It is time for a girls' night out in the West End (because why not) and for reasons beyond my memory we are seeing Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre. I came here a while back for the Bob Marley tribute musical but this time I am sitting in the well-leveled stalls, assuring that we even … Continue reading From Broadway to the West End: Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
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
Come From Away is a love letter to the wonders of air travelling and being connected, of pilots and the warm welcome another person’s home can offer when lost and unprepared: In the era of chunky Nokia phones and Hugh Grant romcoms, a provincial airport somewhere in Newfoundland unexpectedly hosts thousands of passengers which were … Continue reading Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre – I want to go again
Wise Children are back on our home screens - I hope that a filmed staging at the Bristol Old Vic might become an annual event, happily bridging the bleak weeks between Halloween scares and Christmas season. Other than last year when we watched The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk from home, we share the experience with … Continue reading Wise Children are back on our home screens with Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights
Obviously, I agree to review a Christmas concert, once I discover that it falls on the date my beloved grandma would have turned almost ninety. And especially when it has been set up to raise awareness for the isolation and loneliness of our elder citizens. The Constella OperaBallet’s Christmas Gala 2020 is available to watch … Continue reading The Constella OperaBallet’s Christmas Gala 2020 connects stars with the nation’s care homes and your living room
Sadie takes the Stage 