It was a while after I heard about Liz Taylor’s death that I remembered the time I met her and how it was splashed across the pages of the tabloids. I’m not sure, but it might have even been on the front page of one of them. If so it must have been a slow […]
Entries Tagged as 'Theatre'
Me and Liz Taylor
March 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Me and Liz Taylor · Life
Tags: Newspapers·Nostalgia·Theatre
I love it when a plan comes together
August 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on I love it when a plan comes together · Jane
We spent this evening at East Riddlesden Hall, near Keighley at an open-air production of The Three Musketeers. Given the weather this week we were very lucky and had a very fine evening – if only the rest of the audience hadn’t used the good weather as an excuse to ignore their children’s bad behaviour… […]
Tags: Theatre
Rebel Without A Pause
December 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Rebel Without A Pause · Life
Harold Pinter has died…Â never has a minute’s silence been more appropriate.
Tags: Obituaries·Theatre
Accidents Will Happen
December 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Accidents Will Happen · Life
The big story from the world of theatre this week is, as far as the UK is concerned, David Tennant missing from the RSC’s production of Hamlet because of a back problem. I imagine that it really does hurt and that he would be on stage if he was at all able to be, so […]
Who’s that girl?
July 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Who’s that girl? · Music
There is another addition to the list of stage musicals based on chart acts’ back catalogue. After We Will Rock You based on Queen songs, Mama Mia based on Abba songs and a musicals based on the songs of Madness, Rod Stewart and even Boney M (Daddy Cool) there is a new one I saw […]
Computer Lessons
January 30th, 2007 · Comments Off on Computer Lessons · Technology
I had a visit today from the Mother and Godmother so I could give tem some lessons in how to set their website up. Talk about bridging the generation gap! I’m not sure who had the biggest culture shock – them coming to terms with file transfers, image re-sizing and database structure or me trying […]
Musicals
December 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
I was having a look at a list of musicals on Wikipedia this evening, and found that there was a stage musical of Debbie Does Dallas. My mind boggled.
That Mitchell & Webb hype
October 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on That Mitchell & Webb hype · Life
You cannot open a newspaper or magazine at the moment without coming across something about Mitchell & Webb, usually saying they are the future of British comedy and comparing them to Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. I saw That Mitchell & Webb Look last night, and thought it was funny enough. Robert Webb has the […]
I don’t know much about art. Apparently.
September 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on I don’t know much about art. Apparently. · Music
When I first saw a poster for the musical Daddy Cool, I really expected it to be critically panned, shunned by the crowds, and disappear without trace. So far it has had reviews ranging from ‘respectable’ all the way up to ‘glowing’. I would eat my words, but I am too busy at the moment…
The Langdon Players
August 15th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
The Langdon Players were an amateur dramatics group which was active in Laindon, Essex in the 1950s/1960s. I don’t know when they started up although I believe they were around in the 1930s and I am not sure when they disappeared. All I do know is that several people who were involved in The Langdon […]