Everyone loves a good murder mystery, don’t they? Well, according to the Guinness Book of Records they do. Dame Agatha Christie holds the title of World's best-selling Fiction Writer with sales of over 2 billion books. And Christie’s play, The Mousetrap, has been in the West End since 1952 and looks set to run forever. However, as in a true AC story, things are not always what they seem, and a new contender for the crown has raised their highly coifed head to challenge the Dame’s dominance of … [Read more...]
GHBoy at Charing Cross Theatre | Review
As Christmas approaches and the theatres finally get to do some (socially distanced) opening and my first trip out of the festive season was to the Charing Cross Theatre to see Paul Harvard’s GHBoy. Robert (Jimmy Essex) is a thirty-something gay man for whom Peter Pan is not just a story, it is a philosophy of life - never grow up. Robert likes nothing more than to go clubbing with best mate Jasminder (Aryana Ramkhalawon), meet random men (Sylvester Akinrolabu) via Grindr, do some chems and … [Read more...]
Interview with Simon Gross and Aaron Johns
A couple of days ago my first interview with actors in the adult pantomime Snow White And The Seven Poofs was published. Today I talk to the multi-talented Simon Gross who co-authored, directs and acts in the show and the lovely Aaron Johns who, as his drag alter ego Vicki Vivacious stars as Snow White. As always, I started by asking the two thespians to tell me something about themselves. SG: I brought up on a farm in Oxfordshire, but farming was not really my type of thing as I always … [Read more...]
Interview with Abigail Bailey and Ben Felton
It’s panto time once more – oh no it's not, oh yes it is etc – and as theatres throughout the land try desperately to get that Christmas feeling moving once more, we are all getting very excited about the prospect of some (socially distanced) real-life theatre once more. Now I love panto, and I especially like adult panto so am very, very excited that the team that brought us Jack and His Giant Bigstalk, last year are back with another offering - as Snow White And The Seven Poofs 2020 comes to … [Read more...]
How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical Cats
You may have been browsing the website and read my latest interview with theatrical types. If not, then feel free to peruse it at your leisure. However, the interview itself was with a talented gentleman by the name of Linus Karp who, together with co-Producer Joseph Patterson, is presenting a show with the intriguing, and very long, title of How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical 'Cats' at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in London’s Kentish Town. I was lucky … [Read more...]