Tag: Happy Birthday

Nostalgic laughs and cackles – The Faulty Towers dining experience

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When DVDs were still a thing, every German in the UK would end up with the twelve episodes of the 1970s TV comedy Fawlty Towers at some point on their birthday table, under the Christmas tree or as their Secret Santa gift - mainly because of that one admittedly very funny line the choleric hotel owner Basil Fawlty (played by Monty Pythoneer John … Continue reading Nostalgic laughs and cackles – The Faulty Towers dining experience

The London Literature Festival is back: The Elmer Adventure at the Southbank Centre

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Because half-term cannot surely be all about Halloween, a trip to London's Southbank Centre is scheduled for a stage adaptation of Elmer, the patchwork-coloured elephant with the iconic square pattern: The London Literature Festival is back! And because I do not dare reviewing a kids' show without children in the age range of the target audience, I have two primary schoolers with … Continue reading The London Literature Festival is back: The Elmer Adventure at the Southbank Centre

A funny Calippo night out in the office straight through the fourth wall: Karen at The Other Palace

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It is exciting to return to a venue you have not been to for years, and even more to discover a new space within: The Other Theatre is currently loudly celebrating the new 90s musical based on the generation-defining film hit Cruel Intentions (look for the bench dedicated for audience pics in the foyer) but the smaller, … Continue reading A funny Calippo night out in the office straight through the fourth wall: Karen at The Other Palace

Forgive your stylist – Sleeping Beauty as a West End drag panto at the Harold Pinter Theatre

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Heading to a drag panto is almost a logical action between Christmas and New Year celebration, embracing both glam, silliness and good spirits: Everyone can be in drag, everyone can be a panto dame, non-binary and cis performers alike - drag is no longer a boys-only club. And everyone is welcome who can embrace smutty scurrilous jokes adult (age guidance 16+) about … Continue reading Forgive your stylist – Sleeping Beauty as a West End drag panto at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Take a London city break – listen to The Understudy

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Did you know that you can point out actors at a party because they will harmonize when singing Happy Birthday? Expect more thrusts on The Ivy scene, people boring others with their knowledge about Japanese whiskey while quoting from Notting Hill for unrequested aspiration - enter the world of struggling actor Stephen. Failing to bond … Continue reading Take a London city break – listen to The Understudy

Not so happy after all – Offstage at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden

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Wouldn’t life be easier if none of us were adults with responsibilities, but we all became random items from a toy box? Pedro for example lives for dressing up as dairy cow Daisy whose only worry is on which side of the meadow the grass is greener and if her friend Darren, a locomotive, passes … Continue reading Not so happy after all – Offstage at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden

Wise Children at the Old Vic – Angela Carter’s love letter to South London

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Angela Carter was born in 1940 so there is no big anniversary this year but for some reason she seems everywhere: This summer gave us a fantastic TV documentary which made me proud to live in country where programs about authors are being shown on Saturday night at prime time. Since then the BBC published … Continue reading Wise Children at the Old Vic – Angela Carter’s love letter to South London