- Venue: Gillian Lynne Theatre
- Date: 8th August 2023
- Directed by: Susan Stroman - Director and Choreographer
- Staring: Charlie Stemp; Carly Anderson; Tom Edden
Great Gershwin Re-imaginings...
The Gillian Lynne Theatre is a new one for me (and a new theatre) to see the Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Crazy for You, another musical revival (and mash-up).
- Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Theatre
- Date: 3rd August 2023
- Directed by: Adele Thomas (Conductor Vaclav Luks)
- Staring: Joélle Harvey (Semele); Jennifer Johnston (Juno); Stuart Jackson (Jove); Samuel Mariño (Iris); Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Athamas)
Wonderful musical hokum
The second Glyndebourne of the season - Handel’s Semele. This is an opera which would need trigger warnings longer than its synopsis – so great fun!
- Venue: Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley Jack
- Date: 6th July 2023
- Directed by: Scott le Crass
- Staring: Louise Beresford; Roger Parkins; Mary Tillett
You read the internet, now see the play...
Behold! The Monkey Jesus is the second show I have seen at the Jack Studio Theatre in the Brockley Jack pub, and worth the visit.
- Venue: Sadler's Wells
- Date: 28th June 2023
- Directed by: Director Jonathan Church; Choreography Bill Deamer
- Staring: Nicole-Lily Baisden (Peggy); Ruthie Henshall; Adam Garcia; Les Dennis
Oh my just feel the tap...
At Sadler’s Wells again for their stonking 42nd Street.
- Venue: The Mill at Sonning
- Date: 25th June 2023
- Directed by: Joseph Pitcher
- Staring: Laura Tyrer (Rose - stand-in, normally Rebecca Thornhill); Evelyn Hoskins (Louise); Daniel Crowder (Herbie)
Small venue; great show
I'm at the matinee performance of Gypsy at the Mill at Sonning.
- Venue: Cadogan Hall
- Date: 24th June 2023
- Directed by: Musical Director Simon Sharp
- Staring: London Gay Men's Chorus
...and much to be Proud of
This afternoon at the matinee performance of the London Gay Men's Chorus at Cadogan Hall.