TITANIC: Blogger Review Round-up
There are always review round-ups for theatre shows after press nights, giving a bite size look at what critics thought of shows across the board. It’s nice to see at a glance what the bigwigs like The Times, The Telegraph and The Stage think but there is never really any mention of us smaller fish, […]
Ten reasons why WICKED should release a Live CD of the 10th Anniversary production
With today’s exciting news announcement of the 10th Anniversay cast of Wicked who will start performances on 5 September 2016, the birthday performance on 27 September is looking very exciting indeed. This has got me thinking how now could be the perfect time to record a live cd of the London production and here are […]
Have we taken Theatre Etiquette too far?
Blogs about etiquette are nothing new in the world of theatre. Talking about bad behaviour and how audience members ‘should’ behave come up every day online with disgruntled (one of my favourite words) audience members talking about what they witnessed at a show the night before. I myself am no stranger to writing these types […]
WICKED holds its first Relaxed Performance and I was there to share the experience
“A relaxed performance is about welcoming children with special needs (including Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or learning disabilities) and, crucially, their families to the theatre to a performance where those needs are accounted for with a more relaxed atmosphere and some changes to the production itself if necessary eg: lowering of lights or sound at certain […]
Crowd funding campaign launched to pay for my sandwich. Donate now!
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? But with the amount of crowd funding campaigns I’m seeing at the moment, I don’t think we are too far away from seeing silly things like this happen. The Network of Independent Critics has been set up to ‘champion quality arts writing outside the mainstream press’. Or in other words ‘to […]
BLOG: Is the way we read reviews changing in the age of social media?
Is the way we read reviews changing in the age of social media? I think it is. One of the main reasons I started blogging about theatre was because I didn’t want to be googling every second word to find out its meaning (as many of the major critics like to use big words)! I […]
Wilma’s YouTube Picks
I’ve been scrolling through my YouTube viewing history to see what i’ve been watching this week. Take a look at the videos below and let me know on Twitter and Facebook what videos you’ve been loving in the past week or so! Check out these Tracy Turnblad hopefuls at the casting for the […]
Glenn Close makes an unexpected return to Sunset Boulevard
After missing four performances as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard last week, fans waited with baited breath yesterday to hear if Glenn Close would be well enough to perform at last nights show. At 1.47pm the news came from the English National Opera Twitter account to say “We’re sorry to announce Glenn Close is still […]
BLOG: The show must go on… with (or without) the star performer
Last night there was uproar in the West End, when 69 year old Glenn Close was ill and unable to perform in Sunset Boulevard at the English National Opera. Audience members demanded a refund for their tickets which they had bought specifically to see the star. But did they pay up to £150 to see Glenn Close […]
My Busy Theatre Week!
I try to be sensible about the amount of shows I see. I have a great team of reviewers who go and review shows for me and editing and publishing all of those, along with the theatre news stories that come up every day, is pretty much a full time job! So going to the […]