We’ve booked for Private Lives with Nigel Havers in October! Lyonesse maybe a little bit later but haven’t decided yet.
And Patti Hodge too

The kind of show the Theatre Royal Windsor is made for.
We’ve booked for Private Lives with Nigel Havers in October! Lyonesse maybe a little bit later but haven’t decided yet.
Or Lily Allen in The Pillowman, but I've heard cruel things about that performance.
Oh The Pillowman looks compelling. Perhaps not my mum's thing but she'll have to lump it.There's always Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James in Lyonesse. Or Lily Allen in The Pillowman, but I've heard cruel things about that performance.
yes, you weren’t lying. Gosh. Think I need to see it again.A Strange Loop is great, and quite challenging in its way.
Why?I thought A Strange Loop was a fucking chore.
Did anyone see A Little Life? It's finished its London run, but they've released a trailer for its cinema broadcast next month:
I thought it was near unremittingly bleak torture porn BUT at the same time I was very glad I saw it, and I found it really moving. Really well performed too.
(And so much nudity from James Norton I was BORED OF SEEING IT by the end.)
That has Killian Donnelly in it, doesn’t it? I saw the one at the Young Vic a few years ago.Also I saw the Dublin production of Fun Home the other night and it was absolutely brilliant![]()
Oh noNext to Normal ended up getting some MIDDLING reviews! I don't think the transfer is too likely at this stage
I would give it (3.5 to) FOUR STARS. It didn't quite live up to the 15 years of anticipation for me for various reasons but some amazing moments and hearing Caissie Levy live is always an absolute privilege.![]()
Yep, he's in it. REALLY good. The whole cast was, including the children.That has Killian Donnelly in it, doesn’t it? I saw the one at the Young Vic a few years ago.
I think Caissie is giving an intentionally muted take on Diana but I wanted a bit more manic energy. I didn't think Henry was very strong. I had a post from theatreboard criticising how simplistic and predictable the rhyming is ringing in my ears (and it is). I found it pretty overwrought as well, but I suppose that's the nature of it. Didn't love the doctor(s).Oh no
What didn't you like?
Honestly some are very good, but it’s usually the “lesser known” films that are most successful on stage (Waitress, Kinky Boots, Newsies). But then Back To The Future breaks that rule as it’s excellent, and I take it Mary Poppins falls under the same umbrella just with pre-existing songs. I enjoyed Pretty Woman, but the songs weren’t memorable, and Mrs Doubtfire should have just been a play.Never heard of the writers.
I've seen very few of these adaptations of films to musicals, they don't hold much appeal.
I was in queues for 2 hours. Got the the front and it said I had to be an ATG member despite the presale link. I HATE ATG Tickets.Pre-sale for Plaza Suite with SJP and Matthew Broderick
12000 ahead of me in the queue and a wait of 1 hour+
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OK, I’ve seen Sunset Blvd and I could swear I don’t remember there being a cannibalism plotline…
We saw this on Friday, and it was sensational. Ahomka-Lindsay was great, but so were all the young cast, particularly the lead Terique Jarrett.![]()
Choir Boy at Bristol Old Vic announces casting
The production is Bristol Old Vic’s new artistic director Nancy Medina’s first since taking up the positionwww.whatsonstage.com
@lolly Maybe one for you? I saw Michael Ahomka-Lindsay in Newsies and his voice was just incredible. Like BUTTA.
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I’ll report back since it’s a rainy afternoon for my perf. today.I went to Sunset Boulevard yesterday evening. Enjoyed the second half more than the first. Nicole was very good vocally and had a few funny/knowing lines. Was my first experience of the Savoy, the Grand Circle is very far up (maybe it is everywhere, it's not a section I tend to go for when buying tickets myself) and there was an annoying railing that was getting in the way whenever they were at the front of the stage and obscuring my view of the male lead in his underwear ()
The talk amongst my group afterwards was all about
the start of the second half being out on the Strand - is it done live each performance, or are there two or three pre-recorded versions that are made to look live by matching the time of day and weather? Considering turning up outside at 9pm one day to find out