One of the most well known elements of being in the arts or being a creative are the concepts of being freelance and funemployed. I feel like many would argue that they feel like the same thing when you’re in that position. Well, 2019 is the first time that I have experienced it and… it’s […]
How I Stopped Eating Chocolate
In my last post I wrote about how I have stopped eating chocolate and having syrups in my coffee. If you’re anything like me you will have made a gasp whilst reading that. This post is all about how I came to cutting them from my lifestyle and how I have managed to keep it […]
In This Place Where We Belong
Blogging is something I’ve wanted to try for a while but I’ve always wondered what “style” of blogger I would want to be so I just stuck to YouTube etc whilst I pondered. I ended up recently reading a couple of Carrie Hope Fletcher’s blog posts and it made me realise that I just loved […]
INTERVIEW: Michael Nardone (National Theatre’s Macbeth UK & Ireland Tour)
Scottish actor Michael Nardone (BBC One’s The Night Manager and Rellik, HBO’s Rome) is about to play the title role in National Theatre Director Rufus Norris’ touring production of MACBETH, with Kirsty Besterman (Genesis Inc. at Hampstead Theatre, They Drink It in The Congo at the Almeida Theatre, and BBC One’s Father Brown) joining the cast as […]
STAGEY ROUNDUP: Sep 10 – Sep 16 (Sylvia, Cilla the Musical, Eugenius!, Misty & Strictly Ballroom’s #TheatreLoungeLive)
This is the start of a new weekly blog series called #StageyRoundup. The series will feature a brief chat about all of the shows and theatre events that I have been to in the previous week. This week’s shows comprise of Sylvia at The Old Vic, Cilla the Musical at Churchill Theatre Bromley, Eugenius! at The Other Palace and Misty at Trafalgar Studios. This week I also got to attend Official London Theatre’s #TheatreLoungeLive for Strictly Ballroom at Piccadilly Theatre.
REVIEW: West End Live 2018 (Heathers, Eugenius! and Six)
West End Live 2018 Review West End Live is the UK theatre industry’s answer to Glastonbury. The weekend sees most of the West End and Touring shows perform on stage at Trafalgar Square. The festival is produced by Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre with support from the Mayor of London. The festival […]
Disney & Tim Burton’s Dumbo Teaser Trailer Released
Disney & Tim Burton Reimagine Dumbo While people may love the original, the first trailer for Disney & Tim Burton’s live-action reimagining of Dumbo has been released. Dumbo, which will be released on March 29, 2019 in the UK, is the first of many live action Disney remakes being released in 2019. This new Dumbo shifts the […]
5 West End Musical Transfers That Should Happen
The Tony’s have just happened so the topic in the West End is always which shows will be transferring to the West End. I talk about whether I can see shows like The Band’s Visit, Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants transfer to London and long running shows from past seasons like Dear Evan Hansen and […]
REVIEW: Olivier Awards 2018
The Olivier Awards 2018, the West End’s main event of the year, took place on 8th April and both myself and Olivia Dowden got to attend the big event that saw Lin Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit American musical, Hamilton, go up against Dan Gillespie Sells’ home-grown hit, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. In my new video we talk […]
RSC’s Miss Littlewood Cast Announcement
Miss Littlewood, a new British musical, is making its debut later this year at The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and the full casting has just been announced! The musical is based around the anarchic revolutionary of 20th century theatre, Joan Littlewood. It will be directed by Erica Whyman and will feature book, music and lyrics […]