Evita | Theatre Review

Evita | Theatre Review

My plus one for the evening, a hardcore Evita fan who cites the 1996 film starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas as one of her favourite films (“of all time”) assured me I was in for a treat but aside from being able to warble a version of the iconic...
The Commitments | Theatre Review

The Commitments | Theatre Review

After growing up with the songs of The Commitments, Jimmy Rabbite and drunken Christmas performances of Mustang Sally, when I heard Caroline Ranger and co had created a West End production of the much love working class film I was off on the train down to London,...
The Woman In Black | Theatre Review

The Woman In Black | Theatre Review

Mentioning The Woman in Black is like regaling a ghost story that you’d heard as a child.  Most people will have heard it,  those that have heard are scared of it and those that haven’t will listen wide eyed as you recount the tale of Mrs Drablow and The Woman in...
Cats the Musical | Theatre Review

Cats the Musical | Theatre Review

According to my theatre friend, there is a thing one can experience at the theatre known as a theatregasm which is a taken from the derivative of the original word/act (I don’t really need to explain this further do I?). In hindsight I think I may have...
The Enchanted Chandelier | Appetite Stoke

The Enchanted Chandelier | Appetite Stoke

Hanley Forest Park has seen many a fun fair or big top circus take to its grassy fields and I’ve been in attendance, eaten my weight in food from a fast food van and cop a squat on the grass to soak in the atmosphere whilst chowing down a burger. This weekend, the...