Because we have already visited the Disney parks Magical Kingdom and Hollywood Studios in Paris, we opt for the other two theme parks for our Florida road trip. In pound sterling, Disney World tickets for any of their Orlando parks (and additional water parks) are only sold by the week, but my travel companion from Germany has more luck reserving … Continue reading Two crazy days in Orlando – Disney’s Epcot and the Animal Kingdom
"You are all here, because we need your input on the final question on biological life: should we give it another chance or let it perish forever?" the makers of Psychonaut Theatre are asking in a not so distant future. A binary answer is needed from the programs the decorated audience presents tonight: Do we … Continue reading THE W.I.G OF LIFE: A CONFERENCE A radical exploration of collective responsibility hosted in the Camden People’s Theatre
A trip to London's first address for puppetry has long been overdue, and my first visit to The Little Angel Theatre actually leads me a few steps down the road to its satellite, the Little Angel Studios, proudly hosting the last show of this summer's Children's Puppet Festival. Offie winner Kinder by Smoking Apples, a company focussing on puppetry and visual theatre, plays here … Continue reading Being kinder: Kinder at The Little Angel Studios
It is the perfect summer day when I step out of the taxi at the Watermill Theatre in Berkshire and after almost three hours on the train to get here. This venue, surrounded by clear streams and beautiful willows, is a ten-minute drive away from Newbury station with no public transport alternatives available: A journey you … Continue reading This is the hour of the Shire-Folk: The Lord of the Rings at the Watermill Theatre
The Minack Theatre is on every stage loving person's bucket list - an openair amphitheatre hewn into the cliff's of one of the furthest and remotest corners of beautiful Cornwall, overseeing the ocean, the sandy beaches of Porthcurno bay with the South West Coast Path throwning above it, separated through ancient rock formation and wild … Continue reading Calvino Nights – How to do an evening at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall
“There isn’t an actor who does not love the Richmond Theatre”, starts the chapter on tonight’s venue in the highly recommended doorstopper London’s Great Theatres by Simon Callow and Derry Moore. Pre-lockdown intensive renovations went ahead at this beauty on Richmond Green. A blue plaque refers to theatre architect legend Frank Matcham. Insisting that we … Continue reading When Darkness Falls – from Guernsey to Richmond Theatre
Curiosity on what a Botox party is, the need for a good laugh and a girly evening out has made me return to the Bread & Roses Theatre for The Real Housewives Of Codswallop by Lisa Gaye Wright. The title does not hide what type of TV programs it refers to: Either the viewers’ guilty … Continue reading Bring on the bling – The Real Housewives Of Codswallop
After a long, busy and grey January, comedy is what’s needed, and the Pleasance Theatre has not let me down so far when in need of mid-week laughs. Gladly, the trend to start one-act plays at 7pm continues – London’s theatre-affine commuters living outside the Underground network, desired more of this long before Covid. The … Continue reading Kat Rose-Martin’s Pick N Mix at The Pleasance
I once heard someone saying that if you understand The Lion King, you understand Hamlet. Frankly, my knowledge of William Shakespeare’s most quoted tragedy, completed in 1601, consists of communication with a ghost and with a skull in Denmark, and a couple of famous character names. I also realise that it’s the first indoor performance … Continue reading To be or not have been – Hamlet at the Southwark Playhouse
I am back at London’s worse kept secret, the East End’s beautiful historic gem Wilton’s Music Hall. Their festive family show this Christmas season is a new take on the children literature classic The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Having grown up with the book or any film or … Continue reading The Wind In The Wiltons near the river Thames
Sadie takes the Stage 