack O’Connell as Brick, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof … Continue reading Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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