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Benidorm Live
I love a bit of irony. You probably know that Thomas Cook was the founder of mass tourism as we know it. Nearly 200 years ago, he built a business running excursions and tours around Britain and then onto the continent, introducing the use of designated tickets, hotels and restaurants; the precursor to the… →
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Rain Man
Rain Man, the multi-Oscar winning movie, was, for me, one of the most iconic American films of the 1980s, bringing together two of Hollywood’s most celebrated and charismatic stars of the era – Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. But it wasn’t the superstars that made it so memorable; it was the resounding power of a… →
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The Addams Family
PHOTOGRAPHS: MATT MARTIN Firstly a hugely popular TV series debuting in 1964, then a worldwide box office hit film in 1991 with a closely followed sequel, the Addams Family morphed into a highly entertaining theatrical musical comedy in 2009, now currently touring the UK. This now well-known morbidly “kooky” family has amused and entertained… →
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Jane Eyre
The National Theatre’s tour of Jane Eyre came to Woking last night in dazzling fashion. Directed by Sally Cookson, this imaginative staging of Charlotte Brontë’s classic 1847 novel quickly grabs you by the soul and sucks you in. We begin with Jane’s birth. “It’s a girl!” the cast call as actress Nadia Clifford voices… →
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Funny Girl
PHOTOGRAPH: MANUEL HARLAN Funny Girl is a musical loosely based on the life of real star Fanny Brice. Some liberties are taken with the facts but it is entertainment with a capital E and essentially remains the story of a vaudeville chorus girl who rose to become a Ziegfeld Follies star. Along the way she… →
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The Woman in Black
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TRISTRAM KENTON ‘Tis the season of bright spring colours and the joy of Easter bunnies, chocolate treats, lambs in fields and birds singing merrily in blossoming trees … but now there’s something completely different; prepare to be totally spooked! The Woman in Black brings out goose bumps and spine chills that don’t come… →
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Million Dollar Quartet
I am a bit of a theatre geek, but even more so I’m a music geek. If you are trying to listen to the radio and hear me say “Did you know …” you know you are about to get a lecture on what I consider to be an interesting sidenote in music history. Million… →
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Shirley Valentine
PHOTOGRAPHS: MANUEL HARLAN Expectations were varied at the New Victoria last night as the audience filed in to see the latest touring production of Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. Some expected a musical, recalling that the star had cut her teeth winning the singing and dancing role of Nancy for a London production of Oliver. Others… →
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Rent
PHOTOGRAPH: MATT CROCKETT I missed the original performance of Rent back in the late 90s and the subsequent film, although was aware of its impact and acclaim, so was pleased to hear that a brand new production celebrating its 20th anniversary was coming to Woking. The multi-award winning rock musical, inspired by Puccini’s opera La… →
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Gaslight
Gaslight is a classic Victorian melodrama. It was first staged in 1938 in London, played as Angel Street in New York, and has enjoyed revivals on both sides of the Atlantic. And here it is again, this time billed by the promoter as one of the greatest thrillers of all time. Perhaps it was in… →
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