This time last year we went to see the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre. Based on a true story, there's a documentary film following a 16 year old schoolboy Jamie as he overcomes bullying and prejudice to become a drag queen. And there is a film out too. I haven't seen [...]
**WARNING - THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS** We recently went to see Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre for my birthday. Like most of the musicals I see these days, I didn't know much about it and hadn't listened to the soundtrack prior to going. Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, with the story written by Emerald [...]
Last year we saw the musical Be More Chill at The Shaftesbury Theatre, based on Ned Vizzini's novel of the same name. I went into this musical knowing literally nothing about it, but the hubby did make me listen to a couple of songs to convince me to go watch it. The musical is about [...]
A few months ago we saw Heathers: The Musical. Based on the cult film Heathers, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, I had never actually seen the film so didn't really know what to expect from this musical. Set in a 1980's American high school, Veronica Sawyer dreams of being popular and manages to join the [...]
Recently we saw the musical Amelie, based on the 2001 French film co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. I saw the film over 10 years ago and vaguely remembered the plotline, so when seeing the musical I was pleasantly reminded of some things. We then re-watched the beautiful film more recently and it was interesting [...]
How are we now over halfway through the year? As places have started to open up here, we're starting to venture outside - into the real world. We've been eating out a little, went to the cinema once, and saw two musicals. And I loved it all. In the home, we've been consuming a lot [...]
We saw The Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre and it was great. I heard good things before, no specifics really, and only really heard of one song - but that didn't matter one bit. I also knew that it is about, unsurprisingly, a waitress working in a diner who bakes pies. She is in an [...]
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