Film and Theatre Lover!
On Saturday night I attended the premiere of the new production of Miss Saigon, in Newcastle. We were warned that the show could be stopped as it was the first time it was going to have the full proper performance. When that was happening I spotted Sir Cameron Mackintosh and he then spoke himself.
Then on the way out I managed to get myself a selfie with him!
Continue reading “Sir Cameron Mackintosh @ Theatre Royal Newcastle”
Venue: Glasshouse, Gateshead
Date: Saturday 29th June 2024
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Cast
Andy Reiss
David Fawcett
Rebecca Vere
Katie Leeming
Venue – Sunderland Empire
Date – Saturday 1st April 2017
Continue reading “Beyond the Barricade (UK Tour 2017) Review”
In 2014 I managed to go and see 15 musicals and plays on stage in both the North East (Sunderland Empire or Theatre Newcastle) as well as trips to London to see them in the West End. I also caught Monty Python and a concert of Elaine Paige. It has been an incredible year for going to see plenty of shows and live acting. I honestly didn’t realise I had seen so many until getting ready to do this blog post.
Along with seeing an absolute icon in Elaine Paige in her farewell concert, I also managed a last-minute trip to see the legend of Angela Lansbury on her return to the West End after 30 years in Blithe Spirit. But it doesn’t stop there, I got to meet one of my favourite actors Bill Nighy after the incredible Skylight and an added bonus of Carey Mulligan! What a day that was.
Cast
Chris – Alistair Brammer
Kim – Julia Abueva
Engineer – Jon Jon Briones
John – Hugh Maynard
Ellen – Carolyn Maitland
Thuy – Kwang-Ho Hong
Gigi- Rachelle Ann Go
Show date – Monday 29th September 2014
After the release of the Les Mis trailer and Rock of Ages coming to the cinema very soon. It has inspired me to think of the musicals I have seen on the stage and those I would love to see adapted to the big screen.
In the Heights
I saw this on Broadway the day before it won the Tony Award (I was also at the Tony Awards that year) and it really is just incredible. It’s so different and has rap style to some of the songs, you would have never seen anything like this before. It does have a 2014 page on IMDb but nothing has been updated on that for a few years now. So I guess it’s still watch this space.
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