Crazy for the tunes in Crazy For You!

Toe tapping tunes, glitz and sparkles, and high energy dance routines. The glamour of the 1930’s has arrived at the Bristol Hippodrome with the Crazy For You tour. The show is not one that I have seen before, but the musical numbers are very familiar. From Things Are Looking Up to I Got Rhythm and...

Oh my god! Snaps for Legally Blonde!

Oh my god, oh my god you guys! You’ll never guess who I saw last night? Elle Woods! *Squeal*, she got into Harvard Law School, and won her first trial, all while looking hot in her staple colour pink! Snaps for Elle! Legally Blonde is one of my all time favourite films. It tells the...

My Fair Lady was just loverley!

Cor blimey guv'nor, I had a proper loverley time watching My Fair Lady at the Bristol Hippodrome last night! It was a  bubble bath from start to finish and I had a real pearly gate night! For those of you that don’t speak cockney rhyming slang (and I had the help of google translate!) the...

A creepy and kooky evening with The Addams Family.

I had an awful evening at The Bristol Hippodrome. The show was grotesque from start to finish, and made me want to gouge out my eyes and hack off my ears. Which, in the style of The Addams Family is high praise indeed! Most people are familiar with the family of darkness, which centres around...

Sister Act took me to heaven.

My idea of heaven is spending the evening at the theatre watching a good musical. And what is a more heavenly choice than Sister Act? Sister Act is directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horward, who dance fans will recognise as the straight talking judge on Strictly Come Dancing. This assured me that I was...

Dreaming of Dreamboats and Petticoats.

When I walked into the theatre to see Dreamboats and Petticoats I was sure that I had seen it before. The stories of Bobby, Laura and their friends felt familiar to me, and as I have seen so many musicals I assumed it was one that I had watched before. However a few minutes in...

I had the time of my life at Dirty Dancing.

Whenever I go to the theatre I am always amazed just what can be done with lights and sounds. These tools are so important when bringing a book or film alive on the stage. They have the power to make it rain or snow inside, to bring trains, planes and cars alive on the stage,...

Thoroughly Modern Millie bursts onto the stage.

I think I might have a new contender for my Top Ten Musicals list. This highly competitive list has pretty much been set in stone for years.....until yesterday. I am now facing the difficult decision of which one to drop, as Thoroughly Modern Millie storms onto the list, after I saw it at the Bristol...

Curious things are happening in Bristol.

Someone killed Wellington the dog, and Christopher Boone is going to find out who did it. Years ago while searching for new books to read a friend recommended that I read The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time, by Mark Haddon. I settled down with it am was instantly hooked. It is told...

Grease is definitely the one that I want!

Ask me to name an iconic musical from my childhood, and Grease would be one of the top runners. I watched the film over and over again, and grew up singing the songs. I remember dancing to You're The One That I Want at many school discos, and while most of my friends wanted to...