Film and Theatre Lover!
On Saturday afternoon I went to see my all time favourite musical after it returned to the West End recently. Currently starring Oscar Winner Cuba Gooding Jr as Billy Flynn, I was then lucky enough to get a photo taken with him at the stage door! Such a lovely man. (Chicago review to follow)
Even though the Golden Globes are no longer Broadcast in the UK, I was just looking on Twitter at the arrivals on the Red Carpet and could not help but post this one of one of my favourite actresses Catherine Zeta Jones. Her dress really does look like something out of Chicago!
After seeing the amazing La Cage Aux Folles we had to pop round to the stage door to show our appreciation for an incredible show and amazing performance from John Partridge. What a lovely man, who took the time to sign autographs and take selfies/photos with anyone who asked him.
Might still be best known for his role in Eastenders as Christian, I would really recommend catching him on stage if you have the chance! Very impressed with his acting and vocal range!
I really was blown away by his performance and so pleased I got the chance to meet him, as I saw him in Chicago last year and didn’t get the chance to head to the stage door.
I had been told about this place a lot before going on the trip as the waiters all take turns to sing in the one of a kind diner. So naturally it was on the list of places to go to, we ended up going twice as well. Both times for breakfast, didn’t have to queue early on in the morning which as a bonus, as well as the food being fantastic and the entertainment even better.
I saw this going around Twitter last night listing your 7 Favourite Best Picture winners but I thought I wanted to put a blog post together to be able to have more information in it! As you may already know I have an ongoing Best Picture Project where I am trying to watch as many of the nominated films as possible. So you can check which films I have seen on that list.
I am sure none of my choices will come as any real surprise, as some of my all time favourite films have won Best Picture! Although it was quite tricky to slim the list down to just seven films.
Before I get into the list I thought it would be a great idea to mention that you can read about my 2016 Theatre trips here so you have an idea of which shows that I had to choose from when putting together my top 10 list of the year.
When picking the shows that could be in the list, I managed to narrow it down to 16! So then having to make the final pick was rather difficult as that is how much I really did enjoy and love them.
Just missing out on the list was Rocky Horror, Guys and Dolls, The End of Longing and Wicked. It was so difficult to have to leave out No Man’s Land as it was an absolute honour seeing Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart on stage. As well as Nice Fish with Mark Rylance (who is to be made a Sir).
Here I go with an overview of my 2016 of theatre trips to see musicals and plays. Touring shows that have come to the North East at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle and the Sunderland Empire. As well as managing to have a few trips down to London to take in what the West End has to offer! You can check out the list of shows here. I have somehow managed to out do 2015 catching 31 shows in 2016!
Do you hear the people sing? Let’s take a look back at my 2016 at the Theatre.
Cast *
Hayley Tamaddon – Roxie Hart
Sophie Carmen Jones – Velma Kelly
John Partridge – Billy Flynn
– Matron ‘Mama’ Morton
Neil Ditt – Amos Hart
AD Richardson – Mary Sunshine
Venue: Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Date: Monday 1st August 2016
I must apologise for missing this post for June!
But here are the films that are leaving Sky Movies during the month of July!
Friday 1 July
Hatari! – Greats
Saturday 2 July
Jersey Boys – Showcase
The High And The Mighty – Greats
Sunday 3 July
The Fault In Our Stars: Extended Version – Drama & Romance
I am 28 years old today.
Ahhh pushing to close to 30 for my liking!
But anyway Happy Birthday to me!!!
I am going to use this blog post to put together my favourite film from each year since I was born, just want to clarify that I have picked favourites so therefore might not actually be the greatest film in the world!
1987 – Dirty Dancing
1988 – Big
1989 – When Harry Met Sally
1990 – Pretty Woman
1991 – Father of the Bride
1992 – A Few Good Men
1993 – Jurassic Park
1994 – Pulp Fiction
1995 – Toy Story
1996 – The English Patient
1997 – As Good As It Gets
1998 – The Mask of Zorro
1999 – American Beauty
2000 – Billy Elliot
2001 – Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
2002 – Chicago
2003 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
2004 – Million Dollar Baby
2005 – Walk the Line
2006 – Casino Royale
2007 – Juno
2008 – The Dark Knight
2009 – An Education
2010 – Black Swan
2011 – Bridesmaids
2012 – Skyfall
2013 – Frozen
2014 – Birdman
2015 – None so far!
Let's Go To The Movies 