Since March this year, my blog post from 2018 called “Break Up Tunes for Broadway Fans with a Broken Heart ” has gone from practically no views to being one of the most read articles on my blog. I imagine that this unexpected rise in popularity is linked unfortunately with the rise in breakups this [...]
After seeing Mushy: Lyrically Speaking at the Arcola Theatre this month, I became fascinated by Mushy's story from Educating Yorkshire and watched lots of clips of him on YouTube (here, here and here). It's a story that you don't often see on stage and although the tour has now ended, I sincerely hope that it [...]
There are a number of shows where despite knowing a lot about them, I've not yet seen them live. I could tell you all about their production history, or perform some of the numbers in a one woman show - but I couldn't tell you what it feels like to experience it on stage, which [...]
When I look back on 2018, it will be my theatre going experiences that I look back on most fondly. I’ve been fortunate enough to see musicals in Stuttgart, on Broadway and in the West End. This lists attempts to rank which shows stood out and connected with me the most when I saw them. [...]
With Once on this Island, director Michael Arden has created a spell-binding revival which pushes the boundaries for what is usually done on Broadway. It’s colourful, vibrant and demonstrates the uplifting power of story-telling. Our story is set in the Caribbean and follows Timoune, a young peasant girl who falls in love with a rich [...]
When I heard that the musical ‘The Band’s Visit’ was about an Egyptian Band’s visit to an Israeli town, I was admittedly apprehensive about how, if at all, it would handle the delicate topic of Arab-Israeli relations. I did not expect that such a beautiful story would unfold, a story which gently reminds us that [...]
#NewSongsSunday - The series where I go on a mission to discover new cast recordings to add to my favourites. I’ll search far and wide to discover musical cast recordings which for whatever haven’t received much love and see if they are any good. Alan Menken is a song-writing legend with 8 Academy Awards, 11 Grammy [...]
This show is a triumph in exploring themes on stage which haven’t been put in the spotlight since Next to Normal in 2008. Our protagonist, Evan Hansen struggles with anxiety and through the musical we see how this mental health issue impacts his life. Even if you don’t have any personal experience of struggling with [...]
Hollywood’s attempts at putting theatre related shows on screen have had varying degrees of success (Smash and Rise, yes I’m referring to you). The latest attempt to catch my attention was the 2016 film, ‘Opening Night’, which is now available to stream on Netflix. I’m surprised it seemingly passed under many peoples' radar, as it [...]
https://open.spotify.com/user/ea652/playlist/0LpvCtEE7TCT1ZBCAhAo13 Break-ups. Although they can be for the best, it doesn't always feel that way at the start. Last year, I went through a pretty messy one. If it wasn't for this collection of songs, - I'm not sure I would have been able to weather the storm that it was. For anyone going through [...]
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